July 22

July 22 in recent years

July 22 is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 162 days remaining until the end of the year.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

Events

838 – Battle of Anzen: the Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the 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 defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town.
1456 – Ottoman Wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade – John Hunyadi, Regent of Kingdom of Hungary defeats Mehmet II of Ottoman Empire
1484 – Battle of Lochmaben Fair – a 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
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 North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
1686 – Albany, New York is 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 of Canada.
1796 – Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Cape Finisterre – an inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleets under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
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.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta – outside Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
1894 – First ever motorized racing event is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The race is won by comte Jules-Albert de Dion.
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 the 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 – 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.
1943 – Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo.
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.
1962 – Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
1976 – Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed in Japan's imperial conquest of the country in the Second World War
1977 – Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
1983 – Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
1992 – Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
1993 – Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
2002 – Israel kills terrorist Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas's military arm, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
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.
2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.

Births

1210 – Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)
1478 – King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
1510 – Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)
1535 – Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
1559 – Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)
1621 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician (d. 1683)
1711 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753)
1713 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d. 1780)
1733 – Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)
1755 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (d. 1839)
1784 – Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846)
1844 – William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930)
1848 – Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1914)
1849 – Emma Lazarus, American poet (d. 1887)
1863 – Alec Hearne, Former England cricketer (d. 1952)
1882 – Edward Hopper, American painter (d. 1967)
1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
1888 – Kirk Bryan, American geologist (d. 1950)
1888 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian/American biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1889 – James Whale, English film director (d. 1957)
1890 – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American Kennedy family matriarch (d. 1995)
1892 – Jack MacBryan, Former England cricketer and Olympic gold medallist (d. 1983)
1893 – Jesse Haines, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1893 – Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (d. 1990)
1895 – León de Greiff, Colombian poet (d. 1976)
1898 – Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (d. 1943)
1898 – Alexander Calder, American artist (d. 1976)
1905 – Doc Cramer, American baseball player (d. 1990)
1908 – Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d. 1974)
1909 – Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver (d. 2000)
1913 – Licia Albanese, American opera singer
1913 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
1915 – Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author. (d. 2000)
1916 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
1916 – Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949)
1921 – William Roth, U.S. Senator (d. 2003)
1923 – Bob Dole, American politician
1923 – Lillian Ellison, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1923 – Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
1924 – Margaret Whiting, American singer
1928 – Orson Bean, American film actor
1929 – John Barber, British racing driver
1932 – Oscar De la Renta, Dominican/American fashion designer
1934 – Louise Fletcher, American actress
1935 – Tom Cartwright, Former England cricketer (d. 2007)
1936 – Tom Robbins, American author
1937 – Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1937 – John Price, Former England cricketer
1937 – Vasant Ranjane, Former Indian cricketer
1939 – Terence Stamp, English actor
1939 – Gila Almagor, Israeli actress
1940 – Judith Walzer Leavitt, American college professor
1940 – Alex Trebek, Canadian game show host
1941 – George Clinton, American musician
1941 – Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
1943 – Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator from Texas
1943 – Bobby Sherman, American singer and actor
1944 – Estelle Bennett, American singer (Ronettes) (d. 2009)
1944 – Rick Davies, British musician (Supertramp)
1944 – Dennis Firestone, Australian racing driver
1944 – Sparky Lyle, American baseball player
1944 – Anand Satyanand, Governor-General of New Zealand
1946 – Danny Glover, American actor
1946 – Mireille Mathieu, French singer
1946 – Paul Schrader, American film director and screenwriter
1946 – Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician (d. 2000)
1946 – Johnson Toribiong, President of Palau
1947 – Albert Brooks, American comedian
1947 – Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
1947 – Don Henley, American musician (Eagles)
1948 – Otto Waalkes, German comedian
1949 – Alan Menken, American composer
1949 – Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and PM of UAE
1949 – Lasse Virén, Finnish athlete
1950 – S. E. Hinton, American novelist
1951 – J. V. Cain, American football player (d. 1979)
1953 – Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist
1953 – Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress
1954 – Pierre Lebeau, Canadian actor
1954 – Lonette McKee, American actress
1954 – Al Di Meola, American guitarist
1955 – Willem Dafoe, American actor
1957 – Dave Stieb, American baseball player
1958 – David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1984)
1958 – Tatsunori Hara, Japanese professional-baseball player and coach
1960 – Jon Oliva, American musician (Savatage)
1961 – Calvin Fish, English racing driver
1961 – Keith Sweat, American singer
1962 – Alvin Robertson, American basketball player
1962 – Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer
1963 – Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer
1963 – Rob Estes, American actor
1963 – Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls)
1964 – Adam Godley, British actor
1964 – John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
1964 – Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist
1964 – David Spade, American actor and comedian
1965 – Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor
1965 – Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
1966 – Shaun Cohen, South African professional wrestler
1966 – Tim Brown, American football player
1967 – Lauren Booth, British journalist
1967 – Pat Badger, American musician Extreme
1968 – Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
1969 – Despina Vandi, Greek singer
1970 – Jason Becker, American musician
1970 – Craig Baird, New Zealander racing driver
1970 – Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player
1971 – Kristine Lilly, American soccer player
1972 – Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor
1972 – Seth Fisher, American comic book artist and penciller (d. 2006)
1972 – Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
1973 – Ronald Ray Howard, American murderer (d. 2005)
1973 – Daniel Jones, Australian musician (Savage Garden)
1973 – Mike Sweeney, American baseball player
1973 – Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer
1974 – Franka Potente, German actress
1974 – Sonija Kwok, Hong Kong actress
1975 – Sam Jacobson, American basketball player
1977 – Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
1978 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
1978 – A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
1978 – Martyn Lee, English radio presenter
1978 – Runako Morton, West Indian cricketer
1979 – Lucas Luhr, German racing driver
1979 – Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
1979 – James Mason, British professional wrestler
1980 – Scott Dixon, New Zealand racing driver
1980 – Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer
1980 – Kate Ryan, Belgian singer
1980 – Tablo, Korean hip-hop musician (Epik High)
1982 – Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer
1983 – Steven Jackson, American football player
1983 – Arsenie Todiraş, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
1983 – Sharni Vinson, Australian actress and model
1984 – Stewart Downing, English footballer
1985 – Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean/American rugby player
1985 – Akira Tozawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1988 – Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer
1991 – Matthew James, English footballer
1992 – Selena Gomez, American actress and pop singer
1997 – Field Cate, American actor
1998 – Madison Pettis, American actress
2002 – Prince Felix of Denmark, Danish royalty

