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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_28" title="July 28">July 28</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statehood_Day_(Ukraine)" title="Statehood Day (Ukraine)">Statehood Day</a></b> in Ukraine (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1148" title="1148">1148</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Damascus_(1148)" title="Siege of Damascus (1148)">siege of Damascus</a></b> ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, leading to the disintegration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Crusade" title="Second Crusade">Second Crusade</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1821" title="1821">1821</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_War_of_Independence" title="Peruvian War of Independence">Peruvian War of Independence</a>: Argentine general <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_San_Mart%C3%ADn" title="José de San Martín">José de San Martín</a></b> declared the independence of Peru from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – In New York City, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a> and church and community leaders organized <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Parade" title="Silent Parade">a silent march</a></b> <i>(newsreel footage featured)</i> of at least 8,000 people to protest violence directed towards <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tangshan_earthquake" title="1976 Tangshan earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> registering 7.6 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub>w</sub></a>, one of the deadliest in history, devastated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangshan" title="Tangshan">Tangshan</a>, China, and killed at least 240,000 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – At <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="2001 World Aquatics Championships">the World Aquatics Championships</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a>, Japan, Australian <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Thorpe" title="Ian Thorpe">Ian Thorpe</a></b> became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FINA_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="FINA World Aquatics Championships">FINA world championship</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_I_Gammolo" title="Athanasius I Gammolo">Athanasius I Gammolo</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 631); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Louise_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Marguerite Louise d'Orléans">Marguerite Louise d'Orléans</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1645); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._B._Mynors" title="R. A. B. Mynors">R. A. B. Mynors</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1903); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huma_Qureshi" title="Huma Qureshi">Huma Qureshi</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1986)</p>
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