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Feast day of Bartolomé de las Casas (Episcopal and Lutheran churches) unreferenced date
Constitution Day in Uruguay (1830) unreferenced section
1389 – France and England agreed to the Truce of Leulinghem, establishing a 13-year peace during the Hundred Years' War. single source
1870 – The First Vatican Council declared that the Pope is infallible when he solemnly declares a dogmatic teaching on faith as being contained in divine revelation. citation style
1925 – The first volume of Adolf Hitler's personal manifesto Mein Kampf was published. unreferenced section; section needs expansion
1942 – German engineers test flew the Messerschmitt Me 262 with jet engines for the first time. refimprove section
1969 – After a party on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts, United States Senator Ted Kennedy accidentally drove his car off a bridge, leading to the death of his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, a former campaign worker. refimprove section
1982Guatemalan military forces and their paramilitary allies slaughtered over 250 Mayans in the village of Plan de Sánchez, Baja Verapaz. refimprove section
1992 – A university professor and nine students from La Cantuta University in Lima, Peru, were abducted and "disappeared" by a military death squad. unreferenced section
1994 – Eighty-five people died when a bomb exploded at a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, making it Argentina's deadliest bombing ever. refimprove section; many CN tags (7)
1995 – During the fifteenth stage of the 1995 Tour de France, Italian cyclist Fabio Casartelli suffered a fatal crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet. refimprove
1995 – After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano began a still-ongoing eruption, devastating the island of Montserrat. refimprove section
2005 – Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. president George W. Bush announced the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement, a bilateral treaty on civil nuclear cooperation between their two countries. refimprove section
2013 – With an estimated debt of $18–20 billion, the city of Detroit, Michigan, filed for bankruptcy, the largest in U.S. history by debt. outdated, refimprove section
Boniface of Savoy |d|1270 date of death uncertain - some sources say 14 July, others say 18 July
International Mandela Day since 2009 Too short
Hendrik Lorentz |b|1853| Date not cited in article

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Coronation of Pedro II of Brazil
Coronation of Pedro II of Brazil
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