22 July - Definition and Overview

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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1 Events

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 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" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
1812 - Peninsular War: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca in Spain.
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.

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 D. 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 - Chinese 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 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 and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.

1905 - Doc Cramer, Major League Baseball center fielder (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 - former Senator from Kansas, former Presidential candidate
1923 - Mukesh, singer (d. 1976)
1924 - Margaret Whiting, singer
1932 - Oscar De la Renta, fashion designer
1934 - Louise Fletcher, actress, won Academy Award for Best Actress in 1976
1936 - Tom Robbins, author
1939 - Terence Stamp, actor
1939 - Erhard Walther, artist
1940 - Alex Trebek, game show host
1941 - George Clinton, musician
1944 - Estelle Bennett, singer, member of the Ronettes
1946 - Mireille Mathieu, singer
1946 - Stephen M. Wolownik, pioneering Russian-music ensemble leader and arrangist (d. 2000)
1947 - Albert Brooks, comedian
1947 - Danny Glover, actor
1947 - Don Henley, drummer, singer, songwriter
1948 - Otto Waalkes, comedian
1949 - Alan Menken, composer
1954 - Al Di Meola, guitarist
1955 - Willem Dafoe, actor
1961 - Keith Sweat, R&B/Soul singer
1964 - David Spade, comedian
1971 - Kristine Lilly, American soccer star, all-time US leader in international matches played (men or women)
1973 - Rufus Wainwright, singer, songwriter

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