The elected king refused to wear a crown of gold where Christ wore thorns. Godfrey of Bouillon took Jerusalem on July 15, 1099, after a siege that left the streets ankle-deep in blood—chroniclers claimed 10,000 died in the Al-Aqsa Mosque alone. Eight days later, fellow crusaders offered him the throne. He accepted, but chose a different title: Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri, Defender of the Holy Sepulchre. Not king. One year later he was dead from typhoid, and his brother Baldwyn took the crown Godfrey wouldn't wear.
King Edward I's longbowmen shattered William Wallace's schiltrons at Falkirk, compelling the Scottish leader to abandon his campaign for independence. This crushing defeat ended Wallace's brief control over Scotland and secured English dominance until Robert the Bruce eventually rose to challenge the crown decades later.
The sultan who'd conquered Constantinople just three years earlier brought 300 cannons and 160,000 men to Belgrade. Mehmet II expected another jewel for his empire. Instead, John Hunyadi arrived with 25,000 Hungarians and a Franciscan friar named Giovanni da Capistrano who'd recruited peasants by promising them salvation. They broke the siege in three weeks. Mehmet fled wounded. Hunyadi died of plague shortly after, never knowing his victory bought Christian Europe another seventy years before Ottoman armies reached Vienna again. Sometimes the underdog wins, and the timeline of continents shifts.
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The Abbasid army crushed Emperor Theophilos’s forces at the Battle of Anzen, nearly capturing the Byzantine ruler him…
The Abbasid army crushed Emperor Theophilos’s forces at the Battle of Anzen, nearly capturing the Byzantine ruler himself. This defeat shattered the myth of Byzantine military invincibility and forced the empire to abandon its aggressive expansion into the Levant, permanently shifting the strategic balance of power in favor of the Caliphate for decades.
The elected king refused to wear a crown of gold where Christ wore thorns.
The elected king refused to wear a crown of gold where Christ wore thorns. Godfrey of Bouillon took Jerusalem on July 15, 1099, after a siege that left the streets ankle-deep in blood—chroniclers claimed 10,000 died in the Al-Aqsa Mosque alone. Eight days later, fellow crusaders offered him the throne. He accepted, but chose a different title: Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri, Defender of the Holy Sepulchre. Not king. One year later he was dead from typhoid, and his brother Baldwyn took the crown Godfrey wouldn't wear.
Crusaders slaughtered nearly the entire population of Béziers, including thousands of Catholics, during the opening a…
Crusaders slaughtered nearly the entire population of Béziers, including thousands of Catholics, during the opening act of the Albigensian Crusade. By refusing to distinguish between heretics and the faithful, the army terrorized the Languedoc region into submission, demonstrating the brutal tactics that defined the Church’s decades-long campaign to eradicate the Cathar movement.
A coalition of German princes and towns shattered King Valdemar II’s Baltic empire at the Battle of Bornhöved, ending…
A coalition of German princes and towns shattered King Valdemar II’s Baltic empire at the Battle of Bornhöved, ending Danish dominance in Northern Europe. This defeat forced Denmark to relinquish its vast territorial holdings in Holstein and Mecklenburg, shifting the regional balance of power toward the rising influence of the Hanseatic League.
Eine venezianische Flotte erscheint vor Konstantinopel und zerstört Wohnungen der Genueser im Stadtteil Galata.
Eine venezianische Flotte erscheint vor Konstantinopel und zerstört Wohnungen der Genueser im Stadtteil Galata.
Edward I Crushes Wallace: Longbowmen Decide Falkirk
King Edward I's longbowmen shattered William Wallace's schiltrons at Falkirk, compelling the Scottish leader to abandon his campaign for independence. This crushing defeat ended Wallace's brief control over Scotland and secured English dominance until Robert the Bruce eventually rose to challenge the crown decades later.
The Danube rose twenty feet in a single day.
The Danube rose twenty feet in a single day. July 1342. Rivers across central Europe tore away entire villages, drowned livestock by the thousands, and turned farmland into inland seas for months. Chronicles called it St. Mary Magdalene's flood—it hit on her feast day, July 22nd. The death toll? Nobody counted. But the soil erosion was so severe that some valleys never recovered their topsoil. And historians now think this disaster triggered the famines that made the Black Death six years later so catastrophically lethal. Sometimes the plague needs a flood first.
en Europa sucede la Inundación del Día de María Magdalena, la más grande registrada en ese continente (los niveles de…
en Europa sucede la Inundación del Día de María Magdalena, la más grande registrada en ese continente (los niveles de agua superaron los de las inundaciones de 2002). Los ríos Rin, Mosela, Danubio, Elba y sus tributarios inundaron las ciudades de Colonia, Maguncia, Fráncfort del Meno, Wurzburgo, Ratisbona, Passau y Viena, que quedaron seriamente dañadas. También hubo muchos daños en la región de Carintia y el norte de Italia. Se desconoce el número de víctimas, pero solo en el área del río Danubio murieron 6000 personas. Los siguientes años habrá veranos fríos, que provocará la falta de alimentos en todo el continente. Seis años después se registrará la Peste negra, que matará a un tercio de la población de Europa.
Die Stadtregierung von Florenz wird durch den Ciompi-Aufstand gestürzt.
Die Stadtregierung von Florenz wird durch den Ciompi-Aufstand gestürzt. Interessengegensätze der Rebellen führen jedoch nach wenigen Wochen zu ihrer Rückkehr.
Twenty peasant farmers held a bridge against 15,000 French mercenaries outside Zürich.
Twenty peasant farmers held a bridge against 15,000 French mercenaries outside Zürich. July 22, 1443. They bought the city three hours before the Armagnacs broke through—enough time to close the gates, evacuate livestock, hide grain stores. All twenty died where they stood. The French commander, impressed by what he'd witnessed, withdrew his entire force rather than assault walls defended by people who fought like that. Sometimes a battle's outcome isn't about who wins. It's about who's watching.
The sultan who'd conquered Constantinople just three years earlier brought 300 cannons and 160,000 men to Belgrade.
The sultan who'd conquered Constantinople just three years earlier brought 300 cannons and 160,000 men to Belgrade. Mehmet II expected another jewel for his empire. Instead, John Hunyadi arrived with 25,000 Hungarians and a Franciscan friar named Giovanni da Capistrano who'd recruited peasants by promising them salvation. They broke the siege in three weeks. Mehmet fled wounded. Hunyadi died of plague shortly after, never knowing his victory bought Christian Europe another seventy years before Ottoman armies reached Vienna again. Sometimes the underdog wins, and the timeline of continents shifts.
Five hundred men crossed the border expecting a quick raid.
Five hundred men crossed the border expecting a quick raid. Instead, Alexander Stewart found himself fighting his own brother's army at Lochmaben Fair in July 1484. Stewart had allied with the exiled Douglas clan and English backing to seize Scotland's throne from James III. The battle lasted hours. Douglas, the 9th Earl, ended the day in chains—his family's power finished. Stewart escaped south but never returned home. Brothers who share blood don't always share kingdoms, and sometimes the side with fewer foreign allies wins.
Swiss forces crushed the Imperial army at the Battle of Dornach, ending Emperor Maximilian I’s attempt to reassert Ha…
Swiss forces crushed the Imperial army at the Battle of Dornach, ending Emperor Maximilian I’s attempt to reassert Habsburg authority over the Swiss Confederacy. This victory secured the de facto independence of the Swiss cantons from the Holy Roman Empire, forcing the Emperor to sign the Treaty of Basel just two months later.
