ON THIS DAY 7 21 2023

This Day in History: July 21

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1987




American heavy metal band Guns N' Roses released the landmark album Appetite for Destruction, which sold more than 17 million copies.


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Robin Williams
American comedian and actor




Robin Williams, in full Robin McLaurin Williams, (born July 21, 1951, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 11, 2014, Tiburon, California), American comedian and actor known for his manic stand-up routines and his diverse film performances. He won an Academy Award for his role in Good Will Hunting (1997).
Williams’s father, Robert, was an executive for the Ford Motor Company, and his mother was a former fashion model. He early learned to use humour to entertain classmates and was a fan of comedian Jonathan Winters. When he was 16, his father retired, and the family moved to the San Francisco area. Williams studied political science at Claremont Men’s College (now Claremont McKenna College), where he began taking courses in improvisation. He then attended the College of Marin to study acting but later received a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School in New York City. Williams eventually moved back to California, where he began appearing in comedy clubs in the early 1970s.


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