July 22 Events |
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| July 22nd, 2005 (July 22 2005) | Event | Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers. See 7 July 2005 London bombings and 21 July 2005 London bombings | |
| July 22nd, 2003 (July 22 2003) | Event | 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. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| July 22nd, 2002 (July 22 2002) | Event | Israel assassinates Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas s military arm, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, along with 14 civilians. | |
| July 22nd, 1999 (July 22 1999) | Event | The first version of MSN Messenger was released by Microsoft. | |
| July 22nd, 1997 (July 22 1997) | Event | The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. | |
| July 22nd, 1992 (July 22 1992) | Event | Near Medellin, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States. | |
| July 22nd, 1983 (July 22 1983) | Event | Martial law in Poland is officially revoked. | Martial Quotes |
| July 22nd, 1977 (July 22 1977) | Event | Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. | Deng Xiaoping Quotes |
| July 22nd, 1962 (July 22 1962) | Event | Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. | |
| July 22nd, 1946 (July 22 1946) | Event | King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 90. | |
| July 22nd, 1944 (July 22 1944) | Event | The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland | |
| July 22nd, 1943 (July 22 1943) | Event | Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo. | |
| July 22nd, 1942 (July 22 1942) | Event | The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands. | |
| July 22nd, 1942 (July 22 1942) | Event | Holocaust: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins. | |
| July 22nd, 1937 (July 22 1937) | Event | 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. | |
| July 22nd, 1934 (July 22 1934) | Event | Outside Chicago s Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents. | |
| July 22nd, 1933 (July 22 1933) | Event | Wiley Post becomes first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. | |
| July 22nd, 1916 (July 22 1916) | Event | In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40. | |
| July 22nd, 1864 (July 22 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of AtlantaOutside of Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill. | |
| July 22nd, 1812 (July 22 1812) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular WarBattle of SalamancaBritish forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain. | Duke Ellington Quotes |
| July 22nd, 1805 (July 22 1805) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Cape FinisterreInconclusive naval action fought between a combined French and Spanish fleets under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder. | |
| July 22nd, 1796 (July 22 1796) | Event | Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party. | |
| July 22nd, 1793 (July 22 1793) | Event | Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico. | |
| July 22nd, 1686 (July 22 1686) | Event | Albany, New York formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan | |
| July 22nd, 1587 (July 22 1587) | Event | Colony of Roanoke: A second group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. | |
| July 22nd, 1499 (July 22 1499) | Event | Battle of DornachThe Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I. | |
| July 22nd, 1484 (July 22 1484) | Event | Battle of Lochmaben FairA 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany s brother James III of Scotland; Douglas captured. | |
| July 22nd, 1456 (July 22 1456) | Event | Ottoman Wars in Europe: Siege of BelgradeJohn Hunyadi, Regent of Kingdom of Hungary defeats Mehmet II of Ottoman Empire | |
| July 22nd, 1298 (July 22 1298) | Event | Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of FalkirkKing Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeats William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town. | William King Quotes |
| July 22nd, 1099 (July 22 1099) | Event | First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon elected first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. | |
