Just to catch up in the last two days...
July 17, 1918
Tsar Nicolas II of Russia and his family are ordered to be executed by Bolshevik fighters.
July 18, 1936
Spanish Civil War breaks out in Spanish Morocco between the Legitimate Left Government (Republicans) and Franco's Fascist rebels.
July 19, 1940
Battle of Cape Spada between Italian and British/Australian naval ships begins north-west of Crete (To somewhat help the German invasion of Crete) with the Italian Bartolomeo Colleoni light cruiser being sunk and the British/Australian ships leaving the battle along with the single remaining Italian light cruiser.
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