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History on the 21st of July 1944

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21 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Rock detected a Japanese convoy in the Luzon Strait and attacked with four torpedoes. She recorded two detonations, but was not able to observe whether any of the ships sank. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Heinz Guderian was appointed Chief of the Army General Staff. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Guitarro departed Frementle, Australia for her second war patrol. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 A military and damage control inspection party from USS Wyoming, headed by Rear Admiral D. B. Beary, boarded USS Astoria at Virginia, United States for an inspection. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Heinz Brandt died from wounds suffered during the 20 Jul 1944 assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in Rastenburg, East Prussia, Germany. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Finback arrived at Majuro, Marshall Islands, ending her ninth war patrol. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 8 B-17 bombers of US 8th Air Force dropped propaganda leaflets over France after sundown. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 British frigates HMS Curzon and HMS Ekins sank German submarine U-212 with depth charges south of Brighton, England, United Kingdom; all 49 aboard were killed. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 The keel of German submarine U-3009 was laid down. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 German submarine U-1110 was launched. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Canadian tug HMCS Glenlivit was commissioned into service. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Canadian frigate HMCS Levis was commissioned into service. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Canadian frigate HMCS Stone Town was commissioned into service. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Destroyer escort USS Dufilho was commissioned into service. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Destroyer USS John W. Weeks was commissioned into service with Commander Robert A. Theobald. Jr. in command. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Brazilian corvette Camaquã was struck by a series of large waves and sank 27 miles off Recife, Brazil while escorting Allied convoy JT-18; 35 were killed. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 B-17 and B-24 bombers of US 15th Air Force based in Italy attacked Brüx in Czechoslovakia (Czech name "Most"), targeting the synthetic oil refinery. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Claus von Stauffenberg was executed in Berlin, Germany. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 1,110 bombers of US 8th Air Force were launched from England, United Kingdom against Germany, hitting München (Munich), Saarbrücken (targeting rail marshalling yards), Oberpfeffenhofen, Walldrun (targeting rail marshalling yards), Regensburg, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, and other locations; a total of 31 bombers and 8 escorting fighters were lost. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben was arrested by the Gestapo. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 US 3rd Marine Division landed near Agana and US 1st Provisional Marine Brigade landed near Agat on Guam, Mariana Islands; the landing was supported by US Navy Task Force 53. US Navy and US Army aircraft attacked Tinian of Mariana Islands, Eniwetok of Marshall Islands, and Truk and Yap of Caroline Islands as indirect support. Troops of the US Army 77th Infantry Division arrived in the afternoon; their landing was difficult due to the lack of LVT vehicles. A mile-deep beachhead was established at both landing sites by sundown. The Japanese attempted a counterattack during the night, which was repulsed. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Wasp's aircraft provided aerial cover for the invasion of Guam, Mariana Islands. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Recreation facilities - 6 handball courts and one basketball court for officers; and 2 handball courts, 2 basketball courts, and one athletic field for enlisted men, turned over to station. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 The French Expeditionary Corps and the US VI Corps began to be withdrawn from the front lines in Italy to prepare for the invasion of Southern France. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Alabama escorted US carriers as carrier aircraft attacked Japanese positions on Guam, Mariana Islands. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Kashii arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 The Soviet Third Baltic Front captured Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, Russia. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 In Moscow, Russia, the Soviet Union announced the establishment of the Polish Committee of National Liberation to administer areas of liberated Poland, angering the Polish government-in-exile based in Britain. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 No. 616 Squadron RAF, equipped with Meteor Mk I jet fighters, was transferred to RAF Manston in southern England, United Kingdom. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Baltimore depart San Diego, California, United States, with destroyer USS Fanning in escort and US President Franklin Roosevelt aboard, for Adak, Aleutian Islands. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 At Chicago, Illinois, United States, the Democratic National Convention nominated Senator Harry Truman to run as Franklin Roosevelt's vice presidential candidate in the upcoming election. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 US Army transport FS-185 was commissioned into service at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States under the command of US Coast Guard Lieutenant (jg) L. C. Rickert. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 US Army transport FS-186 was commissioned into service at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States under the command of US Coast Guard Lieutenant F. D. Obrian. 
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21 Jul 1944 WW2 Air Group 80 flew off of USS Ticonderoga and landed in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. 
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