On This Day — July 22

🕰️ Notable Events on July 22

• 2013 — A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others. Wikipedia ↗
• 2011 — Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1997 — The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond’s second consecutive Tour de France victory. Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Martial law in Poland is officially revoked. Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance. Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — World War II: Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo. Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Holocaust: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes. Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40. Wikipedia ↗
• 1894 — The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3 hp petrol engined Peugeot. Wikipedia ↗
• 1893 — Katharine Lee Bates writes America the Beautiful after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Wikipedia ↗
• 1864 — American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1805 — Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder. Wikipedia ↗
• 1802 — Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare. Wikipedia ↗
• 1797 — Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated. Wikipedia ↗
• 1796 — Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party. Wikipedia ↗
• 1793 — Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America. Wikipedia ↗
• 1706 — The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries' Parliaments, led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Wikipedia ↗
• 1686 — Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan. Wikipedia ↗
• 1598 — William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers’ Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers’ Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material. Wikipedia ↗
• 1587 — Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. Wikipedia ↗
• 1499 — Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1456 — Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire Wikipedia ↗
• 1443 — Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War. Wikipedia ↗
• 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 of Falkirk. Wikipedia ↗
• 1209 — Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade. Wikipedia ↗
• 1099 — First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. Wikipedia ↗
• 838 — Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on July 22

• 2013 — Prince George of Cambridge Wikipedia ↗
• 2002 — Prince Felix of Denmark Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — Ezekiel Elliott, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Anja Aguilar, Filipino actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Selena Gomez, American singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Matty James, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Keegan Allen, American actor, photographer and musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Thomas Kraft, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Sercan Temizyürek, Turkish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Charlotte Kalla, Swedish skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Steve Johnson, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Jessica Abbott, Australian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-American rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Akira Tozawa, Japanese wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Stewart Downing, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Aldo de Nigris, Mexican footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Dries Devenyns, Belgian cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Steven Jackson, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Andreas Ulvo, Norwegian pianist Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Kate Ryan, Belgian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Tablo, South Korean-Canadian rapper Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Anna Bieleń-Żarska, Polish tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Lucas Luhr, German race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Martyn Lee, English radio host and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Runako Morton, Nevisian cricketer (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Ezio Galon, Italian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Ingo Hertzsch, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Franka Potente, German actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Brian Chippendale, American singer and drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Daniel Jones, English-Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Mike Sweeney, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Seth Fisher, American illustrator (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Keyshawn Johnson, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Jason Becker, American guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Steve Carter, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Devendra Fadnavis, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Despina Vandi, German-Greek singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Lauren Booth, English journalist and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Tim Brown, American football player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Derrick Dalley, Canadian educator and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Shawn Michaels, American wrestler, trainer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Richard B. Poore, New Zealand humanitarian Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Doug Riesenberg, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Will Calhoun, American rock drummer (Living Colour) Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Bonnie Langford, English actress and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — David Spade, American actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Emily Saliers, American singer-songwriter and musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Alvin Robertson, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Calvin Fish, English race car driver and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Keith Sweat, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Jon Oliva, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Tatsunori Hara, Japanese baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — David Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Dave Stieb, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Mick Pointer, English neo-progressive rock drummer (Marillion; Arena) Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Scott Sanderson, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Willem Dafoe, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Al Di Meola, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Steve LaTourette, American lawyer and politician (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Lonette McKee, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Ingrid Daubechies, Belgian physicist and mathematician Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — J. V. Cain, American football player (d. 1979) Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Patriarch Daniel of Romania Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — S. E. Hinton, American Author Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Alan Menken, American pianist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Johnson Toribiong, Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th President of Palau Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Danny Glover, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Paul Schrader, American director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, Filipino archbishop Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Philip Cohen, English biochemist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Rick Davies, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Sparky Lyle, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Anand Satyanand, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th Governor-General of New Zealand Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Kay Bailey Hutchison, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer and skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Les Johns, Australian rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Estelle Bennett, American singer (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (d. 1975) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — David M. Kennedy, American historian and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Terence Stamp, English actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and manager (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — John Price, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Don Patterson, American organist (d. 1988) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Harold Rhodes, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Geraldine Claudette Darden, American mathematician Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Tom Cartwright, English-Welsh cricketer and coach (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Junior Cook, American saxophonist (d. 1992) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Louise Fletcher, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Tom Robbins, American novelist Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Leo Labine, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — John Barber, English race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Neil Welliver, American painter (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Orson Bean, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Jimmy Hill, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Johan Ferner, Norwegian sailor (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Wolfgang Iser, German scholar, literary theorist (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Margaret Whiting, American singer (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Alan Stephenson Boyd, American businessman and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Transportation Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — William V. Roth Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Gino Bianco, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Ruthie Tompson, American animator and artist Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Dorino Serafini, Italian race car driver (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1908 — Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d. 1974) Wikipedia ↗
• 1899 — Sobhuza II of Swaziland (d. 1982) Wikipedia ↗
• 1898 — Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1943) Wikipedia ↗
• 1895 — León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1976) Wikipedia ↗
• 1893 — Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (d. 1978) Wikipedia ↗
• 1893 — Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1892 — Jack MacBryan, English cricketer and field hockey player (d. 1983) Wikipedia ↗
• 1890 — Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
• 1889 — James Whale, English actor and director (d. 1957) Wikipedia ↗
• 1888 — Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (d. 1950) Wikipedia ↗
• 1888 — Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973) Wikipedia ↗
• 1887 — Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) Wikipedia ↗
• 1886 — Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author (d. 1954) Wikipedia ↗
• 1884 — Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (d. 1967) Wikipedia ↗
• 1882 — Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher (d. 1967) Wikipedia ↗

📅 National Days on July 22 (Calendar.cx)

Also observed on July 22

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Erev Tish’a B’Av