On July 21, 1960, Donna Kay Hickman was crowned Miss Wachapreague 1960 at the opening night of the Wachapreague Fireman’s Carnival. She was crowed by Ann Bulman, the previous year’s queen.
On July 21, 1959, Edward Thomas Belote, of Cheriton, pleaded guilty in Northampton County Circuit Court to killing his wife with a .22 revolver on June 4 as she stood just inside the front door of her mother’s home between Cheriton and Oyster.
On July 21, 1955, crowds were on hand for the opening of the new J.J. Newberry store on the corner of Market and Second streets in Pocomoke City.
On July 21, 1939, the Peninsula Enterprise newspaper reported that work had begun to clear the way for the state road from Parksley to Tasley parallel to the railroad tracks.
On July 21, 1937, Martha Kelley Coleburn was appointed as Deputy Commissioner of the Revenue for the Lower Parish of Accomack County. The appointment was made by Commissioner of the Revenue John T. Lewis.
