July 22
is the 203rd day (204th in
leap years) of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining.
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1099 -
First Crusade:
Godfrey of Bouillon elected first Defender of the
Holy Sepulchre of The
Kingdom of Jerusalem*
1298 -
Wars of Scottish Independence:
Battle of Falkirk - King
Edward I of England and his
longbowmen defeats
William Wallace and his scottish
schiltrons outside the town.
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1456 -
Ottoman Wars in Europe:
Siege of Belgrade -
John Hunyadi, Regent of
Kingdom of Hungary defeats
Mehmet II of
Ottoman Empire*
1499 -
Battle of Dornach - The
Swiss decisively defeat the
Imperial army of
Emperor Maximilian I.
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1587 -
Colony of Roanoke: A second group of English settlers arrive on
Roanoke Island off of
North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
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1686 -
Albany, New York formally chartered as a municipality by Governor
Thomas Dongan*
1793 -
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the
Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of
Mexico.
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1796 - Surveyors of the
Connecticut Land Company name an area in
Ohio "
Cleveland" after Gen.
Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
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1805 -
Napoleonic Wars:
War of the Third Coalition -
Battle of Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive naval action fought between a combined French and Spanish fleets under Admiral
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral
Robert Calder.
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1812 -
Napoleonic Wars:
Peninsular War -
Battle of Salamanca -
British forces led by
Arthur Wellesley (later the
Duke of Wellington) defeat
French troops near
Salamanca,
Spain.
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1864 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Atlanta - Outside of
Atlanta, Georgia,
Confederate General
John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on
Union troops under General
William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
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1908 -
Albert Fisher establishes the
Fisher Body Company to manufacture carriage and
automobile bodies.
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1916 - In
San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a
Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.
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1933 -
Wiley Post becomes first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
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1934 - Outside
Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1"
John Dillinger is mortally wounded by
FBI agents.
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1937 -
New Deal: The
United States Senate votes down President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
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1942 - The
United States government begins compulsory civilian
gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
* 1942 -
Holocaust: The systematic deportation of
Jews from the
Warsaw Ghetto begins.
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1943 -
Allied forces capture the Italian city of
Palermo.
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1944 - The
Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its
manifesto, starting the period of
Communist rule in
Poland *
1946 -
King David Hotel bombing:
Irgun bombs
King David Hotel in
Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 90.
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1962 -
Mariner program:
Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
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1977 -
Chinese leader
Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
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1991 - Serial killer
Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his
Milwaukee apartment.
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1992 - Near
Medellín,
Colombian
drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the
United States.
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1997 - The second
Blue Water Bridge opens between
Port Huron, Michigan and
Sarnia, Ontario.
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1999 - The first version of
MSN Messenger was released by
Microsoft.
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2002 - Israel assassinates
Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of
Hamas's military arm, the
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, along with 14 civilians.
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2003 - Members of
101st Airborne of the
United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in
Iraq, killing
Saddam Hussein's sons
Uday and
Qusay, along with
Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.
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2005 -
Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers. See
7 July 2005 London bombings and
21 July 2005 London bombings*2005 - The last
Buick LeSabre rolls off the assembly line.
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1210 -
Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of
Alexander II of Scotland (d.
1238)
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1478 - King
Philip I of Castile (d.
1506)
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1510 -
Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d.
1537)
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1519 -
Pope Innocent IX (d.
1591)
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1535 -
Katarina Stenbock, wife of
Gustav I of Sweden (d.
1621)
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1559 -
Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d.
1619)
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1621 -
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician (d.
1683)
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1711 -
Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d.
1753)
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1713 -
Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d.
1780)
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1733 -
Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d.
1790)
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1784 -
Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (d.
1846)
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1822 -
Gregor Mendel, Austrian geneticist (d.
1884)
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1844 -
William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d.
1930)
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1859 -
Emma Lazarus, American poet (d.
1887)
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1882 -
Edward Hopper, American painter (d.
1967)
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1887 -
Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist,
Nobel laureate (d.
1975)
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1888 -
Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born biochemist,
Nobel laureate (d.
1973)
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1890 -
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American Kennedy family matriarch (d.
1995)
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1893 -
Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (d.
1990)
* 1893 -
James Whale, English film director (d.
1957)
* 1893 -
Jesse Haines, baseball player (d.
1978)
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1898 -
Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (d.
1943)
* 1898 -
Alexander Calder, American artist (d.
1976)
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1905 -
Doc Cramer, baseball player (d.
1990)
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1908 -
Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d.
1974)
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1913 -
Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d.
1995)
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1916 -
Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d.
1949)
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1921 -
William Roth, U.S. Senator (d.
2003)
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1923 -
Bob Dole, American politican
* 1923 -
Mukesh, Indian singer (d.
1976)
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1924 -
Margaret Whiting, singer
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1928 -
Orson Bean, American film actor
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1932 -
Oscar De la Renta, Dominican-born fashion designer
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1934 -
Louise Fletcher, American actress
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1936 -
Tom Robbins, American author
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1937 -
Yasuhiro Kojima, wrestler (d.
