This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
07/22/1478 Philip I (the Handsome), 1st Habsburg King of Spain (1506) 
07/22/1597 Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer 
07/22/1642 Johann Quirsfeld, composer 
07/22/1647 Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint 
07/22/1649 Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italy, Pope (1700-21) 
07/22/1651 Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer 
07/22/1721 Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer 
07/22/1722 Jean-No‰l/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian 
07/22/1784 Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (star parallax, Bessel Functio

07/22/1804 Jean C F Demolombe, [prince the l'ex‚gŠse], French lawyer 
07/22/1820 Louis Powell Harvey, Governor (Union), died in 1862 
07/22/1822 Gregor Mendel, monk/geneticist, discoverer of laws of heredity 
07/22/1822 Hamilton Prioleau Bee, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1897 
07/22/1822 John George Walker, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 
07/22/1830 Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer 
07/22/1830 William Sooy Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1916 
07/22/1833 Benjamin Hanby, composer 
07/22/1834 Daniel McCook,, Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 
07/22/1844 William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms) 
07/22/1849 Emma Lazarus, poet ('New Colossus'-base of Statue of Liberty) 
07/22/1853 Victor Roger, composer 
07/22/1871 Akos Buttykai, composer 
07/22/1872 David D Salas, Antillian writer (Josefina) 
07/22/1873 Ettore Pozzoli, composer 
07/22/1878 Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin (Martin Luther) 
07/22/1879 Gustaf Heintze, composer 
07/22/1882 Edward Hopper, US painter (House by the Railroad) 
07/22/1887 Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925) 
07/22/1888 Raymond Chandler, Chic, mystery writer (Long Goodbye) 
07/22/1889 Frederick Preston Search, composer 
07/22/1890 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mom of JFK, RFK & Ted 
07/22/1892 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s)/war criminal 
07/22/1895 Hans Rosbaud, Graz Austria, conductor (Tonhalle Orch Zrich) 
07/22/1898 Alexander Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles) 
07/22/1898 Stephen Vincent Ben‚t, US, writer (Devil & Daniel Webster) 
07/22/1901 Charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide) 
07/22/1902 Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer 
07/22/1908 Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette) 
07/22/1910 Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Prince Henry? 
07/22/1913 Lucia Albanese, Italian soprano (NY Met Opera) 
07/22/1914 Cecil Effinger, composer 
07/22/1916 Hipolito M Ocalia, Cura‡aos landscape painter 
07/22/1918 Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, lawyer/son of prince Henry 
07/22/1921 William V Roth Jr, (Sen-R-Delaware, 1971-  ) 
07/22/1923 Robert J Dole, (Sen-R Kansas, 1969-  ) 
07/22/1924 Margaret Whiting, Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Famil

07/22/1926 Bryan Forbes, director/producer (Endless Games, King Rat) 
07/22/1927 George Hunter, South Africa, light heavyweight boxer (Oly-gold-1948)

07/22/1928 Georg Dreyfus, composer 
07/22/1928 Orson Bean, actor/comedian (I've Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth) 
07/22/1930 Leoncjusz Ciuciura, composer 
07/22/1930 Marcia Henderson, Andover Mass, actress (Kathleen-Aldrich Family) 
07/22/1930 Yuri P Artyukhin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 14) 
07/22/1931 Charles Huxtable, General commanded English ground Armies 
07/22/1932 Oscar de la Renta, Dom Rep, designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1973) 
07/22/1933 Chuck Cassey, Chicago, choral director (Jimmy Dean Show) 
07/22/1936 Krasimir Kyurkchiiski, composer 
07/22/1939 Terence Stamp, England, actor (Collector, Alien Nations) 
07/22/1940 Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy) 
07/22/1940 Stan Ross, NYC, actor (New Bill Cosby Show) 
07/22/1940 Yuriy Klimov, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976) 
07/22/1941 George Clinton, rocker (Testify, Funkadelics) 
07/22/1941 Susie Maxwell Berning, golfer (US Women's Open 1968,72,73) 
07/22/1941 Thomas Wayne, rocker (Tragedy) 
07/22/1944 Estelle Bennett, NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Baby) 
07/22/1944 Guich Koock, Austin Tx, actor (Harley Puckett-Carter Country) 
07/22/1944 Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher (NY Yankees, Cy Young) 
07/22/1946 Steve Friedman, TV news executive 
07/22/1947 Albert Brooks, LA Calif, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America) 
07/22/1947 Curt Weldon, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania) 
07/22/1947 Danny Glover, actor (Lethal Weapon) 
07/22/1947 Don Henley, drummer (Eagles-Desparado) 
07/22/1949 Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1972, 76) 
07/22/1952 Madeleine Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970) 
07/22/1952 Mary Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970) 
07/22/1954 Henriette Allais, playmate (Mar, 1980) 
07/22/1955 Willem Dafoe, Wisc, actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burnin

