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2019

Marvel’s "Avengers: Endgame" becomes the highest-grossing film in history, with box office earnings of 2.9 billion.

1999

The Woodstock ’99 music festival begins at Griffiss Park in Rome, New York (through the 25th); 200,000 people attend, but the festival is cut short due to violence.

1992

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from prison.

1981

The Quebec government ends a long-standing tradition and allows women to enter taverns.

1942

The Holocaust, the systematic and targeted massacre of Jews, begins in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland.

1933

Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world in 7 days and 19 hours.

1894

The first automobile race in history takes place between Paris and Rouen in France. Albert Lemaître, driving a 3-horsepower Peugeot, wins the race.

1793

Explorer Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first person to cross Canada.

1376

The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin—who, through his music, lured rats out of the city—comes into being.

It happened on… July 22

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