Lost Colony Returns: Roanoke Settlers Vanish Again
A second wave of English colonists lands on Roanoke Island to restart the failed settlement, only for John White's return three years later to find every single settler vanished without a trace. This disappearance creates one of America's oldest unsolved mysteries, transforming a simple colonization attempt into a haunting legend that defines early American folklore.
Maurice of Orange forced the Spanish garrison at Groningen to surrender after a grueling two-month siege.
Maurice of Orange forced the Spanish garrison at Groningen to surrender after a grueling two-month siege. This victory consolidated Dutch control over the northern provinces, securing the region’s independence from Habsburg rule and shifting the strategic balance of the Eighty Years' War in favor of the fledgling Dutch Republic.
William Shakespeare's *The Merchant of Venice* hit the Stationers' Register on July 22, 1598, establishing a system w…
William Shakespeare's *The Merchant of Venice* hit the Stationers' Register on July 22, 1598, establishing a system where Queen Elizabeth’s decree gave the Crown absolute authority over every printed word. This registration didn't just log a play; it enforced state censorship that shaped England's literary landscape for decades by requiring all publishers to seek royal permission before releasing any text.
la marquise Madame de Sévigné exprime à son cousin paternel Bussy son contentement sur leur plus lointaine généalogie…
la marquise Madame de Sévigné exprime à son cousin paternel Bussy son contentement sur leur plus lointaine généalogie en commun connue.
The English governor handed a charter to a Dutch town that had been trading fur for eighty years under three differen…
The English governor handed a charter to a Dutch town that had been trading fur for eighty years under three different flags. Thomas Dongan's 1686 document made Albany, New York's second-oldest city, officially a municipality—but the Mohawks and Dutch traders who'd built Fort Orange there in 1624 didn't need English paperwork to know what it was. The charter formalized courts, elections, and tax collection. Which meant the frontier trading post where deals happened on handshakes now required lawyers. Progress always comes with more bureaucrats than anyone wanted.
victoire wilhelmienne décisive face aux Jacobites à la bataille d'Aughrim.
victoire wilhelmienne décisive face aux Jacobites à la bataille d'Aughrim.
Twenty-five commissioners locked themselves in a room for seven weeks to dissolve two sovereign nations.
Twenty-five commissioners locked themselves in a room for seven weeks to dissolve two sovereign nations. England's team arrived with one demand: Scotland's Parliament must cease to exist. Scotland's negotiators, led by the Duke of Queensberry, traded independence for £398,085—the "Equivalent"—meant to offset debts and sweeten the deal. The agreement passed despite riots in Edinburgh and Glasgow. By May 1707, both Parliaments voted themselves into extinction, creating Great Britain. Three centuries later, that room's decision still fuels Scottish independence debates. Sometimes a nation isn't conquered—it's purchased.
Felipe V y Carlos VI firman el segundo tratado de Viena.
Felipe V y Carlos VI firman el segundo tratado de Viena.
He mixed vermillion and bear grease with melted fish oil, then painted on a rock: "Alex Mackenzie from Canada by land…
He mixed vermillion and bear grease with melted fish oil, then painted on a rock: "Alex Mackenzie from Canada by land 22nd July 1793." Twelve weeks through unmapped wilderness. Ten men in a single canoe. The Nuxalk guides who'd warned him the coastal tribes might kill them—they were right about the reception. Mackenzie had crossed an entire continent, beating Lewis and Clark by twelve years, and marked it with temporary paint. The inscription weathered away within months, though someone carved it permanent in 1926, making his fleeting claim last longer than he'd imagined.
In der Emigrantenschlacht auf der bretonischen Halbinsel Quiberon schließt General Lazare Hoche mit seinem Revolution…
In der Emigrantenschlacht auf der bretonischen Halbinsel Quiberon schließt General Lazare Hoche mit seinem Revolutionsheer ein royalistisches Heer von Chouans ein und erobert zudem das Fort Penthièvre. Die sich ihm auf Gnade oder Ungnade ergebenden 952 Gefangenen werden auf Weisung des französischen Nationalkonvents hingerichtet.
Mit dem Frieden von Basel scheidet auch Spanien aus dem Ersten Koalitionskrieg gegen Frankreich aus.
Mit dem Frieden von Basel scheidet auch Spanien aus dem Ersten Koalitionskrieg gegen Frankreich aus.
The city's name is missing an "a" because a newspaper editor needed more space.
The city's name is missing an "a" because a newspaper editor needed more space. Moses Cleaveland led surveyors from the Connecticut Land Company to Ohio's shore in 1796, mapped the settlement, then left after four months. Never returned. The town they named for him had 150 residents by 1820. But when the *Cleveland Advertiser* launched in 1831, the masthead couldn't fit "Cleaveland." The editor dropped a letter. The general died in 1806, decades before his abbreviated name became synonymous with a city he spent one summer visiting and never saw again.
Nelson's right arm absorbed a musket ball above the elbow at 11 PM, July 24th.
Nelson's right arm absorbed a musket ball above the elbow at 11 PM, July 24th. The surgeon amputated within thirty minutes—no anesthetic, just a knife and saw aboard HMS *Theseus*. He was back writing dispatches with his left hand by dawn. The failed assault on Tenerife cost Britain 153 dead and 105 wounded against a Spanish garrison that had every advantage of position. But that missing arm became Nelson's trademark: sailors could spot their admiral from across any deck. The injury that should've ended his career instead made him instantly recognizable at Trafalgar eight years later.
Emperor Gia Long seized Hanoi on July 22, 1802, ending centuries of civil war between the Trịnh lords, Nguyễn lords, …
Emperor Gia Long seized Hanoi on July 22, 1802, ending centuries of civil war between the Trịnh lords, Nguyễn lords, and Tây Sơn rebels. This conquest unified Vietnam under a single dynasty for the first time in three hundred years, establishing the Nguyen Dynasty that would rule until 1945.
Cape Finisterre Clash: Villeneuve Escapes Toward Trafalgar
Admiral Calder's British fleet intercepted Villeneuve's combined French and Spanish armada off Cape Finisterre but failed to press a decisive engagement in fog and confusion. The inconclusive result allowed Villeneuve to escape southward, setting in motion the chain of events that culminated in Nelson's destruction of the combined fleet at Trafalgar three months later. Calder was court-martialed for not pursuing aggressively enough.
en Bailén (España) termina la primera gran derrota de las tropas napoleónicas en la batalla de Bailén.
en Bailén (España) termina la primera gran derrota de las tropas napoleónicas en la batalla de Bailén.
Wellington Smashes French at Salamanca: Madrid Falls
Wellington spotted a gap in the French line at Salamanca and launched a devastating forty-minute assault that destroyed Marshal Marmont's army, killing or capturing 14,000 soldiers. The victory opened the road to Madrid and proved Wellington could win offensive battles, not just defensive ones. French control of Spain collapsed in the campaign's aftermath, forcing Napoleon to divert resources from his faltering Russian invasion.
En la Batalla de Los Horcones en Barquisimeto (Venezuela) triunfan los patriotas contra las tropas españolas, reducié…
En la Batalla de Los Horcones en Barquisimeto (Venezuela) triunfan los patriotas contra las tropas españolas, reduciéndolas de manera abrumadora, aun siendo superados en número.
Dem kabardinischen Hirten und Träger Killar Kashirow gelingt die Erstbesteigung des Ostgipfels des Elbrus, des höchst…
Dem kabardinischen Hirten und Träger Killar Kashirow gelingt die Erstbesteigung des Ostgipfels des Elbrus, des höchsten Berges des Kaukasus.
