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28th July 1932: Bonus Marchers forcibly evicted from Washington D.C. by the Army

Bonus Marchers in Washington D.C. were forcibly removed by the U.S. Army under General Douglas ...

27th July 1794: Thermidorian Reaction begins in France with the arrest of Maximilien Robspierre

In an attempt to evade capture Robespierre only succeeded in shattering his jaw when he reputedly attempted to shoot himself with a pistol, and spent the rest of the night on a table in the Committee of General Security before he was executed by ...

26th July 1948: Truman abolished racial segregation in the US military with Executive Order 9981

President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 that abolished racial segregation in the U.S. ...

25th July 1934: Austrian Chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss, assassinated by members of the Austrian Nazi Party

Members of the Austrian Nazi Party, seeking to annex Austria into Nazi Germany, stormed the Chancellery building in Vienna where they shot and fatally wounded Dollfuss, who succumbed to his injuries later that ...

24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III

Often referred to as the ‘lost city of the Incas’, Machu Picchu was constructed in the middle of the 15th century but was abandoned barely a century later in ...

23rd July 1952: Egyptian Revolution begins, leading to the overthrow of King Farouk I and the end of British influence in Egypt

The Free Officers, led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser, launched a coup that seized key military installations and government buildings in Cairo with minimal ...

22nd July 1706: Terms of the Acts of Union 1707 agreed by commissioners from England and Scotland

On the 22nd July 1706, the foundation for the establishment of the Kingdom of Great Britain was laid when commissioners from England and Scotland agreed the Acts of ...

20th July 1801: The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese, is produced for President Thomas Jefferson, and weighs 1,235lbs

Weighing more than half a ton, the completed cheese was marked with the Jeffersonian motto ‘Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God’ and was presented to President Jefferson on January 1, ...

19th July 1870: The Franco-Prussian War begins when Napoleon III declares war

The Franco-Prussian War began with a declaration of war by the French emperor, Napoleon ...

18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio

Riots broke out in the in the predominantly African-American community of Hough in Cleveland, ...