In Egypt, the Society of Free Officers seizes control of the government in a military coup d’etat.
» Read moreJuly 23, 1952 – Military seizes power in Egypt
July 23, 1964 – Taylor and Khanh have “heated” discussions in Saigon
Ambassador Maxwell Taylor meets twice with South Vietnamese Premier General Nguyen Khanh to register U.S. disapproval of the recent calls by Khanh and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky to extend the war into North Vietnam.
» Read moreJuly 23, 1951 – Petain, leader of the Vichy government, dies
On this day in 1951, General Henri-Philippe Petain, French national hero of World War I, who was convicted of collaboration with the German occupiers of his country during World War II and sentenced to life in prison, dies.
» Read moreJuly 22, 1933 – Wiley Post flies solo around the world
American aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennet Field in New York, having flown solo around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes.
» Read moreJuly 22, 1942 – Deportations from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin
On this day in 1942, the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins, as thousands are rounded up daily and transported to a newly constructed concentration/extermination camp at Treblinka, in Poland.
» Read moreJuly 22, 1598 – The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers’ Register
On this day in 1598, William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers’ Register.
» Read moreJuly 21, 1899 – Ernest Hemingway is born
On this day in 1899, Ernest Miller Hemingway, author of such novels as “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “The Old Man and the Sea,” is born in Oak Park, Illinois.
» Read moreJuly 21, 1970 – Aswan High Dam completed
After 10 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam across the Nile River in Egypt is completed on July 21, 1970.
» Read moreJuly 21, 365 – Tsunami hits Alexandria, Egypt
On this day in the year 365, a powerful earthquake off the coast of Greece causes a tsunami that devastates the city of Alexandria, Egypt.
» Read moreJuly 20, 2005 – Canada legalizes same-sex marriage
On July 20, 2005, the federal Civil Marriage Act came into effect, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.
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