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Tanghulu, tang hulu, or bingtang hulu is a traditional Chinese snack consisting of several malt sugar coated fruits of Chinese hawthorn on a bamboo skewer. It is typically made by skewering hawthorn fruits and coating them in heated sugar syrup, which hardens in the cold. It is named for its calabash-like shape. Tanghu…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
Suruç_bombing
A suicide attack (aftermath pictured) in Suruç, Turkey, for which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility, killed 34 people and injured 104 others.
2012
James_Holmes_(mass_murderer)
A gunman carried out a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others.
2001
Death_of_Carlo_Giuliani
Twenty-three-year-old Italian anti-globalist Carlo Giuliani was shot dead by a police officer while protesting outside the 27th G8 summit held in Genoa, Italy.
1997
USS_Constitution
USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.
1982
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing eleven British Army personnel and seven horses.
1977
Johnstown_flood_of_1977
Rain from a stalled thunderstorm caused six dams to fail, flooding Johnstown, Pennsylvania, resulting in 84 deaths and $340 in damages.
1976
Viking_1
The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
1969
Apollo_11
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later (bootprint pictured).
1968
1968_Special_Olympics_World_Summer_Games
The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1951
Abdullah_I_of_Jordan
Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated while visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

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