This Day, July 21: Monkey Trial ends with guilty verdict in Tennessee

This Day, July 21, highlights multiple historical milestones spanning military conflict, spaceflight, major legal cases, and recent politics. The entry notes the Monkey Trial, pitting Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan in Dayton, Tennessee, which ended on July 21, 1925, with John Thomas Scopes convicted and fined $100 for teaching evolution under state law. It also records major World War and space events, including a German U-boat attack in 1918 on Orleans, Massachusetts, and the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle launch and docking sequence in 1969 involving Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. In 2011, Greece’s second bailout pledge is cited as worth $157 billion. More recent items include President Joe Biden ending his re-election bid in 2024, Kamala Harris’s endorsement, and the 2025 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee plan to follow an executive order.