The British House of Commons passed the Slavery Abolition Act on July 22, 1833, triggering a legal process that freed…
The British House of Commons passed the Slavery Abolition Act on July 22, 1833, triggering a legal process that freed enslaved people across most of the empire. This legislation dismantled the economic foundation of chattel slavery in British territories over the following four years, transforming global labor markets and ending centuries of forced bondage for millions.
Die Uraufführung der Oper Ali Baba ou Les Quarante Voleurs (Ali Baba oder Die vierzig Räuber) von Luigi Cherubini fin…
Die Uraufführung der Oper Ali Baba ou Les Quarante Voleurs (Ali Baba oder Die vierzig Räuber) von Luigi Cherubini findet an der Grand Opéra Paris statt.
Proclamação da República Juliana, em Laguna, Brasil, pelos revolucionários farroupilhas.
Proclamação da República Juliana, em Laguna, Brasil, pelos revolucionários farroupilhas.
en Tabasco, los mexicanos expulsan mediante guerrillas a los invasores estadounidenses.
en Tabasco, los mexicanos expulsan mediante guerrillas a los invasores estadounidenses.
Die Oper I masnadieri von Giuseppe Verdi nach dem Theaterstück Die Räuber von Friedrich Schiller hat ihre Uraufführun…
Die Oper I masnadieri von Giuseppe Verdi nach dem Theaterstück Die Räuber von Friedrich Schiller hat ihre Uraufführung in London.
Hood's Atlanta Assault Fails: Sherman Tightens the Noose
Confederate General Hood launched a desperate flanking attack against Sherman's forces outside Atlanta, losing 8,000 men in failed assaults on fortified Union positions at Bald Hill. The battle cost the Confederacy irreplaceable troops and failed to prevent Sherman's encirclement of the city. Atlanta's fall two months later secured Lincoln's re-election and sealed the Confederacy's fate.
le Palais du Luxembourg à Paris accueille l'institution républicaine de la Chambre haute du Parlement français (actue…
le Palais du Luxembourg à Paris accueille l'institution républicaine de la Chambre haute du Parlement français (actuel Sénat depuis la Constitution de 1958), ce qui sera fêté (d'un feu d'artifice par exemple) le 14 juillet suivant en 1880.
Katharine Lee Bates penned "America the Beautiful" atop Pikes Peak after gazing at the sweeping Colorado landscape.
Katharine Lee Bates penned "America the Beautiful" atop Pikes Peak after gazing at the sweeping Colorado landscape. Her verses transformed a single scenic moment into an enduring anthem that later became a de facto second national song for millions of Americans.
First Motor Race: Paris to Rouen Ignites Auto Age
The first ever motor race erupted from Paris to Rouen in 1894, yet the fastest finisher, Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, lost the official victory to Albert Lemaître driving a 3 hp petrol-engined Peugeot. This controversial outcome established the precedent that reliability and fuel efficiency mattered more than raw speed, effectively shaping the early engineering priorities of the automotive industry.
el reino de Serbia restablece sus relaciones diplomáticas con el principado de Montenegro.
el reino de Serbia restablece sus relaciones diplomáticas con el principado de Montenegro.
el zar Nicolás II disuelve la Duma rusa por su escasa docilidad y por la oposición de la nobleza.
el zar Nicolás II disuelve la Duma rusa por su escasa docilidad y por la oposición de la nobleza.
en Poliana, a orillas del río Pola (Rusia), el escritor ruso León Tolstói pierde valiosos manuscritos de sus trabajos…
en Poliana, a orillas del río Pola (Rusia), el escritor ruso León Tolstói pierde valiosos manuscritos de sus trabajos más recientes al declararse un incendio en su finca.
en Inglaterra, Winston Churchill, primer lord del almirantazgo, solicita un aumento del presupuesto de la marina brit…
en Inglaterra, Winston Churchill, primer lord del almirantazgo, solicita un aumento del presupuesto de la marina británica para hacer frente al rearme alemán.
إنشاء فيديك (الاتحاد الدولي للاستشارات الهندسية)
إنشاء فيديك (الاتحاد الدولي للاستشارات الهندسية)
Die Allgemeine Zeitung, älteste Tageszeitung Namibias und einzige deutschsprachige Tageszeitung Afrikas, erscheint un…
Die Allgemeine Zeitung, älteste Tageszeitung Namibias und einzige deutschsprachige Tageszeitung Afrikas, erscheint unter dem Namen Der Kriegsbote erstmals.
The suitcase sat against a saloon wall at Steuart and Market for exactly seventeen minutes before 2:06 PM.
The suitcase sat against a saloon wall at Steuart and Market for exactly seventeen minutes before 2:06 PM. Ten people died instantly—the youngest just nineteen, the oldest a dentist named Frederick Rena. Tom Mooney, a labor organizer, got life in prison for it. So did his friend Warren Billings. But the prosecution's star witness later admitted she couldn't have seen what she testified to—she was blocks away. Twenty-three years Mooney served before a pardon. The real bomber was never found, but California's labor movement was destroyed for a generation.
le Siam déclare la guerre à l'Allemagne.
le Siam déclare la guerre à l'Allemagne.
en Francia, Georges Clemenceau acusa de debilidad al ministro del Interior Louis Nalry.
en Francia, Georges Clemenceau acusa de debilidad al ministro del Interior Louis Nalry.
Estados Unidos restablece relaciones comerciales con Alemania.
Estados Unidos restablece relaciones comerciales con Alemania.
Spanish forces crumbled under a coordinated assault by Berber tribesmen led by Abd el-Krim, losing over ten thousand …
Spanish forces crumbled under a coordinated assault by Berber tribesmen led by Abd el-Krim, losing over ten thousand men at the Battle of Annual. This catastrophic rout shattered Spain's colonial ambitions and triggered a decade-long political crisis that destabilized the monarchy, ultimately paving the way for the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera.
In Leipzig beginnt das 1.
In Leipzig beginnt das 1. Deutsche Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportfest mit etwa 100.000 aktiven Teilnehmern.
Der französische Radrennfahrer Henri Pélissier gewinnt die 17.
Der französische Radrennfahrer Henri Pélissier gewinnt die 17. Tour de France.
en Bayreuth se reanudan los festivales wagnerianos, interrumpidos durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.
en Bayreuth se reanudan los festivales wagnerianos, interrumpidos durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.
España triunfa en la exhibición de pelota vasca realizada en el marco de los Juegos Olímpicos de París.
España triunfa en la exhibición de pelota vasca realizada en el marco de los Juegos Olímpicos de París.
en Alemania se concede una amnistía de delitos políticos con ocasión de las elecciones presidenciales que afectará a …
en Alemania se concede una amnistía de delitos políticos con ocasión de las elecciones presidenciales que afectará a las condenas dictadas antes del 15 de junio de 1915.
el ciclista alicantino Torres se proclama campeón de España de velocidad.
el ciclista alicantino Torres se proclama campeón de España de velocidad.
el buque alemán Bremen gana la cinta azul tras lograr la travesía más rápida del Atlántico.
el buque alemán Bremen gana la cinta azul tras lograr la travesía más rápida del Atlántico.
Das Turbinenschiff Bremen des Norddeutschen Lloyd gewinnt auf seiner Jungfernfahrt das Blaue Band für die schnellste …
Das Turbinenschiff Bremen des Norddeutschen Lloyd gewinnt auf seiner Jungfernfahrt das Blaue Band für die schnellste Atlantiküberquerung, das zuvor zwanzig Jahre lang die britische Mauretania innegehabt hat. Noch vor der Ankunft startet das Postflugzeug Heinkel HE 12 mit Hilfe eines Katapults vom Schiff aus, um die Post frühzeitig nach New York zu liefern.
en Andorra se declara la huelga revolucionaria.
en Andorra se declara la huelga revolucionaria.
