
July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ==Events== *1499 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I. *1587 - Colony of Roanoke: A second group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. *1793 - Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico. *1796 - Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland, Ohio" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party. *1805 - inconclusive battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) fought between combined French and Spanish fleets under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve and British under Admiral Robert Calder. *1812 - Peninsular War: United Kingdom forces led by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (later Duke of Wellington) defeat France troops near Salamanca in Spain. *1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta - Outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate States of America General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on United States troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill. *1908 - Albert Fisher establishes the Fisher Body Company to manufacture carriage and automobile bodies. *1916 - In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40. *1933 - Wiley Post becomes first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. *1934 - Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents. *1937 - New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States. *1942 - Holocaust: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins. *1946 - King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 90. *1962 - Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. *1977 - China leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. *1991 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment. *1992 - Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States. *1997 - The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. *2003 - Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday Hussein and Qusay Hussein, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard. ==Births== *1519 - Pope Innocent IX (d. 1591) *1784 - Friedrich Bessel, mathematician *1822 - Gregor Mendel, Austrian pioneering geneticist (d. 1884) *1844 - William Archibald Spooner, known for verbal inversions called spoonerisms (d. 1930) *1859 - Emma Lazarus, American poet (d. 1887) *1882 - Edward Hopper, painter (d. 1967) *1887 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, quantum physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1975) *1890 - Rose Kennedy, mother of John F. Kennedy (d. 1995) *1893 - James Whale, film director (d. 1957) *1894 - Oskar Maria Graf, writer (d. 1967) *1898 - Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (d. 1943) *1898 - Alexander Calder, American artist (d. 1976) *1905 - Doc Cramer, Major League Baseball player (d. 1990) *1908 - Amy Vanderbilt, author on etiquette *1913 - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter *1916 - Marcel Cerdan, world champion boxer (d. 1949) *1923 - Bob Dole - U.S. Senator from Kansas, Presidential candidate * 1923 - Mukesh, singer (d. 1976) *1924 - Margaret Whiting, singer *1932 - Oscar De la Renta, fashion designer *1934 - Louise Fletcher, Academy Award-winning actress in 1976 *1936 - Tom Robbins, author *1939 - Terence Stamp, actor *1939 - Erhard Walther, artist *1940 - Alex Trebek, American game show host *1941 - George Clinton (funk musician), musician *1944 - Estelle Bennett, singer (Ronettes) *1946 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer *1946 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russia musician (d. 2000) *1947 - Albert Brooks, comedian *1947 - Danny Glover, actor *1947 - Don Henley, drummer, singer, and songwriter *1948 - Otto Waalkes, comedian *1948 - S.E. Hinton, author *1949 - Alan Menken, composer *1954 - Al Di Meola, guitarist *1955 - Willem Dafoe, actor *1961 - Keith Sweat, singer *1964 - David Spade, comedian *1965 - Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler *1971 - Kristine Lilly, American soccer player *1972 - Paulinho, footballer *1973 - Rufus Wainwright, singer and songwriter *1975 - Markus Metzenthin, economist *1977 - Brian Rohr, artist, healer *1983 - Shelby Belle, actress *1987 - Joshua Small, singer, songwriter ==Deaths== *1461 - Charles VII of France (b. 1403) *1645 - Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Duke of San Lucar *1676 - Pope Clement X *1832 - Napoleon II of France *1904 - Wilson Barrett, actor *1916 - James Whitcomb Riley, author, poet *1922 - Jokichi Takamine, chemist *1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., theatrical producer *1934 - John Dillinger, bank robber, shot at the Biograph Theater in Chicago *1950 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, tenth Prime Minister of Canada *1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet *1974 - Wayne Morse, former Senator from Oregon *1989 - Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935) *1990 - Manuel Puig, author *1998 - Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929) *1998 - Alan Shepard, astronaut *2000 - Eric Christmas, actor *2003 - Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist *2003 - Qusay Hussein of Iraq, son of Saddam Hussein *2003 - Uday Hussein of Iraq, son of Saddam Hussein *2004 - Sacha Distel, singer *2004 - George Kidd, Canada diplomat ==Holidays and observances== *Saint Mary Magdalene *Swaziland - Birthday of former King Sobhuza II *Pi Pi Approximation Day *Ratcatcher's Day. See:The Pied Piper of Hamelin. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/22 BBC: On This Day] ---- July 21 - July 23 - June 22 - August 22 -- historical anniversaries ga:22 Iúil