07/22/1956 Michael Spinks, US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1976) 
07/22/1956 Mike Pointer, rocker (Marillion) 
07/22/1957 Dave Steib, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) 
07/22/1958 Sandra Elizabeth Greenberg, Spokane Wash, playmate (June, 1987) 
07/22/1963 Joanna Going, actress (Another World) 
07/22/1964 Bonnie Langford, English actress (Wombling Free) 
07/22/1965 Patrick Laborteaux, LA Calif, actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie)

07/22/1965 Shawn Michaels, [Mike Hickenbottom], San Antonio, wrestler (WWF/AWA)

07/22/1967 Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words) 
07/22/1971 Charlotte Gainsbourg, London England, actress (Little Thief) 
07/22/1989 Caroline Giuliani, daughter of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-  ) 
07/22/1993 Patricia Quinn, 11th child of actor Anthony Quinn (78) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/22/1035 Robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies 
07/22/1387 French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57

07/22/1461 Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58 
07/22/1477 Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 3

07/22/1499 Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle 
07/22/1635 Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer, dies at 45 
07/22/1676 Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86 
07/22/1786 Vaclav Kalous, composer, dies at 71 
07/22/1794 Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer, dies at 59 
07/22/1802 Marie-Fran‡ois-Xavier Bichat, a founder of histology, dies 
07/22/1826 Giuseppe Piazzi, monk/mathematician (found 1st asteroid), dies at 80

07/22/1832 Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte, [l'aiglon], king of Rome, dies at 21 
07/22/1840 Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83 
07/22/1848 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 
07/22/1861 Barnard Elliot Bee, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 37 
07/22/1863 Carl Schuberth, composer, dies at 52 
07/22/1864 James Birdseye Mcpherson, US Union gen-major, dies in battle at 35 
07/22/1864 William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate gen-mjr, dies in battle at 

07/22/1868 Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51 
07/22/1870 Josef Strauss, composer, dies at 42 
07/22/1880 Anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72 
07/22/1882 Edward Hopper, US painter (House by the Railroad), dies 
07/22/1913 Adh‚mar Esmein, French reichts leader, dies at 65 
07/22/1929 Bror Beckman, composer, dies at 63 
07/22/1932 Roses Fox, Trade union leader, dies at 71 
07/22/1934 John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33 
07/22/1940 Marie Bregendahl, Danish author (& dídsnat), dies at 72 
07/22/1950 William LM King, premier of Canada (1921-30, 35-48), dies at 75 
07/22/1952 Antonio Maria Valencia, composer, dies at 49 
07/22/1952 August Balthazar, Belgian politician, dies at 58 
07/22/1953 Cy Kendall, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at 55 
07/22/1955 Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45 
07/22/1967 Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prarie Years), dies at 89 
07/22/1968 Giovanni Guareschi, Italian author: Don Camillo/Peppone, dies at 60 
07/22/1972 Hugo Kauder, composer, dies at 84 
07/22/1972 Pavel Borkovek, composer, dies at 78 
07/22/1974 Wayne L Morse, (Sen-Oregon), dies at 73 
07/22/1979 Hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78 
07/22/1980 Fred Kaps [Abram PA Bongers], magician (world champ 1955), dies at 5

07/22/1988 Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87 
07/22/1992 David Wojnarowicz, artist, dies at 37 of AIDs 
07/22/1992 Souleiman Franjieh, president Lebanon (1970-76), dies 
07/22/1992 Wayne McLaren, actor (Marlboro Man), dies at 51 of lung cancer 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/22/ 259 Dionysius elected as bishop of Rome, succeeding Sixtus II 
07/22/ 260 St Dionysius begins his reign as Catholic Pope 
07/22/1298 English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk 
07/22/1306 King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France 
07/22/1489 'Tractate Niddah' a talmudic edition, 1st printed 
07/22/1489 Treaty of Frankfurt 
07/22/1587 2nd English colony established on Roanoke Island off NC 
07/22/1632 Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro-palace for king Philip IV 
07/22/1686 City of Albany, NY chartered 
07/22/1775 George Washington takes command of troops 
07/22/1796 Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleaveland 
07/22/1812 Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain 
07/22/1854 J R Hind discovers asteroid #30 Urania 
07/22/1864 Battle of Atlanta, GA (Decatur)  - siege begins [->SEP 01] 
07/22/1864 Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman & suffers terrible losses 
07/22/1864 Hood attacks Sherman & suffers heavily -Atlanta- 
07/22/1864 US3641 CS8499 
07/22/1898 Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs-1st to endure Antarct winte