Wiley Post touched down at Floyd Bennett Field, completing the first solo flight around the globe in just under eight…
Wiley Post touched down at Floyd Bennett Field, completing the first solo flight around the globe in just under eight days. By utilizing an experimental autopilot system and a radio direction finder, he proved that long-distance aerial navigation could be automated, drastically reducing the physical exhaustion required for transcontinental and intercontinental flight.
Wiley Post touched down in Floyd Bennett Field, completing the first solo flight around the globe in just under eight…
Wiley Post touched down in Floyd Bennett Field, completing the first solo flight around the globe in just under eight days. By navigating his Lockheed Vega, the Winnie Mae, across 15,596 miles, he proved that long-distance aerial navigation was viable for commercial aviation, shrinking the perceived scale of the planet for future travelers.
Dillinger Falls: FBI Ends Gangster's Reign in Chicago
John Dillinger walked out of the Biograph Theater after watching Manhattan Melodrama, only to face agents waiting in the alley. Three bullets from federal officers struck him in the neck and head, killing the notorious gangster instantly. This confrontation ended his reign of terror and forced a nationwide manhunt that ultimately failed to capture any other accomplices.
O governo Getúlio Vargas cria o Programa Nacional (atualmente A Voz do Brasil).
O governo Getúlio Vargas cria o Programa Nacional (atualmente A Voz do Brasil).
The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia seizes control of the Valencian Community on July 22, 1936, fracturing ce…
The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia seizes control of the Valencian Community on July 22, 1936, fracturing central authority during the Spanish Civil War. This local takeover accelerates the fragmentation of Republican Spain, compelling rival factions to negotiate power-sharing arrangements while Nationalist forces advance elsewhere.
las ciudades de San Roque, Algeciras y La Línea de la Concepción son bombardeadas por los barcos leales de la Repúbli…
las ciudades de San Roque, Algeciras y La Línea de la Concepción son bombardeadas por los barcos leales de la República, Jaime I, Cervantes y Libertad. Uno de los proyectiles hace blanco en el Morro de Gibraltar (invadido por Gran Bretaña), lo que estuvo a punto de crear un conflicto internacional.
The Senate killed Roosevelt's court-packing plan 70-20, and it was his own party that did it.
The Senate killed Roosevelt's court-packing plan 70-20, and it was his own party that did it. FDR wanted to add up to six new justices—one for every sitting justice over 70—giving him a compliant court to rubber-stamp New Deal programs. Burton Wheeler, a Democrat who'd campaigned for him, led the opposition. The bill died July 22nd, 1937. Roosevelt lost the battle but won the war: a suddenly cooperative Court upheld Social Security and the Wagner Act within months. Turns out you don't need to pack a court when it's already watching the vote count.
México acoge a 500 niños españoles exiliados por el franquismo.
México acoge a 500 niños españoles exiliados por el franquismo. Se les conoce como los Niños de Morelia o los Niños de la guerra.
Im Deutschen Reich wird, verbunden mit Nachteilen für Juden, als Inlandsausweis die Kennkarte eingeführt.
Im Deutschen Reich wird, verbunden mit Nachteilen für Juden, als Inlandsausweis die Kennkarte eingeführt. Der Personalausweis löst später diesen Lichtbildausweis ab.
Gran Bretaña rechaza una nueva oferta de paz alemana.
Gran Bretaña rechaza una nueva oferta de paz alemana.
empieza a emitir para España, desde Moscú, la emisora comunista La Pirenaica.
empieza a emitir para España, desde Moscú, la emisora comunista La Pirenaica.
Americans got three gallons per week.
Americans got three gallons per week. That's what an "A" sticker on your windshield bought you in December 1942—enough for basic driving, maybe church and groceries. "B" stickers gave war workers more. "C" went to doctors. But 200,000 gas stations closed anyway, couldn't survive on the reduced sales. The Office of Price Administration issued 27 million ration books in three weeks. And here's what nobody mentions: the rationing wasn't really about fuel shortages. It was about saving rubber for tires, since Japan controlled 90% of supply.
Nazi authorities began the Grossaktion Warsaw, forcing thousands of Jews into cattle cars bound for the Treblinka ext…
Nazi authorities began the Grossaktion Warsaw, forcing thousands of Jews into cattle cars bound for the Treblinka extermination camp. This systematic liquidation decimated the ghetto’s population within weeks, stripping the remaining residents of any illusion of safety and accelerating the final phase of the Holocaust in occupied Poland.
World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
Over 300,000 Athenians flooded the streets to block the expansion of the Bulgarian occupation zone into Greece, forci…
Over 300,000 Athenians flooded the streets to block the expansion of the Bulgarian occupation zone into Greece, forcing the Nazi authorities to abandon their plans. This rare, successful act of mass civil disobedience during the occupation proved that organized civilian resistance could directly halt Axis strategic maneuvers and emboldened the Greek underground movement for the remainder of the war.
Im Norden der deutsch-sowjetischen Front beginnt vor Leningrad die Dritte Ladoga-Schlacht.
Im Norden der deutsch-sowjetischen Front beginnt vor Leningrad die Dritte Ladoga-Schlacht. Trotz geringer Geländegewinne der Roten Armee gelingt den Verbänden der Wehrmacht bis zum 25. September ein Abwehrerfolg.
Allied forces seized Palermo, collapsing the Italian defense of Sicily just 13 days after the initial invasion.
Allied forces seized Palermo, collapsing the Italian defense of Sicily just 13 days after the initial invasion. This rapid victory crippled Benito Mussolini’s domestic authority, triggering his ouster by the Grand Council of Fascism only three days later and accelerating the total disintegration of the Axis alliance in the Mediterranean.
Suiza prohíbe los partidos de inspiración nazi.
Suiza prohíbe los partidos de inspiración nazi.
Twenty-two Poles signed their names in Chelm, a town Stalin's army had held for exactly nine days.
Twenty-two Poles signed their names in Chelm, a town Stalin's army had held for exactly nine days. The manifesto promised land reform and democratic elections. Neither happened. The Committee answered to Moscow, not Warsaw, and within a year controlled everything from newspapers to bread rations. Sixteen underground resistance leaders who'd fought the Nazis accepted "safe conduct" to negotiate with them in March 1945. All arrested. Poland's next free election came in 1989. Forty-five years. The provisional government that promised democracy became the apparatus that prevented it.
finaliza la conferencia económica de Bretton Woods que acordó la creación del Fondo Monetario Internacional y del BIR…
finaliza la conferencia económica de Bretton Woods que acordó la creación del Fondo Monetario Internacional y del BIRD o Banco Mundial.
The Irgun phoned the hotel switchboard 25 minutes before the explosives detonated.
The Irgun phoned the hotel switchboard 25 minutes before the explosives detonated. Warning given. But British officials didn't evacuate—some accounts say they dismissed it as a bluff, others cite confusion about authority. At 12:37 PM on July 22, 1946, milk churns packed with 350 kilograms of TNT collapsed the hotel's south wing. Ninety-one dead: 41 Arabs, 28 British, 17 Jews, 5 others. Menachem Begin, who ordered the attack, became Israel's prime minister three decades later. The British Mandate ended within two years. Terrorism, one side called it. Military target, said the other.
se celebra una Conferencia Internacional en la que se decide la creación de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).
se celebra una Conferencia Internacional en la que se decide la creación de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).
