📰 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

📆 July 22

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📜 HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS
🌊 365 — A powerful earthquake in the Eastern Mediterranean triggers a massive tsunami that devastates Alexandria (Egypt), also reaching Crete and the Libyan coast.
⚔️ 1099 — Godfrey of Bouillon is chosen as the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre, becoming the leading ruler of the newly created Kingdom of Jerusalem after the First Crusade.
🛡️ 1456 — During the Siege of Belgrade, John Hunyadi defeats the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, temporarily preventing the Ottoman Empire’s advance into Central Europe.
⛓️ 1833 — The British House of Commons approves the Slavery Abolition Act, marking the beginning of the end of slavery in most of the British Empire.
🏎️ 1894 — In France, the first automobile race in history takes place between Paris and Rouen, marking the birth of motorsport.
🇧🇷 2005 — The Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police in London after being mistaken for a terrorist, days after the July 7 attacks.
✝️ 2013 — Pope Francis arrives in Brazil for World Youth Day, his first international trip as pontiff.
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⭐ BIRTHS
🎨 1882 — Edward Hopper, an American painter and one of the greatest representatives of American realism. († 1967)
📚 1920 — Florestan Fernandes, a Brazilian sociologist and a reference in the social sciences. († 1995)
🎬 1955 — Willem Dafoe, American actor.
⛵ 1960 — Torben Grael, Brazilian sailor and one of Brazil’s greatest Olympic medalists.
🎤 1992 — Selena Gomez, American singer and actress.
🎶 1995 — Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer and songwriter. († 2021)
⚽ 1998 — Federico Valverde, Uruguayan footballer.
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🕊️ DEATHS
⛪ 1676 — Pope Clement X, pope of the Catholic Church between 1670 and 1676. (b. 1590)
👑 1832 — Napoleon II of France, son of Napoleon Bonaparte. (b. 1811)
✍️ 1967 — Carl Sandburg, an American poet, writer, and historian, winner of three Pulitzer Prizes. (b. 1878)
⚔️ 2003 — Uday Hussein and Qusay Hussein, sons of Saddam Hussein, die during a U.S. military operation in Iraq.
🎭 2006 — Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Italian-Brazilian actor, playwright, and director. (b. 1934)
🏛️ 2019 — Li Peng, Chinese politician and former Premier of China. (b. 1928)
🎸 2025 — Ozzy Osbourne, singer, songwriter, and one of the pioneers of heavy metal, vocalist of the band Black Sabbath. (b. 1948)
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📍 HOLIDAYS AND CYCLIC EVENTS
🌍 World
🧠 World Brain Day.
🥭 International Day of Mango.
🏠 International Day of Domestic Workers.
🔢 Pi Approximation Day (π).
🇧🇷 Brazil
🎓 National Day of the Social Scientist.
🎼 Lyrical Singer’s Day.
🎉 Anniversary of Anajatuba (MA).
🎉 Anniversary of Araçagi (PB).
🎉 Anniversary of Irineópolis and Trombudo Central (SC).
🎉 Anniversary of Carnaubal and Juazeiro do Norte (CE).
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