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July 6, 2022

On July 6, 2022, the Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day. The year's #1 song was "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals.

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2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.

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On July 6, 2022

  1. 2022 The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.

    Former granite monument in Georgia, US

    The Georgia Guidestones was a granite monument that stood in Elbert County, Georgia, United States, from 1980 to 2022. 87 m) tall and made from six granite slabs weighing a total of 237,746 pounds (107,840 kg). The structure was sometimes referred to as an "American Stonehenge".

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Died on July 6, 2022

James Caan American actor (1940–2022)
Arnaldo Pambianco Italian cyclist (1935–2022)
Norah Vincent American writer (1968–2022)

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