Deaths

1362 – Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)
1387 – Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
1461 – Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
1525 – Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
1540 – John Zápolya, King of Hungary
1619 – Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (b. 1559)
1633 – Trijntje Keever, presumed to have been the tallest woman ever (b. 1616)
1645 – Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
1676 – Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
1726 – Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia
1734 – Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England
1789 – Joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (b. 1715)
1802 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist (b. 1771)
1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b. 1746)
1832 – Napoleon II of France (b. 1811)
1852 – Auguste Marmont, French marshal (b. 1774)
1864 – James B. McPherson, American army general, in the Battle of Atlanta (b. 1828)
1869 – John A. Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), (b. 1806)
1902 – Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (b. 1822)
1903 – Cassius Clay, American emancipationist (b. 1810)
1904 – Wilson Barrett, English actor (b. 1846)
1906 – The Rev William Snodgrass, Canadian Presbyterian minister and the sixth Principal of Queen's College, now Queen's University (b. 1827)
1908 – William Randal Cremer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
1915 – Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827)
1916 – James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet (b. 1849)
1918 – Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (b. 1898)
1920 – William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
1922 – Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854)
1932 – Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist (b. 1853)
1932 – Florenz Ziegfeld, theatrical producer (b. 1867)
1932 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and radio pioneer (b. 1866)
1934 – John Dillinger, American bank robber (b. 1903)
1950 – William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
1958 – Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b. 1895)
1967 – Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
1968 – Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (b. 1908)
1970 – George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (b. 1912)
1974 – Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (b. 1900)
1979 – J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
1979 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
1988 – Duane Jones, American actor (b. 1936)
1989 – Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
1990 – Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b. 1932)
1992 – Wayne McLaren, portrayed the Marlboro Man (b. 1940)
1995 – Harold Larwood, Former England cricketer (b. 1904)
1996 – Rob Collins, English musician (The Charlatans) (b. 1956)
1998 – Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
1999 – Gar Samuelson, American musician (Megadeth) (b. 1958)
2000 – Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (b. 1925)
2000 – Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
2001 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
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)
2004 – Sacha Distel, French singer (b. 1933)
2004 – George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
2004 – Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1922)
2005 – Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician killed by Scotland Yard (b. 1978)
2006 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
2006 – James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b. 1950)
2007 – Jarrod Cunningham New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)
2007 – Mike Coolbaugh former baseball player and coach (b. 1972)
2007 – Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
2007 – Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906)
2007 – Laszlo Kovacs, Hungarian-born cinematographer (b. 1933)
2008 – Estelle Getty American comedic actress (b. 1923)
2008 – Greg Burson American Voice Actor (b. 1949)
2009 – Richard M. Givan Supreme court chief justice (b. 1921)
2009 – Peter Krieg, German documentary filmmaker, producer and writer (b. 1947)

Holidays and observances

Swaziland – Birthday of former King Sobhuza II
Ratcatcher's Day, commemorates the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Pi Approximation Day (22/7 is approximately equal to π)
Abd-al-Masih, saint and martyr
Saint Mary Magdalene [Paris, Bruges]
Saint Markella from Chios, Greece

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