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What happened in history on this day: July 22?
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- 260 - Saint Dionysius begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1209 - Town of Béziers, centre of Cathar belief, is decimated in crusade ordered by Pope Innocent III, carried out by Cistercian abbot Arnaud Amaury and his men. He is said to have said "Kill them all - the Lord will know his own." when asked how to tell heretic Cathars from pious Catholic. The town has the Church of Mary Magdelene, and July 22 is the feast day of Mary Magdelene in the Catholic Church. Amaury later writes Pope that 20,000 were killed. This is part of the 40-year Albigensian Crusade.
- 1298 - English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk.
- 1461 - Charles VII king of France (1422-61), dies at age 58.
- 1478 - Birth of Philip I (the Handsome) first Habsburg king of Spain (1506).
- 1587 - Second English colony established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
- 1686 - City of Albany, New York chartered.
- 1775 - George Washington takes command of the troops.
- 1796 - Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland.
- 1798 - French Emperor Napoleon and army of 40,000 defeat Mamelukes defending Cairo, Egyptm in the Battle of the Pyramids. The French lose several hundred neb, the Mamelukes lose several thousand.
- 1812 - Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain.
- 1822 - Birth of Gregor Mendel; monk/geneticist, discoverer of the laws of heredity.
- 1826 - Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of first asteroid, dies.
- 1844 - Birth of William Archibald Spooner in London, England; reverend, invented "spoonerisms".
- 1848 - Birth of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (dies 1914).
- 1849 - Birth of Emma Lazarus; poet ("The New Colossus"-base of Statue of Liberty).
- 1854 - J R Hind discovers asteroid #30 Urania.
- 1864 - Battle of Atlanta - Confederate General Hood attacks USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman and suffers terrible losses.
- 1882 - Birth of Edward Hopper; US painter (House by the Railroad).
- 1887 - Birth of Gustav Hertz; German quantum physicist (Nobel Prize 1925).
- 1888 - Birth of Raymond Chandler in Chicago, Illinois, USA; mystery writer (The Long Goodbye).
- 1892 - Birth of Arthur Seyss-Inquart; Austrian chancellor (1930s).
- 1895 - Birth of Hans Rosbaud in Graz, Austria; conductor (Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich).
- 1898 - Belgica ship's crew see first sunrise in 1600 hours-first to endure Antarctic winter.
- 1898 - Birth of Alexander Calder; sculptor (mobiles, stabiles).
- 1898 - Birth of Stephen Vincent Benét; US writer (The Devil and Daniel Webster).
- 1901 - Birth of Charles Weidman in Nebraska, USA; modern dancer/choreographer (Candide).
- 1908 - Birth of Amy Vanderbilt; authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette).
- 1908 - W Lorenz discovers asteroid #665 Sabine.
- 1912 - Games of the V Olympiad in Stockholm closes.
- 1913 - Birth of Lucia Albanese; soprano (New York Metropolitan Opera).
- 1916 - A bomb goes off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco, California, killing 10.
- 1917 - Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian Prime Minister.
- 1917 - M Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba, and #881 Athene.
- 1918 - Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park.
- 1921 - Birth of William Roth; American politician (Senator-Republican-Delaware).
- 1923 - Birth of Robert Dole; American politician (Senator-Republican-Kansas).
- 1923 - Walter Johnson becomes the first to strikeout 3,000 in Major League Baseball.
- 1924 - Birth of Margaret Whiting in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family).
- 1926 - 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record).
- 1926 - 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record).
- 1926 - Cincinnati Reds' Curt Walker ties record of two triples in an inning.
- 1927 - Birth of George Hunter in South Africa; light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1948).
- 1928 - Birth of Orson Bean; actor/comedian (I've Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, One Life to Live).
- 1929 - Birth of Marcia Henderson in Andover, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Kathleen - The Aldrich Family, Two Girls Named Smith, World of Giants, Dear Phoebe).
- 1930 - Birth of Yuri P Artyukhin; cosmonaut (Soyuz 14).
- 1930 - G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1306 Scythia.
- 1930 - H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1666 van Gent, #1752 van Herk.
- 1931 - Birth of Perry Lopez; actor (Zorro, Hec Ramsey).
- 1932 - Birth of Oscar de la Renta in Dominican Republic; designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1973).
- 1932 - Death of Reginald Aubrey Fessenden at age 65 in Hamilton, Bermuda; radio pioneer, made first two-way radio voice transmission between Scotland and Massachusetts, made world's first public program of music and voice transmitted to ships, holder of 300 patents.
- 1933 - Birth of Chuck Cassey in Chicago, Illinois, USA; choral director (Jimmy Dean Show).
- 1933 - Wiley Post completes first round-the-world solo flight.
