On this day: July 22

July 22: Feast day of Mary Magdalene; Pi Approximation Day

• 1793 – Two days after becoming the first recorded person to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico, Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie reached the westernmost point of his journey and inscribed his name on a rock (pictured).
• 1802 – Gia Long conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
• 1944 – In opposition to the Polish government-in-exile, the Soviet-sponsored Polish Committee of National Liberation published its manifesto, calling for radical reforms, a continuation of fighting in World War II against Nazi Germany, nationalisation of industry, and a "decent border in the West".
• 1975 – Stanley Forman took the photo Fire Escape Collapse, which would receive the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and the title of World Press Photo of the Year.
• 2005 – London metropolitan police killed Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian immigrant, after misidentifying him as being involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts on the city.

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