Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 28

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 * 1148 – Crusades: The siege of Damascus ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, leading to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
 * 1821 – Peruvian War of Independence: Argentine general José de San Martín declared the independence of Peru from the Spanish Empire.
 * 1917 – In New York City, the NAACP and church and community leaders organized a silent march of at least 8,000 people to protest violence directed towards African Americans.
 * 1940 – At the Salzburg Conference, German dictator Adolf Hitler demanded the replacement of much of Slovakia's cabinet.
 * 1945 – A B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 14 people and causing an estimated $1 million in damage.
 * 1976 – An earthquake registering 7.6 Mw, one of the deadliest in history, devastated Tangshan, China, and killed at least 240,000 people.
 * 1995 – Two followers of the Indian mystic Rajneesh were convicted of a 1985 plot to assassinate Charles Turner, the U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon.
 * 2001 – At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single FINA world championship.
 * Born/died: | Athanasius I Gammolo|d|631| Judith Leyster|baptised|1609| Marguerite Louise d'Orléans |b|1645| Louis Antoine de Saint-Just|d|1794| Edward Drinker Cope|b|1840| George Law Curry|d|1878| Lucy Burns|b|1879| R. A. B. Mynors|b|1903| Baruch Samuel Blumberg|b|1925| Richard Johns|b|1939| Bill Bradley|b|1943| Richard Wright|b|1943| Vida Blue|b|1949| Ray Kennedy|b|1951| Clara Ng|b|1973| Manu Ginóbili|b|1977| Michael Carrick|b|1981| Zach Parise|b|1984| Huma Qureshi|b|1986| Dulquer Salmaan|b|1986| Ahmed Sofa|d|2001|