- 1934 - Birth of Louise Fletcher; actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
- 1934 - John Dillinger is shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1935 - C Jackson discovers asteroids #1359 Prieska and #1360 Tarka.
- 1936 - Philadelphia Phillies' John Moore hits three consecutive home runs.
- 1937 - US Senate rejects President Franklin Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court.
- 1938 - Great Britain and France reject German proposal for four-power settlement of Sudeten problem.
- 1939 - Birth of Terence Stamp in England; actor (The Collector, Alien Nations, Smallville).
- 1940 - Birth of Alex Trebek in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy).
- 1940 - Birth of Stan Ross in New York City, New York, USA; actor (New Bill Cosby Show).
- 1940 - Birth of Yuriy Klimov in USSR; team handball (Olympic-gold-1976).
- 1941 - Birth of George Clinton; rocker (Testify, Funkadelics).
- 1941 - Birth of Susie Maxwell Berning; golfer (US Women's Open 1968,1972,1973).
- 1941 - Birth of Thomas Wayne; rocker (Tragedy).
- 1943 - Allied forces capture Palermo, Sicily.
- 1943 - Birth of Bobby Sherman in Santa Monica, California, USA; singer ("Shindig", "Here Comes Brides"), actor.
- 1944 - Birth of Estelle Bennett in New York City, New York, USA; vocalist (Ronettes - "Be My Baby").
- 1944 - Birth of Guich Koock in Austin, Texas, USA; actor (Harley Puckett - Carter Country).
- 1944 - Birth of Sparky Lyle; relief pitcher (New York Yankees, Cy Young Award winner).
- 1944 - Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation.
- 1944 - The International Monetary Fund is created at the conference at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
- 1945 - Birth of Bobby Sherman; actor/singer (Seattle).
- 1946 - Birth of Danny Glover; actor (ER, Queen, Lonesome Dove).
- 1946 - A bomb explodes in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, British headquarters in Palestine, killing 91 people. The attack was planned and carried out by the Haganah and Irgun Zionist paramilitary groups.
- 1947 - Birth of Don Henley; drummer/singer (The Eagles - "Desparado", "Boys of Summer").
- 1947 - -8 degrees F (-13 degrees C), Charlotte Pass, New South Wales (Australian record).
- 1947 - Birth of Albert Brooks in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/comedian/director (Broadcast News, Lost in America, The Simpsons, Hot Wheels).
- 1949 - Birth of Lasse Viren in Finland; 5000m/10,000m runner (Olympic-gold-1972, 1976).
- 1950 - King Leopold, after six years in exile, returns to Belgium.
- 1952 - Polish constitution is adopted.
- 1953 - Cy Kendall, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at age 55.
- 1955 - First US Vice President to preside over cabinet meeting - Richard Nixon.
- 1955 - Birth of Willem Dafoe; actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning).
- 1955 - Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at age 45.
- 1955 - Philadelphia Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11.
- 1956 - Birth of Michael Spinks; American middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1976).
- 1957 - Birth of Dave Steib; pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1962 - First US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off, falls into Atlantic Ocean.
- 1962 - Chicago White Sox player Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles).
- 1963 - Birth of Joanna Going; actress (Another World, Search for Tomorrow, Into the West).
- 1963 - Birth of Rob Estes; actor (Melrose Place, Silk Stalkings).
- 1963 - Birth of Emily Saliers; singer (Indigo Girls).
- 1964 - Birth of David Spade; actor-comedian (Eight Simple Rules, Just Shoot Me).
- 1964 - Birth of John Leguizamo; actor (ER).
- 1964 - Steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open.
- 1965 - BBC-TV debuts TV show Till Death Us Do Part.
- 1965 - Birth of Patrick Labyorteaux in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Andrew 'Andy' Garvey - Little House on the Prairie, JAG).
- 1967 - Atlanta Braves use a record five pitchers in the 9th inning.
- 1967 - Birth of Pat Badger; heavy metal bassist (Extreme - "More Than Words").
- 1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: The Prarie Years), dies at age 89.
- 1967 - Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of The Monkees' tour.
- 1967 - Birth of Irene Bedard; actress (Into the West).
- 1967 - In Turkey, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs on the Bolu-Abant fault in the Murdurnu Valley. 173 killed, 183 injured, and 3,701 houses razed or made uninhabitable.
- 1969 - USSR launches Sputnik 50 and Molniya 1-12 communications satellite.
- 1969 - For the first time in Major League Baseball history, the All-star game is postponed by rain.
- 1971 - Birth of Charlotte Gainsbourg in London, England; actress (The Little Thief).
- 1972 - 27.53 cm (10.84 inches) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state 24-hour record).
- 1972 - Sweden and the European Economic Community make a free trade agreement.