Alejandro Lerroux regresa a España de su exilio en Estoril (Portugal).
Alejandro Lerroux regresa a España de su exilio en Estoril (Portugal).
Se adopta la bandera de la India.
Se adopta la bandera de la India.
los pasajeros del buque Éxodus, que se negaron a desembarcar en Francia, son trasladados a Hamburgo, donde deberán ba…
los pasajeros del buque Éxodus, que se negaron a desembarcar en Francia, son trasladados a Hamburgo, donde deberán bajar a tierra obligatoriamente.
In einem zweiten Referendum über die politische Zukunft Neufundlands stimmen 52,3 % der Abstimmenden für den Anschlus…
In einem zweiten Referendum über die politische Zukunft Neufundlands stimmen 52,3 % der Abstimmenden für den Anschluss an Kanada.
Leopoldo III de Bélgica entra en Bruselas.
Leopoldo III de Bélgica entra en Bruselas.
el club de fútbol SE Palmeiras vence la primera competición de clubes mundial, realizada en Brasil, el Campeonato Int…
el club de fútbol SE Palmeiras vence la primera competición de clubes mundial, realizada en Brasil, el Campeonato Internacional de Clubes Campeones (Copa Río).
Dezik and Tsygan blasted off from Kapustin Yar, surviving a sub-orbital flight that proved mammals could endure space…
Dezik and Tsygan blasted off from Kapustin Yar, surviving a sub-orbital flight that proved mammals could endure space travel and return safely. This success directly enabled Yuri Gagarin's orbital journey just four years later by validating life-support systems for future cosmonauts.
Laos wird endgültig von Frankreich unabhängig.
Laos wird endgültig von Frankreich unabhängig.
In Zwickau wird das Robert-Schumann-Haus als Gedenkstätte für den 1810 in der sächsischen Stadt geborenen Komponisten…
In Zwickau wird das Robert-Schumann-Haus als Gedenkstätte für den 1810 in der sächsischen Stadt geborenen Komponisten Robert Schumann eröffnet.
en Buenos Aires (Argentina) se funda el Canal 11 (hoy conocido como Telefe).
en Buenos Aires (Argentina) se funda el Canal 11 (hoy conocido como Telefe).
por primera vez en 25 años, los valores españoles vuelven a cotizarse en la Bolsa de Londres.
por primera vez en 25 años, los valores españoles vuelven a cotizarse en la Bolsa de Londres.
A missing hyphen in the guidance code caused the Mariner 1 rocket to veer off course just minutes after liftoff, forc…
A missing hyphen in the guidance code caused the Mariner 1 rocket to veer off course just minutes after liftoff, forcing engineers to trigger its self-destruction. This failure cost NASA $18 million and exposed the catastrophic risks of manual data entry errors in early space flight software, leading to more rigorous automated verification protocols.
el Gobierno español decide poner en libertad a los terroristas franceses, miembros de la OAS, que buscaron refugio en…
el Gobierno español decide poner en libertad a los terroristas franceses, miembros de la OAS, que buscaron refugio en España.
el soviético Valeri Brumel establece un nuevo récord en salto de altura con 2,26 metros.
el soviético Valeri Brumel establece un nuevo récord en salto de altura con 2,26 metros.
The last White Rajah handed Sarawak to Britain in 1946 for £500,000—his family's century-old private kingdom sold lik…
The last White Rajah handed Sarawak to Britain in 1946 for £500,000—his family's century-old private kingdom sold like real estate. Seventeen years later, on July 22nd, 1963, self-governance arrived for 744,529 people who'd never voted under either dynasty. The Iban, Malay, and Chinese communities finally controlled their legislature. But independence lasted exactly 38 days. Sarawak joined the new Malaysian federation in September, trading one distant government for another in Kuala Lumpur. Self-rule became a summer vacation between empires.
The British Crown Colony gained independence on July 22nd—and promptly gave it away sixteen days later.
The British Crown Colony gained independence on July 22nd—and promptly gave it away sixteen days later. Sarawak's freedom lasted exactly 384 hours before joining the new Federation of Malaysia on September 16th. Governor Alexander Waddell oversaw the handoff of a territory larger than England itself, home to 744,529 people across two dozen ethnic groups. The Rajah Brooke family had ruled for a century as white monarchs. Now their former subjects became Malaysians before most ever identified as Sarawakian. Independence became a technicality between colonial masters.
en Las Vegas (Estados Unidos), Sonny Liston revalida su título de campeón del mundo de los pesos pesados, tras vencer…
en Las Vegas (Estados Unidos), Sonny Liston revalida su título de campeón del mundo de los pesos pesados, tras vencer por knockout en el primer asalto a Floyd Patterson.
en Washington se reúne la OEA para discutir sanciones absurdas hacia Cuba utilizando como excusa su ayuda a los mov…
en Washington se reúne la OEA para discutir sanciones absurdas hacia Cuba utilizando como excusa su ayuda a los movimientos nacionalistas en Venezuela. Por 15 votos contra 4 deciden la suspensión de relaciones diplomáticas y comerciales con la isla.
en el sitio de pruebas nucleares de Nevada (Estados Unidos), a las 05:21:08 hora local, se detona la bomba atómica Po…
en el sitio de pruebas nucleares de Nevada (Estados Unidos), a las 05:21:08 hora local, se detona la bomba atómica Pongee, de menos de 20 kt. Es la bomba n.º 425 de las 1129 que Estados Unidos detonó entre 1945 y 1992.
en Barcelona comienza a publicarse el semanario Tele-Estel, el primero escrito en catalán desde la Guerra Civil.
en Barcelona comienza a publicarse el semanario Tele-Estel, el primero escrito en catalán desde la Guerra Civil.
en Barcelona, Tomás Garicano Goñi es nombrado gobernador civil.
en Barcelona, Tomás Garicano Goñi es nombrado gobernador civil.
el escritor Fernando Arrabal es detenido bajo la acusación de blasfemia.
el escritor Fernando Arrabal es detenido bajo la acusación de blasfemia.
Sir John Newsome proposed that Britain’s elite public schools reserve half their places for students from the state s…
Sir John Newsome proposed that Britain’s elite public schools reserve half their places for students from the state sector. This recommendation aimed to dismantle the rigid class barriers inherent in the British education system by integrating pupils from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds into the country's most prestigious academic institutions.
en Bolivia se decreta el estado de sitio.
en Bolivia se decreta el estado de sitio.
en España se halla la Dama de Baza.
en España se halla la Dama de Baza.
Pan Am Flight 816 plunged into the lagoon moments after lifting off from Papeete, claiming 78 lives.
Pan Am Flight 816 plunged into the lagoon moments after lifting off from Papeete, claiming 78 lives. This tragedy forced airlines to overhaul emergency procedures for tropical island takeoffs, where steep terrain and sudden weather shifts demand precise climb gradients. The disaster reshaped pilot training protocols across the Pacific region, ensuring crews now prioritize rapid obstacle clearance in similar environments.
en la localidad sevillana de Paradas (España) se sucede el Crimen de Los Galindos, cometido en el cortijo del mismo n…
en la localidad sevillana de Paradas (España) se sucede el Crimen de Los Galindos, cometido en el cortijo del mismo nombre y donde fueron asesinadas 5 personas, 3 de ellas naturales de la villa.
