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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_22" title="July 22">July 22</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Saint Mary Magdalene</a></b> (Christianity)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1298" title="1298">1298</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_War_of_Scottish_Independence" title="First War of Scottish Independence">First War of Scottish Independence</a>: English forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace" title="William Wallace">William Wallace</a>'s Scottish troops at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Falkirk" title="Battle of Falkirk">Battle of Falkirk</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864" title="1864">1864</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate forces</a> unsuccessfully attacked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" title="Union Army">Union troops</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Atlanta" title="Battle of Atlanta">Battle of Atlanta</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894" title="1894">1894</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules-Albert_de_Dion" title="Jules-Albert de Dion">Jules-Albert de Dion</a></b> finished first in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%E2%80%93Rouen_(motor_race)" title="Paris–Rouen (motor race)">the world's first motor race</a>, but did not win as his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">steam-powered</a> car was against the rules.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – The United Kingdom granted self-government to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak" title="Sarawak">Sarawak</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Forman" title="Stanley Forman">Stanley Forman</a> took the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>–winning photo <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Escape_Collapse" title="Fire Escape Collapse">Fire Escape Collapse</a></b></i>, which spurred action to improve the safety of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_escape" title="Fire escape">fire escapes</a> across the United States.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wriothesley,_Countess_of_Southampton" title="Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton">Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1552); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra_Lal_Roy" title="Indra Lal Roy">Indra Lal Roy</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1918); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Soegijapranata" title="Albertus Soegijapranata">Albertus Soegijapranata</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1963); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Franklin" title="Ursula Franklin">Ursula Franklin</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2016)</p>
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