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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 system1976 - 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 singer1913 - 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 politician1923 - Lillian Ellison , American professional wrestler (d. 2007 )
1923 - Mukesh , Indian singer (d. 1976 )
1924 - Margaret Whiting , American singer1928 - Orson Bean , American film actor1929 - John Barber , British racing driver1932 - Oscar De la Renta , Dominican/American fashion designer1934 - Louise Fletcher , American actress1935 - Tom Cartwright , Former England cricketer (d. 2007 )1936 - Tom Robbins , American author1937 - Yasuhiro Kojima , Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999 )1937 - John Price , Former England cricketer
1937 - Vasant Ranjane , Former Indian cricketer
1938 - Terence Stamp , English actor1939 - Gila Almagor , Israeli actress1940 - Judith Walzer Leavitt , American college professor
1940 - Alex Trebek , Canadian game show host
1941 - George Clinton , American musician1941 - 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 actor1946 - Mireille Mathieu , French singer
1946 - Paul Schrader , American film director and screenwriter
1946 - Stephen M. Wolownik , Russian musician (d. 2000 )
1947 - Albert Brooks , American comedian1947 - Gilles Duceppe , Canadian politician
1947 - Don Henley , American musician (Eagles )
1948 - S. E. Hinton , American author1948 - Otto Waalkes , German comedian
1949 - Alan Menken , American composer1949 - Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Ruler of Dubai and PM of UAE1949 - Lasse Virén , Finnish athlete
1951 - J. V. Cain , American football player (d. 1979 )1953 - Jimmy Bruno , American jazz guitarist1953 - Sylvia Chang , Taiwanese actress
1954 - Pierre Lebeau , Canadian actor1954 - Lonette McKee , American actress
1954 - Al Di Meola , American guitarist
1955 - Willem Dafoe , American actor1955 - Asif Ali Zardari , Pakistani politician, President-elect of Pakistan, widower of Benazir Bhutto
1957 - Dave Stieb , American baseball player1958 - 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 driver1961 - 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 footballer1963 - Rob Estes , American actor
1963 - Emily Saliers , American singer (Indigo Girls )
1964 - Rafael Addison , American basketball player1964 - 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 actor1965 - Shawn Michaels , American professional wrestler1966 - Shaun Cohen , South African professional wrestler1966 - Tim Brown , American football player
1967 - Lauren Booth , British journalist1967 - Pat Badger , American musician Extreme
1968 - Rhys Ifans , Welsh actor1969 - Despina Vandi , Greek singer1970 - Jason Becker , American musician1970 - Craig Baird , New Zealander racing driver
1970 - Sergei Zubov , Russian ice hockey player
1971 - Kristine Lilly , American soccer player1972 - Colin Ferguson , Canadian actor1972 - 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 actress1974 - Sonija Kwok , Hong Kong actress
1977 - Gustavo Nery , Brazilian footballer1978 - Dennis Rommedahl , Danish footballer1978 - A. J. Cook , Canadian actress1978 - Martyn Lee , English radio presenter
1978 - Runako Morton , West Indian cricketer
1979 - Lucas Luhr , German racing driver1979 - Yadel Martí , Cuban baseball player
1979 - James Mason , British professional wrestler
1980 - Scott Dixon , New Zealand racing driver1980 - Dirk Kuyt , Dutch footballer
1980 - Kate Ryan , Belgian singer
1980 - Tablo , Korean hip-hop musician (Epik High )
1982 - Nuwan Kulasekara , Sri lankan cricketer1983 - Arsenium , Moldovan singer (O-Zone )1983 - Steven Jackson , American football player
1983 - Sharni Vinson , Australian actress and model
1984 - Stewart Downing , English footballer1984 - Kinzie Kenner , American pornographic actress
1985 - Takudzwa Ngwenya , Zimbabwean/American rugby player1985 - Akira Tozawa , Japanese professional wrestler
1992 - Selena Gomez , American actress1997 - Field Cate , American actor1998 - Madison Pettis , American actress2002 - 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 diplomat1540 - 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 Virginia1734 - 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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