Bei einem Hausbrand in Boston nimmt der Fotograf Stanley Forman das Foto Fire Escape Collapse auf, das später zum Pre…
Bei einem Hausbrand in Boston nimmt der Fotograf Stanley Forman das Foto Fire Escape Collapse auf, das später zum Pressefoto des Jahres gewählt wird. Es zeigt eine junge Frau und ein kleines Mädchen während ihres Sturzes aus dem fünften Stockwerk, bei dem die Frau ums Leben kommt.
el periodista José María Huertas Clavería ingresa en la cárcel Modelo, después de prestar declaración ante el juzgado…
el periodista José María Huertas Clavería ingresa en la cárcel Modelo, después de prestar declaración ante el juzgado militar, en relación con un reportaje publicado en Tele/Expres.
The check cleared for $525 million—thirty-one years after the bodies stopped piling up.
The check cleared for $525 million—thirty-one years after the bodies stopped piling up. Japan's final reparations payment to the Philippines arrived in 1976, covering an occupation that killed over a million Filipinos between 1942 and 1945. The money funded infrastructure projects: roads, bridges, power plants. But divide $525 million by one million dead and you get $525 per life. The Philippines accepted it anyway. They needed the cash more than they needed to keep counting.
Purged twice, Deng Xiaoping returned to power in July 1977 after spending three years working in a tractor factory.
Purged twice, Deng Xiaoping returned to power in July 1977 after spending three years working in a tractor factory. The man who'd been paraded through Beijing wearing a dunce cap now controlled the world's most populous nation. He was 73. Within months, he reopened universities shuttered for a decade and sent 3,000 students abroad to learn Western technology. By 1978, he'd launch reforms that would lift 800 million Chinese out of poverty. The Communist Party never admitted it was wrong about him—they just gave him back the country.
se celebra en el Congreso la ceremonia de la solemne inauguración de las Cortes Constituyentes españolas en la que el…
se celebra en el Congreso la ceremonia de la solemne inauguración de las Cortes Constituyentes españolas en la que el rey Juan Carlos I reconoce la soberanía del pueblo español.
en la ciudad santa de Meched (Irán), violentos disturbios causan alrededor de cuarenta muertos.
en la ciudad santa de Meched (Irán), violentos disturbios causan alrededor de cuarenta muertos.
se inaugura el estadio Ciudad de Vicente López, actual cancha del Club Atlético Platense, en un partido disputado ent…
se inaugura el estadio Ciudad de Vicente López, actual cancha del Club Atlético Platense, en un partido disputado entre este y Gimnasia La Plata, que terminaría 0 a 0.
el ciclista francés Bernard Hinault gana el Tour de Francia.
el ciclista francés Bernard Hinault gana el Tour de Francia.
Flour bombs rained onto Eden Park while 350 police in riot gear held back 3,000 protesters as the Springboks kicked o…
Flour bombs rained onto Eden Park while 350 police in riot gear held back 3,000 protesters as the Springboks kicked off against Poverty Bay. New Zealand split down the middle—families stopped speaking, churches divided, neighbors clashed in streets across fifty-six days. Prime Minister Robert Muldoon deployed the Red Squad, a specially trained police unit, against citizens protesting apartheid. Over 1,500 arrests followed. The tour cost NZ$7.5 million in security alone. But it worked: the images of police batons striking protesters convinced the world that hosting apartheid-era South Africa wasn't worth the price of a rugby match.
en Polonia se proclama una amnistía parcial y condicional, mientras la Dieta aprueba numerosas leyes represivas.
en Polonia se proclama una amnistía parcial y condicional, mientras la Dieta aprueba numerosas leyes represivas.
patrulleras de Honduras y Nicaragua entablan un breve combate naval y buques de guerra estadounidenses navegan frente…
patrulleras de Honduras y Nicaragua entablan un breve combate naval y buques de guerra estadounidenses navegan frente a las costas de Nicaragua.
General Wojciech Jaruzelski lifted martial law on July 22, 1983, after 19 months of tanks on Polish streets.
General Wojciech Jaruzelski lifted martial law on July 22, 1983, after 19 months of tanks on Polish streets. But 10,000 Solidarity members stayed imprisoned. The telephone lines reconnected. Curfews ended. Travel restrictions dissolved. Yet the secret police expanded, now operating without the formal declaration that had at least named the oppression. Lech Wałęsa remained under surveillance in Gdańsk, watching his union stay banned for another six years. Sometimes the cage door opens, but the bars just become invisible.
en Guinea Ecuatorial se produce un intento fallido de golpe de Estado.
en Guinea Ecuatorial se produce un intento fallido de golpe de Estado.
Der Schleswig-Holsteinische Landtag beschließt die Einrichtung eines Nationalparks Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer.
Der Schleswig-Holsteinische Landtag beschließt die Einrichtung eines Nationalparks Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer.
en Roma (Italia), el atleta marroquí Saïd Aouita establece el récord mundial de los 5000 metros lisos en un tiempo de…
en Roma (Italia), el atleta marroquí Saïd Aouita establece el récord mundial de los 5000 metros lisos en un tiempo de 12 min 58,39 s.
la Unión Soviética pone en órbita la nave Soyuz TM-3.
la Unión Soviética pone en órbita la nave Soyuz TM-3.
Greg LeMond crossed the finish line in Paris with a 2 minute, 16 second lead over Claudio Chiappucci—the widest margi…
Greg LeMond crossed the finish line in Paris with a 2 minute, 16 second lead over Claudio Chiappucci—the widest margin in five years. The American had controlled the yellow jersey for twelve of twenty-one stages. But here's what made 1990 different: shotgun pellets still lodged in his heart lining from a 1987 hunting accident. Doctors said he'd never race again. He won anyway, becoming the first rider to sweep all three major classifications in a single Tour. Two years later, his body finally gave out. Sometimes the comeback costs more than the original injury.
Die Volkskammer der DDR beschließt das Ländereinführungsgesetz, das am 14.
Die Volkskammer der DDR beschließt das Ländereinführungsgesetz, das am 14. Oktober in Kraft treten soll.
إسرائيل تضع حجر أساس لبناء أول مستعمرة في جنوب لبنان.
إسرائيل تضع حجر أساس لبناء أول مستعمرة في جنوب لبنان.
en Etiopía, el Parlamento elige al exguerrillero Meles Zenawi como jefe de Estado.
en Etiopía, el Parlamento elige al exguerrillero Meles Zenawi como jefe de Estado.
en Milwaukee (Estados Unidos), Jeffrey Dahmer es arrestado cuando se descubren restos humanos en su apartamento.
en Milwaukee (Estados Unidos), Jeffrey Dahmer es arrestado cuando se descubren restos humanos en su apartamento.
Tracy Edwards escaped with a handcuff dangling from his wrist and flagged down two Milwaukee patrol officers at 11:30…
Tracy Edwards escaped with a handcuff dangling from his wrist and flagged down two Milwaukee patrol officers at 11:30 PM on July 22nd. They followed him back to apartment 213, where Jeffrey Dahmer calmly answered the door. Inside the refrigerator: four severed heads. Freezer: a human torso. Photographs of dismembered bodies covered the bedroom. Seventeen men and boys dead over thirteen years. Neighbors had complained about the smell for months, described sounds like sawing. Police had even returned a drugged 14-year-old victim to Dahmer's care two months earlier. Sometimes the most ordinary doors hide the unimaginable.
el gobierno sudafricano confiesa que, durante años, ha apoyado al movimiento Inkatha, que compite políticamente con e…
el gobierno sudafricano confiesa que, durante años, ha apoyado al movimiento Inkatha, que compite políticamente con el Congreso Nacional Africano (ANC).
