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King of Jerusalem / Norway Attacks / First Car Race
On This Day (July 22): Your quick daily trip back in time.
Fatih Taskiran
July 22, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes
🌟 Editor's Note
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🗓️ Time Machine
-1099 | During the First Crusade, Godfrey of Bouillon was elected Defender of the Holy Sepulchre. |
-1456 | The Hungarian army, led by John Hunyadi, defeated the forces of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II and ended the Siege of Belgrade (Nándorfehérvár). Halting Ottoman expansion in Europe for 70 years. |
-1515 | The First Congress of Vienna settled issues between Poland and the Holy Roman Empire, demonstrating the Habsburgs' growing influence. |
-1894 | First-ever automobile race, with 17 of 21 competitors finishing from Paris to Rouen, France, covering 126 kilometers, or 78.3 miles. |
-1942 | 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto were sent to the Treblinka Extermination Camp. |
-1963 | Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule. |
-2003 | Qusay and Uday Hussein, sons of Saddam Hussein, were killed while fighting with U.S. troops in Mosul, northern Iraq. |
-2011 | Norway was the victim of two terror attacks: a bomb blast targeting government buildings in Oslo and a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. |
📸 Snapshot
Michelin launched a new radio show called Michelin Hour, 1928
💬 Final Words
🏆 FlashQuiz
Did we make history today? |
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