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Events on Friday 21 July 1899 2
1833 – 1899Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)Died 21 July 1899, aged 65American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and orator known as "The Great Agnostic" for his lectures promoting secularism and criticizing organized religion. He was one of the most popular public speakers in the United States during the late 19th century. He died of heart failure at his daughter's home in New York.
1899 – 1961Ernest HemingwayAmerican novelistHemingway developed a spare writing style focusing on courage, loss, and human endurance.