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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.
Events
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.
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.
1968 - Sir John Newsome recommends public schools should take 50% of their intake from the state school system
1976 - Japan completes it's 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 .
1997 - The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario .
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.
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. See 7 July 2005 London bombings and 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 )
1898 - Stephen Vincent Benét , American author (d. 1943 )
1898 - Alexander Calder , American artist (d. 1976 )
1905 - Doc Cramer , American baseball player (d. 1990 )
1907 - Zubir Said , Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (d. 1987 )
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
1938 - 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 )
1944 - Rick Davies , British musician (Supertramp )
1944 - Dennis Firestone , Australian racing driver
1944 - Sparky Lyle , American baseball player
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 )
1947 - Albert Brooks , American comedian
1947 - Gilles Duceppe , Canadian politician
1947 - Don Henley , American musician (Eagles )
1948 - S. E. Hinton , American author
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
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
1955 - Asif Ali Zardari , Pakistani politician, President-elect of Pakistan, widower of Benazir Bhutto
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 - Steve Albini , American writer, recording engineer and musician (Big Black , Rapeman , Shellac )
1962 - Martine St. Clair , Canadian singer
1963 - Emilio Butragueno , Spanish footballer
1963 - Rob Estes , American actor
1963 - Emily Saliers , American singer (Indigo Girls )
1964 - Rafael Addison , American basketball player
1964 - Adam Godley , British actor
1964 - John Leguizamo , Colombian actor
1964 - Don Van Natta, Jr. , American journalist
1964 - David Spade , American 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
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 - Arsenium , Moldovan singer (O-Zone )
1983 - Steven Jackson , American football player
1983 - Sharni Vinson , Australian actress and model
1984 - Stewart Downing , English footballer
1984 - Kinzie Kenner , American pornographic actress
1985 - Takudzwa Ngwenya , Zimbabwean/American rugby player
1985 - Akira Tozawa , Japanese professional wrestler
1992 - Selena Gomez , American actress
1997 - Field Cate , American actor
1998 - Madison Pettis , American actress
2002 - Prince Felix of Denmark
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 Marcellus Clay , American emancipationist (b. 1810 )
1904 - Wilson Barrett , English actor (b. 1846 )
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 - 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 )
Holidays and observances
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