July 20

356 BCE:  In Macedonia, King Philip II and Queen
Olympia give birth to Alexander the Great. You can draw a straight line from
Alexander’s Hellenization of Asia Minor to Chanukah to Tisha B’Av, 70 CE.

http://www.biography.com/print/profil…

One killed as record rainfall hits Noney, Manipur with severe damage A record-breaking 225 mm (8.86 inches) of rainfall hit Noney district in Manipur overnight on July 16, 2025, triggering flash floods and landslides that killed one person and caused severe damage to infrastructure, cropland, and transport corridors. The Khoupum Dam overflowed, inundating paddy fields […]

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Very strong M7.3 earthquake hits Alaska Peninsula, Tsunami Warning in effect A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.3 hit Alaska Peninsula at 20:37 UTC (12:37 local time) on July 16, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. One dead, […]

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Strong M6.7 earthquake hits Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.7 hit Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia at 05:49 UTC (12:49 local time) on July 14, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 80 km (50 miles). PMKG is reporting M6.7 at a depth of 98 km (60 miles); […]

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July
15

763 BCE:
Forty-one years before their conquest of Israel, the Assyrians observe and
record a solar eclipse which is the basis for much of the dating of activities
in the Fertile Crescent, including Eretz Israel, prior to the seventh century
BC…

July 14

1086:
Toirdelbach Ua Briain passed away.  Born
in 1009, he was the King of Munster and the High King of Ireland. During his
reign, in 1079, Jews reportedly made their first appearance in the Emerald
Isle. “The Annals of Inisfallen record …

Quad Cities, Iowa under rare Flash Flood Emergency after very heavy rainfall A line of tornado-warned storms brought flash flooding, large hail, and damaging winds to eastern Iowa on July 11, 2025, with 109.2 mm (4.3 inches) of rainfall reported in Davenport and 137 km/h (85 mph) gusts in Cascade. Stationary storm drops 100 mm […]

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