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What Happened on July 22nd This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	Chandrayaan 2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan 1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.
2013	Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.
2012	Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah.
2011	Norway attacks: First a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
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.
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.
1997	The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
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.
1992	Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
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.
1983	Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
1977	Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
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.
1973	Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, killing 78.
1963	Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance.
1962	Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
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.
1944	The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
1943	World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
1943	World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
1942	The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
1942	Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
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.
1936	Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
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.
1921	Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
1916	Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
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 three-horsepower petrol engined Peugeot.
1893	Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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.
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.
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 France and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
1802	Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
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.
1796	Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
1793	Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
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 country's Parliament, led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1686	Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.
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.
1594	The Dutch city of Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under Maurice of Orange, capitulates.
1587	Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
1499	Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
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.
1456	Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire.
1443	Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War.
1342	St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.
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.
1209	Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.
1099	First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
838	Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.

Famous People Born on July 22

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Year	Name
1999	Sidney Chu, Hong Kong skater
1893	Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (d. 1978)
1967	Lauren Booth, English journalist and activist
1898	Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1943)
1929	Neil Welliver, American painter (d. 2005)
1941	Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (d. 1975)
1967	Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
1937	Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer (d. 2011)
1926	Wolfgang Iser, German scholar, literary theorist (d. 2007)
1962	Alvin Robertson, American basketball player

Famous People Deaths On July 22

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on July 22. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1934	John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
1974	Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
1937	Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
1864	James B. McPherson, American general (b. 1828)
2001	Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
2018	Frank Havens, American canoeist (b. 1924)
1802	Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (b. 1771)
2006	Dika Newlin, American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist (d. 1923)
1940	George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
1461	Charles VII of France (b. 1403)