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1283War of the Sicilian Vespers: An Aragonese fleet of galleys inflicted a crushing defeat on an Angevin fleet at Malta, forcing Charles I of Anjou to postpone his plan to invade Sicily. primary sources
1497Vasco da Gama set sail on the first direct European voyage to India. Both refimprove. Check February 12 before adding to MainPage
1579Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in Kazan, present-day Tatarstan, Russia. refimprove section
1859Charles XV became King of Sweden and Norway following the death of his father Oscar I. refimprove section, unreferenced section (Ancestry)
1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal, the world's most circulated business daily newspaper, was published. recentism
1898 – American con artist and gangster Soapy Smith was killed in Skagway, Alaska, when an argument with fellow gang members turned into an unexpected gunfight. refimprove
1972 – Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani was assassinated by Mossad agents in response to the Lod Airport massacre. missing ISBNs
1994 – Upon the death of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il (pictured) became the supreme leader of North Korea. More citations needed
2011Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched in STS-135, the final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program. unreferenced section
2014 – In response to the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, Israel launched a military operation into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Lots of inline tags
Sourav Ganguly |b|1972| Fan pov
Abdul Sattar Edhi |d|2016| lots of cn
Alberto Bolognetti |b|1538| Cited source says 28th July

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July 8: Islamic New Year (2024, 1446 AH)

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