July 22
July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining.
Events:
- 1946 - Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration.
- 1962 - Mariner 1 spacecraft destroyed on launch.
- 1977 - Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
- 1983 - State of war ends in Poland.
Births:
- 1784 - Friedrich Bessel, mathematician
- 1822 - Gregor Mendel, pioneering geneticist (+ 1884)
- 1882 - Edward Hopper, painter (+ 1967)
- 1887 - Gustav Hertz, quantum physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 (+ 1975)
- 1890 - Rose Kennedy
- 1894 - [[Oskar Maria Graf, writer (+ 1967)
- 1898 - Stephen Vincent Benet, author
- 1908 - Amy Vanderbilt, author on etiquette
- 1939 - Erhard Walther, artist
- 1940 - Alex Trebek, game show host
- 1941 - George Clinton, singer
- 1947 - Albert Brooks, comedian
- 1947 - Don Henley, drummer, singer, songwriter
- 1948 - Otto Waalkes, comedian
- 1954 - Al DiMeola
- 1955 - Willem Dafoe, actor
Deaths:
- 1922 - Jokichi Takamine, chemist
- 1934 - John Dillinger, bank robber, shot at the Biograph Theater in Chicago
- 1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet
Holidays and Observances:
- Swaziland - Birthday of former King Sobhuza II
- Pi Approximation Day
- Ratcatcher's Day
July 21 - July 23 - June 22 - August 22 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December