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On this day July 10-16, 2022 (week 28)

July 10, 2022 - July 16, 2022 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features the iPhone App Store, China’s Ming Dynasty admiral Zheng He, the opening of the Panama Canal, the Carabinieri of Italy, St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, the catastrophic flooding in western Europe in 2021, and Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II

July 10. 2008: Apple launched its iPhone App Store, with 500 apps available. As of March 2022, it offered more than 1 million gaming apps, and 3.79 million non-gaming apps

July 11, 1405: China’s Ming Dynasty admiral Zheng He set sail on the first of seven far-reaching voyages that encompassed the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans

July 12, 1920: The Panama Canal was formally dedicated by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, six years after it opened. The waterway links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

July 13, 1814: The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy and one of the country’s four Armed Forces, was established. It polices both military and civilian populations

July 14, 1902: The campanile, the bell tower of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, collapsed. Constructed in the 9th century as a watchtower for the docks, it was rebuilt in 1912

July 15, 2021: Catastrophic flooding in western Europe left more than 200 people dead, with parts of western Germany suffering the worst devastation in decades

July 16, 1918: Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas II, was murdered by the Bolsheviks. His wife Alexandra, their five children and several of their staff also died in the hail of bullets

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PUBLISHED: 22/06/2022; DESIGN: Phil Bainbridge; PICTURE RESEARCH: Julie Mullins; EVENT SELECTION: Fiona Roberts and Susan Shepherd; PROOFING: Julie Mullins; TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION: Fiona Roberts;; STORY: Julie Mullins; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty, Associated Press
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