Historical Events for 21st July 2022

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1588 - First engagement between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada off the Eddystone Rocks
1825 - Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
1888 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-3
1913 - The Egyptian government announces a new constitutional system and electoral law
1918 - U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts
1933 - Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens
1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery
1964 - Last Dutch whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific
2018 - Re-boot of TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" announced with creator Joss Whedon as executive producer

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