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; Liberation Day in Guam (1944) | unreferenced section |
Racial Harmony Day in Singapore (1964) | unreferenced stub |
1403 – Forces under Henry IV of England defeated a rebel army led by Henry "Hotspur" Percy at the Battle of Shrewsbury in what is now Battlefield, Shropshire. | needs more footnotes |
1645 – Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issued an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus. | clean up |
1774 – The Russo-Turkish War officially ended after the Russian and Ottoman Empires signed the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, with the latter ceding parts of the Yedisan region to the former. | copy editing |
1918 – World War I: An Imperial German U-boat opened fire on the American town of Orleans, Massachusetts, and several merchant vessels nearby. | needs more footnotes |
1944 – World War II: American troops landed on Guam to liberate it from Japanese control. | single source |
1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike became Prime Minister of Ceylon and thus the world's first female head of government. | refimprove |
1964 – Race riots began in Padang, Singapore (then part of Malaysia) during a Malay procession marking Muhammad's birthday, leaving 23 people dead, 450 people injured, significant damage to property and vehicles, and a government imposed 11-day curfew. | refimprove |
1977 – Libyan forces carried out a raid at Sallum, sparking a four-day war with Egypt. | unreferenced section |
July 21: Belgian National Day (1831)