July 22

July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining.

Events

• 1793 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean
• 1864 - Battle of Atlanta
• 1933 - Wiley Post[?] becomes first person to fly solo around the world
• 1942 - Systematic deporation of Jews from Warsaw, Poland begins
• 1944 - Bretton Woods[?] Conference ends
• 1946 - Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration.
• 1962 - Mariner 1 spacecraft destroyed on launch.
• 1977 - Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
• 1983 - State of war ends in Poland.
• 1991 - Jeffrey Dahmer arrested

Births

• 1784 - Friedrich Bessel, mathematician
• 1822 - Gregor Mendel, pioneering geneticist (+ 1884)
• 1849 - Emma Lazarus[?], poet
• 1882 - Edward Hopper, painter (+ 1967)
• 1887 - Gustav Hertz[?], quantum physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 (+ 1975)
• 1890 - Rose Kennedy, mother of President John F. Kennedy (+ 1995)
• 1893 - James Whale, film director (+ 1957)
• 1894 - Oskar Maria Graf[?], writer (+ 1967)
• 1898 - Stephen Vincent Benet[?], author (+ 1943)
• 1898 - Alexander Calder, qrtist (+ 1976)
• 1908 - Amy Vanderbilt[?], author on etiquette
• 1916 - Marcel Cerdan, World Champion Boxer (+ 1949)
• 1923 - Bob Dole - former Senator from Kansas, former Presidential candidate
• 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
• 1946 - Mireille Mathieu, singer
• 1947 - Albert Brooks, comedian
• 1947 - Danny Glover[?], actor
• 1947 - Don Henley[?], drummer, singer, songwriter
• 1948 - Otto Waalkes[?], comedian
• 1954 - Al DiMeola[?]
• 1955 - Willem Dafoe, actor

Deaths

• 1832 - Napoleon II of France
• 1904 - Wilson Barrett, actor
• 1916 - James Whitcomb Riley[?], author, poet
• 1922 - Jokichi Takamine, chemist
• 1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.[?], theatrical producer
• 1934 - John Dillinger, bank robber, shot at the Biograph Theater[?] in Chicago
• 1950 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, tenth Prime Minister of Canada
• 1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet
• 1974 - Wayne Morse[?], former Senator from Oregon
• 1990 - Manuel Puig[?], author
• 1998 - Alan Shepard, astronaut
• 2000 - Eric Christmas[?], actor

Holidays and observances

• Saint Mary Magdalene
• Swaziland - Birthday of former King Sobhuza II[?]
• Pi Approximation Day
• Ratcatcher's Day

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