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• 1099 Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem during the First Crusade
• 1456 Hungarian army under John Hunyadi defeat the forces of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II and end the Siege of Belgrade (Nándorfehérvár). Halting Ottoman expansion in Europe for 70 years.
• 1515 First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire and demonstrates the Habsburgs growing influence

• 1942 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp
• 1963 Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule
• 2011 Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, a bomb blast targeting government buildings in central Oslo and a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya
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• 1933 Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida" at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US

• 2017 South African golfer Branden Grace records lowest round for a men's major championship - 62 in 3rd round at British Open, Royal Birkdale, England

Fun Fact About July 22

Crew of Belgium RV Belgica see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs - 1st expedition to endure Antarctic winter

July 22, 1898

• 1515 Anna of Bohemia (12) marries Karel van Ferdinand of Austria
• 1515 Louis of Hungary (9) marries Maria of Bohemia & succession to Hungarian throne
• 1850 American composer Stephen Foster (24) weds Jane Denny McDowell (20) at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• 1940 Jacqueline Kennedy's parents John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III and Janet (Norton Lee) divorce
• 2010 American "The Princess Bride" actress Robin Wright (44) divorces American actor-director Sean Penn (49) due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage

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