- 1972 - Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus.
- 1972 - CBS TV debuts the variety show The Bobby Darin Amusement Company.
- 1973 - Birth of Daniel Jones; musician (Savage Garden).
- 1973 - Sue Berning wins her third US Golf Open championship.
- 1974 - Birth of Franka Potente; actress (The Shield).
- 1975 - US House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E Lee.
- 1978 - Birth of A.J. Cook; actress (Criminal Minds, Tru Calling).
- 1979 - Death of Hope Summers at age 78 of heart failure; actress (Clara - The Andy Griffith Show, the voice for "Mrs. Butterworth").
- 1981 - Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome court to life in prison.
- 1982 - Academic Text Processing Service established in Seattle, Washington.
- 1983 - Australian Dick Smith completes first solo helicopter flight around the world.
- 1983 - In Western Iran, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs.
- 1984 - Kathy Whitworth wins a record 85th pro golf tournament.
- 1986 - House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion.
- 1987 - Said Aouita of Morroco sets the 5km record (12:58.39) in Rome, Italy.
- 1987 - Soyuz TM-3 launched with three cosmonauts (one Syrian).
- 1987 - US begins escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf.
- 1987 - Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28.
- 1987 - Death of Jack Lescoulie at age 69; announcer and TV host (Today Show TV show, Jackie Gleason Show TV show).
- 1988 - 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research.
- 1988 - Luigi Lucioni, Italian landscape painter (opera stars), dies at age 87.
- 1988 - Birth of Constantin, Prince of Nassau.
- 1990 - Greg Lemond of US wins bicycling's third tour de France.
- 1990 - Nick Faldo of England wins the British Open Golf championship.
- 1991 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment. Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978.
- 1992 - Birth of Selena Gomez; actress (The Wizards of Waverly Place).
- 1992 - Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison, fearing extradition to the United States.
- 1992 - Death of Wayne McLaren at age 51 of lung cancer; model (the Marlboro Man in the 1970's).
- 1998 - Death of Don Dunphy at age 90; America's foremost announcer of boxing matches on radio and TV for over 50 years, calling more than 2,000 fights, the voice of Gillette's Friday Night Fights.
- 1999 - Persecution of Falun Gong begins. Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China under Jiang Zemin.
- 2001 - Death of Frances Rappaport Horwich (Miss Frances), children's show host (born 1907).
- 2002 - Birth of Prince Felix of Denmark, Prince of Denmark.
- 2003 - Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of Saddam Hussein, are killed by the U.S. military in Iraq, after being tipped off by an informant.
- 2004 - The Old Bridge of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina is reconstructed and reopened after being destroyed by Bosnian Croat forces on November 9, 1993.
- 2004 - Production of the 2004 model Corvette ends, also ending production of the C5 model Corvette. Nearly 250,000 were built since the 1997 model.
- 2005 - A Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, is shot dead at a London underground station by police who allegedly mistake him for a suicide bomber.
- 2006 - Canada defeats USA 15-11 in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. This marks only the second time the USA had not won the gold medal, and only the second time Canada had won the gold. Geoff Snider is announced as Most Valuable Player.
- 2007 - Yokozuna Asashoryu conquers the Emperor's Cup at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament (Nagoya Basho) in Nagoya, Japan.
- 2007 - Floods cause chaos through wide areas of Britain, especially the counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads.
- 2007 - Parliamentary elections take place in Turkey. Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Justice and Development Party is elected Prime Minister with almost 47 percent of votes.
- 2007 - Death of Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (ruled 1933-1973) at age 92 (born 1914).
- 2008 - The United Progressive Alliance-led government in India survives a crucial no-confidence vote, based on disagreements between the Indian National Congress and Left Front, over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- 2008 - Estelle Getty, actor (Sophia - The Golden Girls, Golden Palace, Nurses, Blossom, and Empty Nest, films Tootsie, Mask, Copacabana, Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot, Stuart Little, Emmy (1988) and Golden Globe (1986) Awards) dies at age 84 in California (born 1923).
- 2009 - The longest (6.5 minutes) total solar eclipse of the 21st century sweeps across a narrow (250km wide) swathe from India through to China.
- 2011 - 76 people are killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet government center in Oslo and a shooting at a political youth camp on the island of Utøya.
- 2016 - The final videocassette recorder is manufactured by the Japanese company Funai.
- 2016 - In a shopping center in Munich, Germany, a German teenager of Iranian descent kills nine, injures over 30, then shoots himself.
- 2019 - Death of Li Peng at age 90 (born 1928); 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (1987-1998).
- 2020 - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 15 million worldwide.
- 2021 - Death of Boris Chochiev, Acting Prime Minister of South Ossetia (born 1957).
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