Day in History: Bull Run; Scopes Trial; Alan Shepard, Robert Young Die July 21... In 1861, during the Civil War, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Va., resulting in a Confederate victory. In 1925, the so-called Monkey Trial ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes found guilty of violating state law for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The conviction was later overturned on a technicality. In 1998, astronaut Alan Shepard died in Monterey ...
July 21, 2013 - WTVY Dothan