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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_23" title="July 23">July 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#Grounding" title="Rastafari">Birthday of Haile Selassie</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari" title="Rastafari">Rastafari</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1319" title="1319">1319</a> – A fleet led by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights Hospitaller</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chios_(1319)" title="Battle of Chios (1319)">sank 22 of 28 ships</a></b> of the Turkish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aydinids" title="Aydinids">Aydinid</a> emirate.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891" title="1891">1891</a> – During <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt%E2%80%93Toulon_naval_visits" title="Kronstadt–Toulon naval visits">a visit of the French Navy to Kronstadt</a></b> in Russia, the two nations reached a secret agreement on a joint response to any future war in Europe.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_National_Congress_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party">first National Congress</a> of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a></b> opened in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_of_the_First_National_Congress_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party">a house</a> in Shanghai.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenville_shootout" title="Glenville shootout">A shootout</a></b> between police and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_power" title="Black power">Black power</a> group began in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, sparking three days of rioting.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Tulia_drug_arrests" title="1999 Tulia drug arrests">47 people</a></b>, mostly <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" title="African American">African American</a>, were arrested in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulia,_Texas" title="Tulia, Texas">Tulia, Texas</a> U.S., for dealing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a>. Years later, 35 of the 47 were <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardoned" title="Pardoned">pardoned</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)">Governor</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawati_Sukarnoputri" title="Megawati Sukarnoputri">Megawati Sukarnoputri</a></b> became the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Indonesia" title="President of Indonesia">president of Indonesia</a> after her predecessor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdurrahman_Wahid" title="Abdurrahman Wahid">Abdurrahman Wahid</a> was removed from office.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Day_(printer)" title="John Day (printer)">John Day</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1584); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajuddin_Ahmad" title="Tajuddin Ahmad">Tajuddin Ahmad</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1925); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r" title="Judit Polgár">Judit Polgár</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1976); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Mitchell" title="Lauren Mitchell">Lauren Mitchell</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1991)</p>