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July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ==Events== *1499 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I. *1587 - Colony of Roanoke: A second group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. *1793 - Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico. *1796 - Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland, Ohio" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party. *1805 - inconclusive battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) fought between combined French and Spanish fleets under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve and British under Admiral Robert Calder. *1812 - Peninsular War: United Kingdom forces led by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (later Duke of Wellington) defeat France troops near Salamanca in Spain. *1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta - Outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate States of America General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on United States troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill. *1908 - Albert Fisher establishes the Fisher Body Company to manufacture carriage and automobile bodies. *1916 - In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40. *1933 - Wiley Post becomes first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. *1934 - Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents. *1937 - New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States. *1942 - Holocaust: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins. *1946 - King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 90. *1962 - Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. *1977 - China leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. *1991 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment. *1992 - Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States. *1997 - The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. *2003 - Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday Hussein and Qusay Hussein, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard. ==Births== *1519 - Pope Innocent IX (d. 1591) *1784 - Friedrich Bessel, mathematician *1822 - Gregor Mendel, Austrian pioneering geneticist (d. 1884) *1844 - William Archibald Spooner, known for verbal inversions called spoonerisms (d. 1930) *1859 - Emma Lazarus, American poet (d. 1887) *1882 - Edward Hopper, painter (d. 1967) *1887 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, quantum physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1975) *1890 - Rose Kennedy, mother of John F. Kennedy (d. 1995) *1893 - James Whale, film director (d. 1957) *1894 - Oskar Maria Graf, writer (d. 1967) *1898 - Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (d. 1943) *1898 - Alexander Calder, American artist (d. 1976) *1905 - Doc Cramer, Major League Baseball player (d. 1990) *1908 - Amy Vanderbilt, author on etiquette *1913 - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter *1916 - Marcel Cerdan, world champion boxer (d. 1949) *1923 - Bob Dole - U.S. Senator from Kansas, Presidential candidate * 1923 - Mukesh, singer (d. 1976) *1924 - Margaret Whiting, singer *1932 - Oscar De la Renta, fashion designer *1934 - Louise Fletcher, Academy Award-winning actress in 1976 *1936 - Tom Robbins, author *1939 - Terence Stamp, actor *1939 - Erhard Walther, artist *1940 - Alex Trebek, American game show host *1941 - George Clinton (funk musician), musician *1944 - Estelle Bennett, singer (Ronettes) *1946 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer *1946 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russia musician (d. 2000) *1947 - Albert Brooks, comedian *1947 - Danny Glover, actor *1947 - Don Henley, drummer, singer, and songwriter *1948 - Otto Waalkes, comedian *1948 - S.E. Hinton, author *1949 - Alan Menken, composer *1954 - Al Di Meola, guitarist *1955 - Willem Dafoe, actor *1961 - Keith Sweat, singer *1964 - David Spade, comedian *1965 - Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler *1971 - Kristine Lilly, American soccer player *1972 - Paulinho, footballer *1973 - Rufus Wainwright, singer and songwriter *1975 - Markus Metzenthin, economist *1977 - Brian Rohr, artist, healer *1983 - Shelby Belle, actress *1987 - Joshua Small, singer, songwriter ==Deaths== *1461 - Charles VII of France (b. 1403) *1645 - Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Duke of San Lucar *1676 - Pope Clement X *1832 - Napoleon II of France *1904 - Wilson Barrett, actor *1916 - James Whitcomb Riley, author, poet *1922 - Jokichi Takamine, chemist *1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., theatrical producer *1934 - John Dillinger, bank robber, shot at the Biograph Theater in Chicago *1950 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, tenth Prime Minister of Canada *1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet *1974 - Wayne Morse, former Senator from Oregon *1989 - Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935) *1990 - Manuel Puig, author *1998 - Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929) *1998 - Alan Shepard, astronaut *2000 - Eric Christmas, actor *2003 - Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist *2003 - Qusay Hussein of Iraq, son of Saddam Hussein *2003 - Uday Hussein of Iraq, son of Saddam Hussein *2004 - Sacha Distel, singer *2004 - George Kidd, Canada diplomat ==Holidays and observances== *Saint Mary Magdalene *Swaziland - Birthday of former King Sobhuza II *Pi Pi Approximation Day *Ratcatcher's Day. See:The Pied Piper of Hamelin. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/22 BBC: On This Day] ---- July 21 - July 23 - June 22 - August 22 -- historical anniversaries ga:22 Iúil
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