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1890 – John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844) 1896 – Otto Lilienthal , German pilot and engineer (b. 1848) 1901–present
Crime Victims Day ; Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom in 1979. Founding Day (Saudi Arabia) [121] Washington's Birthday, federal holiday in the United States. A holiday on February 22 as well as the third Monday in February. [122] National Cat Day
1969 – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside. 1976 – Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre , one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War .
Birthday of the Late King Sobhuza ; Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih; Joseph of Tiberias (or of Palestine) Markella; Mary Magdalene; Nohra (Maronite Church) July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which Parents' Day can fall, while 28 July is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday in July. (United States) National Press Day
March 27 is the 86th day of ... the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 ... Australian-born New Zealand rugby ...
328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. [1]1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.; 1386 – England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) ... In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang.
1631 – Charles Porter, English-born judge (d. 1696) 1633 – Sebastian Knüpfer , German cantor and composer (d. 1676) 1656 – Guillaume Dubois , French cardinal and politician (d. 1723)