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The Battle of Inverkeithing was fought on 20 July 1651 between England and Scotland. As part of the political turmoil of the English Civil War, an English army under Oliver Cromwell invaded Scotland in July 1650 and heavily defeated a Scottish army commanded by David Leslie at the Battle of Dunbar. The Scots withdrew to Stirling, a choke point. For nearly a year the English failed to storm or bypass Stirling, or to draw the Scots out into another battle. On 17 July 1651 an English force crossed the Firth of Forth at its narrowest point in flat-bottomed boats and landed at North Queensferry. The Scots sent forces to pen the English in, and the English reinforced their landing. On 20 July the Scots moved against the English and in a short engagement were routed. The English seized the deep-water port of Burntisland. Cromwell then shipped over most of the English army, marched on and captured Perth, the temporary seat of the Scottish government, cutting off supplies for the Scottish army. (Full article...)
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- Flooding and landslides in South Korea (pictured) leave at least 40 people dead and 6 others missing.
- In the United States, actors in the SAG-AFTRA trade union go on strike, joining writers in the Writers Guild of America strike.
- Flooding and landslides in northern India leave at least 100 people dead.
- Czech-French writer Milan Kundera dies at the age of 94.
- In the Netherlands, the governing coalition collapses and Prime Minister Mark Rutte announces his upcoming resignation.
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- 1333 – Second War of Scottish Independence: The Scottish-held town of Berwick-upon-Tweed surrendered to English forces, ending a siege led by King Edward III.
- 1867 – The United States Congress established the Indian Peace Commission to seek peace treaties with a number of Native American tribes.
- 1917 – The prime minister of Serbia, Nikola Pašić, and the president of the Yugoslav Committee, Ante Trumbić, signed the Corfu Declaration, agreeing to seek the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
- 1968 – The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
- 2001 – The animated film Spirited Away, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, was released, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japanese history until 2020.
- Anne Hutchinson (bapt. 1591)
- Felix Dzerzhinsky (d. 1926)
- Panagiotis Kavvadias (d. 1928)
- Birgitta Ohlsson (b. 1975)
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Les Burgraves is a historical play by Victor Hugo, first performed by the Comédie-Française in 1843. It takes place along the Rhine and features the return of Emperor Barbarossa. The play failed commercially and was the last of Hugo's plays to be produced in his lifetime. The play is associated thematically with Hugo's Le Rhin, an essayistic book about the Rhine; both were inspired by a trip along the river he took with Juliette Drouet. This set design for act 2 of Les Burgraves was created by Charles-Antoine Cambon and Humanité René Philastre for the play's premiere. Set design credit: Charles-Antoine Cambon and Humanité René Philastre; restored by Adam Cuerden
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