The prison had a nightclub, a waterfall, and a full bar.
The prison had a nightclub, a waterfall, and a full bar. Pablo Escobar walked out of La Catedral on July 22, 1992, when he learned Colombian President César Gaviria planned to transfer him to a real facility. He'd negotiated his own surrender a year earlier, built his own "prison," and murdered associates from inside. Four hundred soldiers surrounded the compound during his escape. None fired. Sixteen months later, security forces tracked him to a Medellín rooftop and killed him. He'd turned imprisonment into a business headquarters with a better view.
The barges came at 3 a.m.
The barges came at 3 a.m. on July 22nd. Kaskaskia's 79 residents—the entire population of Illinois's first capital—had maybe two hours to grab what they could carry. The Mississippi had been rising for 103 days straight. When the levee cracked, water moved at seven feet per hour through streets where French fur traders once built a city of 7,000. The Army Corps ferried everyone across in darkness. They never came back. The town that survived 250 years of floods drowned in one summer, abandoned except for the church bell that still rings on an island.
se lanza al espacio el cohete Ariane IV, que transporta el satélite español de comunicaciones Hispasat 1B.
se lanza al espacio el cohete Ariane IV, que transporta el satélite español de comunicaciones Hispasat 1B.
Im Krieg in Bosnien-Herzegowina wird bei der seit dem 5.
Im Krieg in Bosnien-Herzegowina wird bei der seit dem 5. April 1992 andauernden Belagerung von Sarajevo der Höchstwert von 3.777 Granateneinschlägen an einem Tag verzeichnet.
Die letzten Teile des Kometen Shoemaker-Levy 9 schlagen auf dem Jupiter ein.
Die letzten Teile des Kometen Shoemaker-Levy 9 schlagen auf dem Jupiter ein.
Traffic began flowing across the second Blue Water Bridge, doubling the capacity of the critical trade corridor conne…
Traffic began flowing across the second Blue Water Bridge, doubling the capacity of the critical trade corridor connecting Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario. This expansion relieved decades of bottlenecks at one of the busiest North American border crossings, streamlining the movement of billions of dollars in annual commercial freight between the United States and Canada.
comienza a publicarse en la revista japonesa Shūkan Shōnen Jump el manga One Piece, de Eiichiro Oda.
comienza a publicarse en la revista japonesa Shūkan Shōnen Jump el manga One Piece, de Eiichiro Oda.
en la ciudad de Guatemala la policía detiene al sacerdote Mario Leonel Orantes Nájera (34) por su complicidad en el a…
en la ciudad de Guatemala la policía detiene al sacerdote Mario Leonel Orantes Nájera (34) por su complicidad en el asesinato del obispo Juan José Gerardi (75) el 26 de abril de 1998, dos días después de que éste publicara el informe Guatemala: nunca más, en que demostraba que el Gobierno guatemalteco había sido responsable del asesinato de 200 000 indígenas mayas en los años ochenta. Orantes estará preso hasta el 4 de enero de 2013.
Die spirituelle Praktik Falun Gong wird in China verboten.
Die spirituelle Praktik Falun Gong wird in China verboten.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero se convierte en el nuevo secretario general del Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE)…
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero se convierte en el nuevo secretario general del Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) con el 41,69 % de los votos de los delegados socialistas reunidos en el 35.º Congreso del partido.
en Inglaterra, el golfista estadounidense David Duval logra la victoria en el Open británico de golf.
en Inglaterra, el golfista estadounidense David Duval logra la victoria en el Open británico de golf.
Nach dem Vorwurf der Beteiligung an Plünderungen und gewalttätigen Ausschreitung im Rahmen der Proteste gegen den G8-…
Nach dem Vorwurf der Beteiligung an Plünderungen und gewalttätigen Ausschreitung im Rahmen der Proteste gegen den G8-Gipfel von Genua wird die Volxtheaterkarawane von der italienischen Polizei festgenommen.
en una playa de Tasmania (Australia) aparece muerto un calamar gigante con tentáculos de 15 metros.
en una playa de Tasmania (Australia) aparece muerto un calamar gigante con tentáculos de 15 metros.
en Países Bajos se constituye el nuevo Gobierno de derecha, dirigido por el primer ministro Jan Peter Balkenende.
en Países Bajos se constituye el nuevo Gobierno de derecha, dirigido por el primer ministro Jan Peter Balkenende.
el diplomático brasileño Sergio Vieira de Mello toma el relevo de Mary Robinson al frente de la Comisión de Derechos …
el diplomático brasileño Sergio Vieira de Mello toma el relevo de Mary Robinson al frente de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas.
The one-ton bomb dropped at midnight on a Gaza apartment building where Salah Shahade slept with his family.
The one-ton bomb dropped at midnight on a Gaza apartment building where Salah Shahade slept with his family. Israel's F-16 killed Hamas's military commander instantly—along with his wife, his 14-year-old daughter, and 13 neighbors including nine children. The July 22nd strike used a Mark 84 bomb in a densely packed residential block. Shahade had orchestrated dozens of suicide bombings that killed over 220 Israelis during the Second Intifada. Israeli officials called it a military necessity; the UN termed it excessive force. Both sides cited the same death toll to justify opposite conclusions about what happens when you hunt one man in a crowded city.
en la Torre Eiffel (París), un cortocircuito provoca un incendio que obliga a evacuar a 3000 personas.
en la Torre Eiffel (París), un cortocircuito provoca un incendio que obliga a evacuar a 3000 personas.
Four hours of gunfire to kill four people in a Mosul mansion.
Four hours of gunfire to kill four people in a Mosul mansion. The 101st Airborne, backed by Special Forces, fired 400 rounds and multiple TOW missiles into the compound on July 22, 2003. Uday and Qusay Hussein died alongside Qusay's 14-year-old son Mustapha and a bodyguard. A $30 million tip from a cousin led troops to the address. The bodies were so damaged the military had to use dental records and facial reconstruction for identification. The brothers' deaths didn't stop the insurgency—it was just beginning.
en los Campeonatos de Barcelona, el nadador estadounidense Michael Phelps rompe la plusmarca mundial de los 200 m mar…
en los Campeonatos de Barcelona, el nadador estadounidense Michael Phelps rompe la plusmarca mundial de los 200 m mariposa (1 min 53,2 s).
la Comisión Ballenera Internacional (CBI) abre de nuevo las puertas a la caza comercial de estos cetáceos, lo que sup…
la Comisión Ballenera Internacional (CBI) abre de nuevo las puertas a la caza comercial de estos cetáceos, lo que supone el fin de la moratoria vigente desde 1986.
en el noroeste de Anatolia (Turquía) mueren 36 personas en el descarrilamiento de un tren.
en el noroeste de Anatolia (Turquía) mueren 36 personas en el descarrilamiento de un tren.
en la ciudad de Ramadi (Irak), los combates entre las tropas invasoras estadounidenses y la resistencia iraquí dejan …
en la ciudad de Ramadi (Irak), los combates entre las tropas invasoras estadounidenses y la resistencia iraquí dejan 25 muertos.
Die Aktion Tagwerk veranstaltet erstmals die Kampagne „Dein Tag für Afrika“ in Brandenburg.
Die Aktion Tagwerk veranstaltet erstmals die Kampagne „Dein Tag für Afrika“ in Brandenburg. Der Verein ruft Schülerinnen und Schüler auf, sich für Gleichaltrige in Afrika zu engagieren. In Brandenburg folgen 12.500 Jugendliche von 122 Schulen dem Aufruf.
