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Obon festival in Japan refimprove section
Democracy and National Unity Day in Turkey stub
1240Swedish–Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeated the Swedes on the river Neva near Ust-Izhora, present-day Russia. OR section
1806 – The Pike Expedition, led by Zebulon Pike to explore the Louisiana Territory, began near St. Louis, Missouri. refimprove section
1823 – A fire, accidentally started by a workman who was repairing the lead of the roof, destroyed the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. The church was restored by 1840. refimprove
1888 – The volcano Mount Bandai in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan erupted, killing at least 470 people. refimprove
1910Emil Kraepelin (pictured) published a new edition of his Textbook of Psychiatry, including for the first time Alzheimer's disease, named after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. Update tags
1916William E. Boeing incorporated the Pacific Aero Products Co., which was later renamed Boeing. refimprove section
1959 – Five hundred thousand American steelworkers went on strike, closing nearly every steel mill in the country. page numbers needed
1966Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese troops began Operation Hastings to push North Vietnamese forces out of the Demilitarized Zone. Single source; copied from PD, so not WP's own work
1974 – Greek-sponsored nationalists overthrew Makarios III, President of Cyprus, in a coup d'état and replaced him with Nikos Sampson. Makarios needs more footnotes; Sampson has multiple issues
1997 – American serial killer Andrew Cunanan gunned down fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami, Florida. refimprove section
2003 – The non-profit Mozilla Foundation was founded to ensure the open-source Mozilla project would survive after AOL Time Warner disbanded Netscape Communications. Mozilla: refimprove section; Netscape: outdated
2006 – The online social networking and news service Twitter was launched. outdated
* 2014A metro train derailed in Moscow, killing 24 people and injuring 160 others in the deadliest accident in the Moscow Metro's history. Undercited

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July 15: Marine Day in Japan (2024), Statehood Day in Ukraine (2022)

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