On this day
July 21, 1943
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Headlines from July 21, 1943
DAMAGE TO SHRINES IS KEPT TO MINIMUM; Observer on Rome Raid Says Church Reported Hit Was at Switchyard's Edge DAMAGE TO SHRINES IS KEPT TO MINIMUM
Rome's Rail Lines Severed; Only 5 of 500 Planes Lost; ROME'S RAIL LINES SEVERED BY BOMBS
only 5 planes lost of 500 used in raid
WFA 'Gags' 200,000 AAA Agents; Bases Order on Act of Congress; 200,000 AAA AGENTS PUT UNDER A GAG
WFA stops AAA agents from speaking or writing on farm programs; bases order on supply bill provision; AAA chief lists banned practices; order follows Cong and Amer Farm Bur Fed pressure charge; AAA officials see ill effect; information function shifted to State Extension Services
3 TOKYO WARSHIPS SUNK IN SOLOMONS; Cruiser, 2 Destroyers Blasted, Other Vessels Hit by Our Bombers in Vella Gulf 3 TOKYO WARSHIPS SUNK IN SOLOMONS
US planes sink Jap cruiser and 2 destroyers, Vella Gulf; another destroyer probably sunk, 4th destroyer and transport damaged; ships not sunk turn back; Jap position deteriorates, Munda; Munda, Kahili and Ballale bombed
Notable Births
1943Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver (died 2002)[†]
Friedrich "Fritz" Glatz was an Austrian racing driver from Vienna. He raced under the pseudonyms Pierre Chauvet and Frederico Careca as well as a number of others.

1943Edward Herrmann, American actor (died 2014)[†]
Edward Kirk Herrmann was an American actor, director, and writer. He was best known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and 1982 film musical Annie, Richard Gilmore in Amy Sherman-Palladino's comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), and a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as Nova. He was also known in the 1990s as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles.

1943Henry McCullough, Northern Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter (died 2016)[†]
Henry Campbell Liken McCullough was a musician and singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland. He was best known for his work as a member of Spooky Tooth, the Grease Band and Paul McCartney and Wings. He also performed and recorded as a solo artist and session musician.
1943Robert Shrum, American author and political advisor[†]
Robert M. "Bob" Shrum is the director of the Center for the Political Future and the Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics at the University of Southern California, where he is a professor of political science in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He is a former American political consultant, who has worked on numerous Democratic campaigns, including as senior advisor to the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004 and to the Gore-Lieberman campaign in 2000. Shrum wrote the famous speech Ted Kennedy gave at the 1980 Democratic National Convention conceding to and supporting President Jimmy Carter. He has been described as "the most sought-after consultant in the Democratic Party." Shrum served as speechwriter to New York Mayor John V. Lindsay from 1970 to 1971, speechwriter to Senator George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign and speechwriter and press secretary to Senator Edward M. Kennedy from 1980 to 1984 and political consultant until 2009.
Notable Deaths
1943Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (born 1900)[†]
Charles William Paddock was an American athlete and two-time Olympic champion.
1943Louis Vauxcelles, French art critic (born 1870)[†]
Louis Vauxcelles was a French art critic. He is credited with coining the terms Fauvism (1905) and Cubism (1908). He used several pseudonyms in various publications: Pinturrichio, Vasari, Coriolès, and Critias.