1999)
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1939 -
Terence Stamp, English actor
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1940 -
Alex Trebek, Canadian-born game show host
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1941 -
George Clinton, American musician
* 1941 -
Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
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1943 -
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
U.S. Senator from Texas*
1944 -
Estelle Bennett, American singer (
Ronettes)
* 1944 -
Rick Davies, British musician (
Supertramp)
* 1944 -
Sparky Lyle, baseball player
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1946 -
Danny Glover, American actor
* 1946 -
Mireille Mathieu, French singer
* 1946 -
Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician (d.
2000)
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1947 -
Albert Brooks, American comedian
* 1947 -
Don Henley, American drummer, singer, and songwriter (
Eagles)
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1948 -
S.E. Hinton, American author
* 1948 -
Otto Waalkes, German comedian
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1949 -
Alan Menken, American composer
* 1949 -
Lasse Virén, Finnish athlete
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1954 -
Lonette McKee, American actress
* 1954 -
Al Di Meola, American guitarist
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1955 -
Willem Dafoe, American actor
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1958 -
David Von Erich, Professional wrestler (d.
1984)
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1960 -
Jon Oliva, American musician (
Savatage)
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1961 -
Keith Sweat, American singer
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1962 -
Steve Albini, Writer, Recording Engineer
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1963 -
Emily Saliers, American singer (
Indigo Girls)
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1964 -
Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor
* 1964 -
John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
* 1964 -
Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist
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1965 -
Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
*1965 -
David Spade, American comedian
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1966 -
Tim Brown, American football player
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1970 -
Jason Becker, American musician
* 1970 -
Sergei Zubov, Russian
ice hockey player
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1971 -
Kristine Lilly, American soccer player
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1972 -
Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
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1973 -
Mike Sweeney, baseball player
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1973 -
Petey Pablo, American Rapper
* 1973 -
Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer
* 1973 -
Ronald Ray Howard, American murderer (d.
2005)
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1974 -
Daddy Kev, American record producer and engineer
* 1974 -
Franka Potente, German actress
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1978 -
Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
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1980 -
Scott Dixon, New Zealand race car driver
* 1980 -
Dirk Kuyt, Dutch football striker
*1980 -
Kate Ryan,
Belgian singer
*1983 -
Arsenium,
Moldovan singer (
O-Zone)
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1984 -
Stewart Downing, English footballer
* 1984 -
Kinzie Kenner, American pornographic actress
*
1988 -
Taylor Toth, American figure skater
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1362 -
Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (b.
1324)
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1387 -
Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b.
1330)
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1461 - King
Charles VII of France (b.
1403)
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1525 -
Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
*
1540 -
John Zápolya, King of
Hungary*
1619 -
Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (b.
1559)
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1645 -
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b.
1587)
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1676 -
Pope Clement X (b.
1590)
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1713 -
Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d.
1780)
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1734 -
Peter King, 1st Baron King,
Lord Chancellor of England*
1789 -
Joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (executed) (b.
1715)
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1802 -
Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist (b.
1771)
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1826 -
Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b.
1746)
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1832 - Emperor
Napoleon II of France (b.
1811)
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1852 -
Auguste Marmont, French marshal (b.
1774)
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1904 -
Wilson Barrett, English actor (b.
1846)
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1908 -
William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (b.
1828)
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1915 -
Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor (b.
1827)
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1916 -
James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet (b.
1849)
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1918 -
Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (killed in combat) (b.
1898)
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1922 -
Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b.
1854)
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1932 -
Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist (b.
1853)
*1932 -
Florenz Ziegfeld, theatrical producer (b.
1867)
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1934 -
John Dillinger, American bank robber (shot) (b.
1903)
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1950 -
William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th
Prime Minister of Canada (b.
1874)
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1958 -
Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b.
1895)
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1967 -
Carl Sandburg, American poet (b.
1878)
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1974 -
Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (b.
1900)
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1979 -
Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b.
1929)
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1989 -
Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b.
1935)
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1990 -
Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b.
1932)
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1998 -
Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b.
1929)
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2000 -
Eric Christmas, British actor (b.
1916)
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2003 -
Qusay Hussein, son of
Saddam Hussein (b.
1966)
*2003 -
Uday Hussein, son of
Saddam Hussein (b.
1964)
*2003 -
Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b.
1954)
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2004 -
Sacha Distel, French singer (b.
1933)
*2004 -
George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b.
1917)
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2006 -
José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b.
1965)
*2006 -
James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b.
1950)
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Catholic - the feasts of at least 7 saints:
**St.
Mary Magdalene**St.
Dabius/Davius
**St. Joseph of Palestine (
Count Joseph)
**St.
Mineve**St.
Vandrille/Wandre Gisilus
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Swaziland - Birthday of former King
Sobhuza II*
Pi Approximation Day*Ratcatcher's Day. See:
The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
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BBC: On This Day*
Epic Idiot: On This Day21 July -
23 July -
22 June -
22 August --
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