July 22

On July 10, 1921, Belfast convulsed in some of the worst sectarian violence of the partition era. Over the course of a day and into the nights that followed, gunmen and mobs attacked streets in mixed working‑class districts — the Markets, Short Strand, New Lodge and adjacent shipyard neighborhoods — leaving scores dead or wounded, thousands displaced, and whole terraces blackened by fire. The fighting came at the end of a season of growing hostility tied to partition, job scarcity and the rise of irregular security forces; its effects hardened residential segregation and deepened mistrust of state policing for decades to come.

In the early hours of July 30, 2012, a tragic fire broke out on the Tamil Nadu Express train near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. The incident occurred when most passengers were asleep, resulting in significant loss of life and injuries. The fire, later attributed to an electrical short circuit, led to the deaths of 32 passengers and injuries to 27 others. The event highlighted critical safety issues in the Indian railway system, prompting a series of reforms aimed at preventing such disasters in the future.

On 21 July 2005, exactly two weeks after the devastating 7/7 London bombings, another attempt to terrorize London’s public transport system was made. This event, known as the 21/7 bombings, saw four homemade explosive devices fail to detonate properly, resulting in no fatalities and only one minor injury. The quick response from authorities led to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators, who were later sentenced to life imprisonment.