Historical Events for 22nd July 2023

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1484 - Battle of Lochmaben Fair - a 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured
1515 - First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire - rise of the Habsburgs influence
1835 - Smolny Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia is consecrated, originally commissioned by Elizabeth of Russia
1933 - Wiley Post completes the 1st solo flight round the world, takes 7 days and 19 hours
1942 - 4th Soviet army forms with 80 tanks
1954 - WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1984 - 71st Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France
2018 - Lone gunman shooting kills 3 including gunman and injures 13 in Toronto, Canada
2019 - US President Donald Trump says US could win war in Afghanistan in a week "I just don't want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth"
2022 - Droupadi Murmu is the first tribal politician to be elected President of India (head of state, without executive powers)

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