Historical Events for 28th July 2022

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1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe on return to England
1864 - US Civil War: Battle at Ezra Chapel - Union forces under Major Gen. William Sherman defeat Confederate Lt. General John Hood near Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia
1866 - Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US
1898 - Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender
1932 - "White Zombie" - 1st feature length zombie film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Bela Lugosi is released in the US
1959 - Hawaii's 1st US election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress
1971 - Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie"
2005 - A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
2014 - Israel criticizes John Kerry's proposed ceasefire, stating that no ceasefire deal will be accepted without the destruction of tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip
2020 - Iter, the world's largest nuclear fusion project, begins assembly in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France

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