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Greg LeMond during the final-day time trial

The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th edition of one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,285 km (2,041 mi) race began in Luxembourg with a prologue time trial on 1 July. It reached French soil during stage 4, ending in Paris on 23 July after 21 stages. Often cited as one of the most competitive runnings of the Tour, the race was decided by only eight seconds in favour of Greg LeMond (pictured), the smallest victory margin to date. Laurent Fignon, who was never separated from LeMond by more than fifty-three seconds throughout the event, finished second overall, ahead of defending champion Pedro Delgado. Fignon performed well during the mountain stages to enter the final-day individual time trial with a 50-second advantage. LeMond utilised aerodynamic triathlon tribars to gain an advantage and managed to win the Tour on the last stage. Sean Kelly won the points classification for a record fourth time, while Gert-Jan Theunisse took the King of the Mountains prize. (Full article...)

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Tomb of Alauddin Khalji

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Beji Caid Essebsi

Incumbent President of Tunisia Beji Caid Essebsi (pictured) dies at the age of 92, and Mohamed Ennaceur is named as his interim replacement.
In a European heat wave, national all-time temperature records are broken in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Boris Johnson succeeds Theresa May as the leader of the Conservative Party and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The French submarine Minerve is discovered 51 years after it disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea.

On this day

July 28

Vinnie Ream with her earlier
bust of Abraham Lincoln

1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, architects of the Reign of Terror, were executed after having been arrested the previous day.
1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream (pictured) became the youngest artist and first woman to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue—that of Abraham Lincoln currently in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.
1939 – During an excavation of a ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England, archaeologists discovered a helmet likely belonging to King Rædwald of East Anglia.
2001 – At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
2010 – In the deadliest air accident in Pakistan's history, Airblue Flight 202 crashed into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, killing all 152 aboard.

Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (b. 1645) · Richard Johns (b. 1939) · Manu Ginóbili (b. 1977)

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The village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae found in much of sub-Saharan Africa. It has also been introduced to Hispaniola, Mauritius and Réunion. This often abundant species occurs in a wide range of open or semi-open habitats, including woodlands and human habitation, frequently forming large noisy colonies in towns, villages and hotel grounds. The species builds a large coarsely woven nest made of grass and leaf strips with a downward facing entrance, suspended from a branch in a tree. Two to three eggs are laid. They are a colonial breeder, so many nests may hang from one tree.

This picture shows a female P. c. cucullatus individual in the Tanji Bird Reserve, The Gambia.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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