Today In History: A Wizard of a Record

July 21.  On this day in 1930, the United States established the Veterans Administration to support those who served in the military. In 1957, Althea Gibson broke racial barriers by becoming the first Black woman to win a major U.S. tennis title at the Women's National Clay Court Championship. In 1961, astronaut Gus Grissom flew aboard the "Liberty Bell Seven," becoming the second American to sub-orbit the Earth. Fast forward to 1990, Pink Floyd performed The Wall at the Berlin Wall’s former site, just eight months after its fall. In 2007, at one minute past midnight, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released, selling 8.3 million copies in 24 hours. And on this day in music history in 2019, the number one song in the U.S. was Old Town Road by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus. That’s a look back at key moments in sports, space, music, literature, and history. From barriers broken to records set, July 21 has seen it all. And that’s today’s Almanac on Northwest Newsradio.