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Birthday July 22, 1478 Philip I (the Handsome), 1st Habsburg king of Spain (1506). |
Birthday July 22, 1822 Gregor Mendel, geneticist who discovered laws of heredity. |
Birthday July 22, 1844 Rev William Archibald Spooner, invented 'spoonerisms' |
Birthday July 22, 1849 Emma Lazarus, whose poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty |
Birthday July 22, 1887 Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925). |
Birthday July 22, 1890 Rose Kennedy, mother of JFK. |
Birthday July 22, 1898 Alexander Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles). |
Birthday July 22, 1898 Steven Vincent Benet, writer (The Devil and Daniel Webster). |
Birthday July 22, 1913 Lucia Albanese, opera singer. |
Birthday July 22, 1923 Robert Dole, (R-Sen-Ks) |
Birthday July 22, 1924 Margaret Whiting, singer. |
Birthday July 22, 1928 Orson Bean, Actor. |
Birthday July 22, 1930 Yuri P. Artyukhin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 14). |
Birthday July 22, 1932 Oscar de la Renta, designer |
Birthday July 22, 1939 Terrance Stamp |
History July 22, 1298 English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk. |
History July 22, 1598 The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers' Register |
History July 22, 1779 Battle of Minisink Ford, New York |
History July 22, 1793 Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean |
History July 22, 1826 Giuseppe Piazzi discoverer of 1st asteroid dies. |
History July 22, 1862 Lincoln tells his cabinet about Emancipation Proclamation |
History July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta continues |
History July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta; Gen. Sherman defeats Confederate defenders. |
History July 22, 1916 The Preparedness Day bombing |
History July 22, 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco |
History July 22, 1923 Dillinger joins the Navy in an attempt to avoid prosecution |
History July 22, 1925 Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher |
History July 22, 1933 Wiley Post flies solo around the world |
History July 22, 1933 Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight. |
History July 22, 1934 John Dillinger shot & killed in Chicago movie theatre |
History July 22, 1934 Dillinger gunned down |
History July 22, 1942 Deportations from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin |
History July 22, 1952 Polish constitution adopted (National Day). |
History July 22, 1955 1st US Vice-President to preside over cabinet meeting - R Nixon |
History July 22, 1967 Taylor and Clifford begin tour of the Pacific region |
History July 22, 1968 North Vietnamese condemn Honolulu Conference |
History July 22, 1972 Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus. |
History July 22, 1977 Elvis Costello's debut album, My Aim Is True, is released |
History July 22, 1987 Gorbachev accepts ban on intermediate-range nuclear missiles |
History July 22, 1990 Greg LeMond wins second Tour De France |
History July 22, 1991 Cannibal and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is caught |
History July 22, 1993 Kaskaskia is inundated by flood of '93 |
History July 22, 2002 California governor signs new auto emissions legislation |
History July 22, 2003 Qusay and Uday Hussein killed |
History July 22, 2005 March of the Penguins debuts |