07/22/1901 Serbia recovers diplomatic relations with Montenegro 
07/22/1905 Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0 
07/22/1908 W Lorenz discovers asteroid #665 Sabine 
07/22/1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes 
07/22/1916 A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10 
07/22/1917 Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM 
07/22/1917 British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades 
07/22/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba & #881 Athene 
07/22/1918 Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park 
07/22/1921 James M Barnes wins US Open golf tournament 
07/22/1923 Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 
07/22/1925 Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher 
07/22/1926 105ø F (41ø C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record) 
07/22/1926 108ø F (42ø C), Troy, NY (state record) 
07/22/1926 Cin Red Curt Walker ties record of 2 triples in an inning 
07/22/1930 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1306 Scythia 
07/22/1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1666 van Gent, #1752 van Herk & 
07/22/1930 #1945 Wesselink 
07/22/1933 1st solo flight round the world 7d 19hrs (Wiley Post) 
07/22/1933 Caterina Jarboro sings 'Aida,' NYC-1st negro prima donna in US 
07/22/1933 Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight 
07/22/1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1359 Prieska & #1360 Tarka 
07/22/1935 Lester Walton appointed minister to Liberia 
07/22/1936 Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs 
07/22/1937 Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections 
07/22/1937 Senate rejects FDR proposal to enlarge Supreme Court 
07/22/1939 1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC) 
07/22/1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks 
07/22/1942 Gasoline rationing begins in US during WW II 
07/22/1942 Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka extermination Cam

07/22/1943 Allied forces captured Palermo, Sicily 
07/22/1944 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation 
07/22/1946 Estelle Bennett, rocker (Ronettes) 
07/22/1947 -8øF (-13øC), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record) 
07/22/1950 King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium 
07/22/1951 Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopesappointed pres of Portugal 
07/22/1952 Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution 
07/22/1954 Virgin Islands (US) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act) 
07/22/1954 WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 
07/22/1955 1st VP to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon 
07/22/1955 Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11 
07/22/1960 Cuba nationalizes US owned sugar factories 
07/22/1961 WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting

07/22/1962 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off 
07/22/1962 Chic White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) 
07/22/1962 Gary Player wins PGA golf tournament 
07/22/1963 Beatles release 'Introducing the Beatles' 
07/22/1963 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship 
07/22/1964 Steve Ballesteros wins Britsh Golf Open 
07/22/1965 Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of Brit Cons party

07/22/1967 Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning 
07/22/1967 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour 
07/22/1969 Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit 
07/22/1969 USSR launches Sputnik 50 & Molniya 1-12 communications satellite 
07/22/1971 Sudan military coup under premier Numeiry 
07/22/1972 10.84' (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record) 
07/22/1972 Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus 
07/22/1973 Sue Berning wins her 3rd US Golf Open championship 
07/22/1975 House of Reps votes to restore citizenship to Gen Robert E Lee 
07/22/1981 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life 
07/22/1982 Academic Text Processing Service established in Seattle 
07/22/1983 -128.6ø F (-89.2øC) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record) 
07/22/1983 Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world 
07/22/1983 Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law 
07/22/1984 Kathy Whitworth wins a record 85th pro golf tournament 
07/22/1984 Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France 
07/22/1986 House of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion 
07/22/1987 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome 
07/22/1987 Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian) 
07/22/1987 US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf 
07/22/1988 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research 
07/22/1990 Greg Lemond of US wins bicycling's 3rd tour de France 
07/22/1990 Nick Faldo of England wins British Open Golf championship 
07/22/1991 Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978 
07/22/1992 Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison 
07/22/1993 NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR 
07/22/1994 23rd & last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (since July 16t

07/22/1994 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaire

07/22/1994 OJ Simpson pleads 'Absolutely 100% Not Guilty' of murder 
  
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