Major Events
- 1099 First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem
- 1456 Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats Sultan Murad II
- 1515 First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire - rise of the Habsburgs influence
- 1942 Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp
- 1963 Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule
- 2011 Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first a bomb blast targeting government buildings in central Oslo, second a massacre at a youth camp on island of Utøya
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Jul 22 in Film & TV
- 1959 Ed Wood's cult classic "Plan 9 From Outer Space", called one of the worse films ever, premieres
Jul 22 in Music
- 1933 Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida" at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US
Jul 22 in Sport
- 2017 South African golfer Branden Grace records lowest round for a men's major championship - 62 in 3rd round at British Open, Royal Birkdale, England
Did You Know?
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada
Emma Lazarus
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Alexander Calder
Bob Dole
Prince George
Louise Fletcher
Alex Trebek
Danny Glover
John Leguizamo
Shawn Michaels
Selena Gomez
Alan Menken
Sonny Liston
Fun Fact About July 22
Crew of Belgium RV Belgica see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs - 1st expedition to endure Antarctic winter
Famous Weddings
- 1515 Anna of Bohemia (12) marries Karel van Ferdinand of Austria
- 1515 Louis of Hungary (9) marries Maria of Bohemia & succession to Hungarian throne
- 1850 American composer Stephen Foster (24) weds Jane Denny McDowell (20) at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Divorces
- 1940 Jacqueline Kennedy's parents John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III and Janet (Norton Lee) divorce
- 2010 American "The Princess Bride" actress Robin Wright (44) divorces American actor-director Sean Penn (49) due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage
More July 22 Weddings
Marie Francois Xavier Bichat
John Dillinger
Mackenzie King
Estelle Getty
