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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_21" title="July 21">July 21</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_National_Day" title="Belgian National Day">Belgian National Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_365" title="AD 365">365</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/365_Crete_earthquake" title="365 Crete earthquake">A large earthquake</a></b> occurred near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>, triggering a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a>, and causing widespread destruction around the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Mediterranean" title="Eastern Mediterranean">eastern Mediterranean</a> region.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/905" title="905">905</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Blind" title="Louis the Blind"><span class="nowrap">Louis III</span></a></b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>, was captured and blinded during his attempt to restore <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_dynasty" title="Carolingian dynasty">Carolingian</a> power over Italy by King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengar_I_of_Italy" title="Berengar I of Italy"><span class="nowrap">Berengar I</span></a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>: An Imperial German Navy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Orleans" title="Attack on Orleans">opened fire</a></b> on a small convoy of barges and defending aircraft near the American town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orleans,_Massachusetts" title="Orleans, Massachusetts">Orleans, Massachusetts</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – Nour Ahmad Nikbakht, an Iranian diplomat in Yemen, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Iranian_diplomat_kidnapping" title="2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping">was kidnapped</a></b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> militants and held hostage for the next two years.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a> – People returning from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests" title="2019–2020 Hong Kong protests">anti-extradition bill protests</a> were <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Yuen_Long_attack" title="2019 Yuen Long attack">attacked</a></b> by suspected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(organized_crime)" title="Triad (organized crime)">triad</a> members in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuen_Long" title="Yuen Long">Yuen Long</a>, Hong Kong, leaving 45 people injured.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_I,_Count_of_Anjou" title="Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou">Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 987); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Luthuli" title="Albert Luthuli">Albert Luthuli</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1967); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_St._Denis" title="Ruth St. Denis">Ruth St. Denis</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1968); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Annan" title="Anthony Annan">Anthony Annan</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1986)</p>
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