Die Russin Jelena Gadschijewna Issinbajewa überwindet als erste Frau im Stabhochsprung die Höhe von fünf Metern.
Die Russin Jelena Gadschijewna Issinbajewa überwindet als erste Frau im Stabhochsprung die Höhe von fünf Metern.
la escaladora austriaca Gerlinde Kalterbrunner corona el Gasherbrum II y logra su octavo «ochomil» igualando el récor…
la escaladora austriaca Gerlinde Kalterbrunner corona el Gasherbrum II y logra su octavo «ochomil» igualando el récord de Edurne Pasaban.
en Guernica y Luno (Vizcaya), la ETA hace estallar una pequeña bomba ante la sede de una empresa, sin causar daños de…
en Guernica y Luno (Vizcaya), la ETA hace estallar una pequeña bomba ante la sede de una empresa, sin causar daños de consideración.
se descubre en Atapuerca un fósil del hueso humano más pequeño (uno de los huesos del oído medio), del que hasta ahor…
se descubre en Atapuerca un fósil del hueso humano más pequeño (uno de los huesos del oído medio), del que hasta ahora solo había cuatro restos en todo el mundo.
Eight bullets.
Eight bullets. Seven hit Jean Charles de Menezes in the head at Stockwell tube station on July 22, 2005. The 27-year-old Brazilian electrician was running late for work, not running from police. Officers thought his Mongolian features and padded jacket matched a terrorism suspect. They were wrong. He'd done nothing but leave the wrong apartment building at the wrong time, two weeks after the 7/7 bombings killed 52 people. Scotland Yard's surveillance team lost the actual suspect before Menezes even entered the station. Sometimes the hunt is deadlier than the target.
en Londres (Inglaterra) se inauguró el Emirates Stadium, estadio del Arsenal Football Club.
en Londres (Inglaterra) se inauguró el Emirates Stadium, estadio del Arsenal Football Club.
en Canadá, la Selección Argentina sub-20 se consagró campeona mundial de la categoría tras derrotar en la final a la …
en Canadá, la Selección Argentina sub-20 se consagró campeona mundial de la categoría tras derrotar en la final a la República Checa por 2-1. Esta consagración significó la 6° para La Rrina del Fútbol en campeonatos mundiales de la categoría, siendo la máxima ganadora histórica.
eclipse solar total, el más largo del siglo XXI, con una duración de 6 minutos y 39 segundos.
eclipse solar total, el más largo del siglo XXI, con una duración de 6 minutos y 39 segundos.
se estrenó mundialmente en cines Capitán América: el primer vengador, la quinta película del Universo Cinematográfico…
se estrenó mundialmente en cines Capitán América: el primer vengador, la quinta película del Universo Cinematográfico de Marvel, que marcó el debut de Chris Evans como el héroe de América.
The bomb in Oslo's government quarter killed eight.
The bomb in Oslo's government quarter killed eight. But Anders Behring Breivik wasn't finished. He drove 25 miles northwest dressed as a police officer, boarded a ferry to Utøya island, and spent 72 minutes systematically hunting teenagers at a Labour Party youth camp. Sixty-nine dead, most under 18. Some drowned trying to swim to safety. Norway's worst attack since World War II came from a 32-year-old Norwegian targeting his own country's future politicians. The nation that gave the world the Nobel Peace Prize faced its deadliest day of peacetime violence.
Pranab Mukherjee est élu président de l’Inde.
Pranab Mukherjee est élu président de l’Inde.
The People's Protection Units seized control of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê after fierce clashes with pro-government fo…
The People's Protection Units seized control of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê after fierce clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah. This expansion solidified YPG dominance over northern Syria, establishing a de facto autonomous zone that would later evolve into the Syrian Democratic Forces.
O Papa Francisco chega ao Brasil para a Jornada Mundial da Juventude em sua primeira viagem internacional como papa.
O Papa Francisco chega ao Brasil para a Jornada Mundial da Juventude em sua primeira viagem internacional como papa.
Twin earthquakes struck Dingxi, China, collapsing thousands of traditional homes and burying residents under heavy de…
Twin earthquakes struck Dingxi, China, collapsing thousands of traditional homes and burying residents under heavy debris. The disaster claimed 89 lives and injured over 500 people, exposing the extreme vulnerability of rural infrastructure in the region. This tragedy forced the government to accelerate seismic-resistant building codes for remote villages to prevent similar structural failures in future tremors.
Joko Widodo est proclamé vainqueur de l’élection présidentielle indonésienne.
Joko Widodo est proclamé vainqueur de l’élection présidentielle indonésienne.
جامعة برمنغهام تُعلن عُثورها على مخطوطةٍ قُرآنيَّةٍ ترجع إلى العصر النبوي، بعد أن كانت قد دُمجت بالخطأ مع مخطوطةٍ أُخ…
جامعة برمنغهام تُعلن عُثورها على مخطوطةٍ قُرآنيَّةٍ ترجع إلى العصر النبوي، بعد أن كانت قد دُمجت بالخطأ مع مخطوطةٍ أُخرى طيلة سنوات.
une fusillade meurtrière a lieu dans un centre commercial à Munich en Bavière (Allemagne).
une fusillade meurtrière a lieu dans un centre commercial à Munich en Bavière (Allemagne).
le Haut conseil pour l'unité de l'Azawad (H.C.U.A.) expulse un groupe d'autodéfense touareg « Imghad » et ses alliés …
le Haut conseil pour l'unité de l'Azawad (H.C.U.A.) expulse un groupe d'autodéfense touareg « Imghad » et ses alliés (G.A.T.I.A.) de la ville de Kidal au Mali.
le Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (C.S.A.) de Belgique publie pour la première fois des autorisations de la norme…
le Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (C.S.A.) de Belgique publie pour la première fois des autorisations de la norme de radiodiffusion Digital Audio Broadcasting (D.A.B.+) qui doit alors remplacer à terme l'analogique.
India launched Chandrayaan-2 aboard a GSLV Mark III rocket, deploying an orbiter, the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan …
India launched Chandrayaan-2 aboard a GSLV Mark III rocket, deploying an orbiter, the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan rover to the Moon. This ambitious mission expanded India's deep-space capabilities, enabling high-resolution mapping of the lunar surface and paving the way for future sample-return attempts that no other Asian nation had achieved at that scale.
عدد الإصابات المؤكدة بجائحة كورونا يتخطّى حاجز 15 مليون شخص حول العالم، من بينهم أكثر من 617 ألف حالة وفاة وحوالي ثما…
عدد الإصابات المؤكدة بجائحة كورونا يتخطّى حاجز 15 مليون شخص حول العالم، من بينهم أكثر من 617 ألف حالة وفاة وحوالي ثمانية ملايين ونصف المليون حالة تماثلت للشفاء.
En Turrialba,Costa Rica, se registran las peores inundaciones en su historia, generando pérdidas millonarias en la zona.
En Turrialba,Costa Rica, se registran las peores inundaciones en su historia, generando pérdidas millonarias en la zona.
en Inde, des inondations affectent l’État du Maharashtra et font au moins 115 morts.
en Inde, des inondations affectent l’État du Maharashtra et font au moins 115 morts.
tras más de 50 años en la industria de la lucha libre y provocando un gran impacto a nivel mundial, Vince McMahon se …
tras más de 50 años en la industria de la lucha libre y provocando un gran impacto a nivel mundial, Vince McMahon se retiró oficialmente de todas sus funciones directivas en WWE, marcando el final de una era legendaria.