10-07-2025

Met Museum

Holy Family (Repos pendant la fuite en Égypte)

1635

Claude Mellan

MoMA Highlight

The Starry Night

1889

Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas

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On This Day

• 2018 The last members of a junior association football team and their coach were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a flooded cave in northern Thailand.
Association footballTham Luang cave rescueTham Luang Nang Non
• 2011 The Russian river cruise liner Bulgaria was caught in a storm in Tatarstan on the Volga River and sank in several minutes, resulting in 122 deaths.
Bulgaria (ship)TatarstanVolga
• 2011 The last edition of the British tabloid News of the World was published, closing due to allegations that it hacked the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, victims of the 7/7 attacks and relatives of deceased British soldiers.
Tabloid journalismNews of the WorldNews International phone hacking scandalMurder of Milly Dowler7 July 2005 London bombings
• 2006 Typhoon Ewiniar made landfall in South Korea, causing damages across the country amounting to 2.06 trillion won (US$1.4 billion).
Typhoon Ewiniar (2006)South Korean won
• 1999 The United States defeated China in the final match of the third FIFA Women's World Cup, setting records in both attendance and television ratings for women's sports.
United States women's national soccer teamChina women's national football team1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
• 1978 Moktar Ould Daddah, the first president of Mauritania, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Mustafa Ould Salek.
Moktar Ould DaddahList of heads of state of Mauritania1978 Mauritanian coup d'étatMustafa Ould Salek
• 1973 John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the American oil magnate J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped in Rome.
John Paul Getty IIIJ. Paul Getty
• 1966 Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured) led a rally in support of the Chicago Freedom Movement, one of the most ambitious civil-rights campaigns in the northern United States.
Martin Luther King Jr.Chicago Freedom MovementCivil rights movement
• 1942 A downed Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero was discovered on Akutan Island, Alaska; it was later rebuilt and flown to devise tactics against the aircraft during World War II.
Akutan ZeroAkutan Island
• 1941 The Holocaust: Ethnic Poles murdered at least 340 Jewish residents of Jedwabne in German-occupied Poland.
The HolocaustJedwabne pogromJedwabneOccupation of Poland (1939–1945)
• 1925 Indian mystic and spiritual master Meher Baba began his silence until his death in 1969, only communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures.
GuruMeher Baba
• 1921 Irish War of Independence: One day after a truce was agreed between the Irish Republican Army and British forces, violence broke out between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.
Irish War of IndependenceIrish Republican ArmyBloody Sunday (1921)Belfast
• 1913 The air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 °F (56.7 °C), recognized by the World Meteorological Organization as the highest recorded on Earth.
Furnace Creek, CaliforniaWorld Meteorological OrganizationHighest temperature recorded on Earth
• 1806 Indian sepoys mutinied against the East India Company at Vellore Fort.
SepoyVellore MutinyEast India CompanyVellore Fort
• 1668 Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660): Henry Morgan with an English privateer force landed at Porto Bello (in modern-day Panama) in an attempt to capture the Spanish city.
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)Henry MorganPrivateerPortobeloHenry Morgan's raid on Porto Bello
• 1645 English Civil War: The Parliamentarians destroyed the last Royalist field army at the Battle of Langport, ultimately giving Parliament control of the west of England.
English Civil WarRoundheadCavalierBattle of LangportParliament of England
• 1553 Lady Jane Grey (pictured) was proclaimed the successor to King Edward VI of England, beginning her disputed reign as the "Nine Days' Queen".
Lady Jane GreyEdward VI
• 1519 Zhu Chenhao declared Ming emperor Zhengde to be a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion.
Zhu ChenhaoMing dynastyZhengde EmperorPrince of Ning rebellion
• 1372 The Treaty of Tagilde was signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect today.
Treaty of TagildeFerdinand I of PortugalJohn of GauntAnglo-Portuguese Alliance
• 645 In a plot to eliminate the Japanese Soga clan, Prince Naka no Ōe assassinated Soga no Iruka (depicted), beginning the Isshi incident.
Soga clanEmperor TenjiSoga no IrukaIsshi incident