Muggles Everywhere Will Learn Harry Potter's Fate on July 21. What Else Happened on This Day in History?

Interesting things will happen on Saturday while the world learns of Harry Potter's fate in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Other noteworthy events have occurred on July 21. For example:

* Belgium will celebrate their Independence Day - first gained in 1831

* Bolivia will celebrate Martyr's Day

* Guam will celebrate Liberation Day - since 1944

* Comedian Robin Williams will celebrate his birthday - born in 1952

* Neil Armstrong will gaze at the moon and remember stepping on it this day in 1969

* Baseball fans will salute Hank Aaron for becoming the 2^nd major player to hit 700 HRs

What About Hugh of St. Victor - Mystical Writer?

Christians will commemorate St. Victor on July 21. Now, Hugh of St. Victor was a medieval philosopher, theologian, and mystical writer. Hugh of St. Victor formulated a sort of code of laws under the School of St. Victor, which basically governed the soul's progress to the union of God. Hugh of St. Victor believed that knowledge is not an end in itself; rather, it is a stepping-stone to a mystical life using thought, meditation, and contemplation.

Hugh of St. Victor wrote that thought seeks God in the material world, meditation discovers God from within us, and contemplation knows His supernatural and intuitive powers. These, according to Hugh of St. Victor were the "three eyes" of the rational soul. In Hugh of St. Victor's mystical theology, the supernatural reigns supreme. Perhaps Hugh of St. Victor came back as Harry Potter in another life.

What About C.S. Lewis?

On July 21, 1958, C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter, "What the devil loves is that vague cloud of unspecified guilt or unspecified virtue, by which he lures us into despairor presumption."

What About John T. Scopes - and The Monkey Trial?

On July 21, 1925, John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in his Dayton, Tennessee classroom. The sensational trial lasted 12 days and Scopes was fined $100, but the conviction was later overturned.

Other Memorable Events of July 21 - otherwise now known as Harry Potter Day

In 1861, the first Civil War battle began at Manassas Junction in Virginia. It was the Battle of Bull Run and the Confederates won.

In 1873, Jesse James pulled off his first train robbery. He stole $3,000 from Rock Island Express in Adair, Iowa.

In 1959, a New York City district court judge ruled that "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was not a dirty book.

In 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr.'s plane was found off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.

Sources:

http://www.scopesys.com/cgi-bin/today2.cgi

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07521c.htm

http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/jul21.htm