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Live-posting as a reporter embedded in history. Curated by @MannyMarotta. Companion to @50YearsAgoLive, @100YearsAgoLive, and @250YearsAgoLive. DM for contact.
No posts tomorrow, 22 July. I am going to be traveling between two cities in Montenegro without reliable transportation and I am likely to spend the whole day figuring out how to do that.
Protestors from the Jewish Defense League burn Confederate and Nazi flags to protest an arson attempt against a Reno, Nevada synagogue. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) criticizes the move and says that it is not constructive to burn any kind of flag.
The Hooters restaurant chain is ordered to pay $275,000 to Sarah Steinhoff, who claimed to be the target of unwanted sexual harassment while working as a waitress in Newport, Kentucky in 1996 and 1997.
What Lies Beneath, a Robert Zemeckis horror film starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, is released in theaters.
At Pleasure Beach Resort in Lancashire, England, an 11-year-old boy named Christopher Sherratt dies after falling out of a ride vehicle aboard the Space Invader rollercoaster. He had unstrapped his seatbelt.
The 33rd San Diego Comic-Con opens with a record 48,000 attendees.
In Rheinlander, Wisconsin, the Environmental Liberation Front (ELF) chops down thousands of poplar trees and spray-paints vehicles and buildings of the U.S. Forest Service. An ELF spokesman says they did it to protest bioengineering. There are $1 million in damages.
Wireless company Airspan Networks soars 200% on the day of its IPO as investors cycle out of tech stocks and into telecommunications.
Roberto Suárez Gómez, drug lord and trafficker who was a major supplier of cocaine to Colombia, dies in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He was 68. Gómez served as the inspiration for character Alejandro Sosa in 1983 American crime film Scarface.
Rioting breaks out in Brixton (South London) following the fatal shooting of Derek Bennett, a 29-year-old black man, by police. 27 people are arrested.
The United Kingdom passes the Terrorism Act 2000, which proscribes 80 organizations as terrorist groups.
[Fourth-Wall Break] Happy 25th birthday to @historycalendar, who, as of today, joins the timeline of events covered on this account. History Calendar has been a friend of this account for a few years and you should follow them too.
I am officially 25 🎉
PETA protestors serve US Congressmen veggie hot dogs on Capitol Hill.
Stephen Gendin, who, after learning he was HIV-positive as a freshman in college, led advocacy efforts to change government policy toward people infected with the AIDS virus, dies of AIDS in New York City. He was 34.
A centennial birthday pageant is held for The Queen Mother at London’s Horse Guards Parade. Prince Charles rides with his grandmother in a carriage. The Queen Mother will turn 100 on 4 August.
