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Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2009-01-6
Births
1510-07-22 - Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)
1519-07-22 - Pope Innocent IX (d. 1591)
1535-07-22 - Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
1559-07-22 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)
1621-07-22 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician (d. 1683)
1711-07-22 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753)
1713-07-22 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d. 1780)
1733-07-22 - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)
1755-07-22 - Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (d. 1839)
1784-07-22 - Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846)
1844-07-22 - William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930)
1849-07-22 - Emma Lazarus, American poet (d. 1887)
1882-07-22 - Edward Hopper, American painter (d. 1967)
1887-07-22 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
1888-07-22 - Kirk Bryan, American geologist (d. 1950)
1888-07-22 - Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1890-07-22 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American Kennedy family matriarch (d. 1995)
1893-07-22 - Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (d. 1990)
1893-07-22 - James Whale, English film director (d. 1957)
1893-07-22 - Jesse Haines, baseball player (d. 1978)
1898-07-22 - Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (d. 1943)
1898-07-22 - Alexander Calder, American artist (d. 1976)
1905-07-22 - Doc Cramer, baseball player (d. 1990)
1908-07-22 - Amy Vanderbilt, American author (d. 1974)
1913-07-22 - Licia Albanese, American opera singer
1913-07-22 - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
1915-07-22 - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author. (d. 2000)
1916-07-22 - Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949)
1921-07-22 - William Roth, U.S. Senator (d. 2003)
1923-07-22 - Bob Dole, American politican
1923-07-22 - Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
1923-07-22 - The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler
1924-07-22 - Margaret Whiting, singer
1928-07-22 - Orson Bean, American film actor
1932-07-22 - Oscar De la Renta, Dominican-born fashion designer
1934-07-22 - Louise Fletcher, American actress
1936-07-22 - Tom Robbins, American author
1937-07-22 - Yasuhiro Kojima, wrestler (d. 1999)
1939-07-22 - Terence Stamp, English actor
1940-07-22 - Alex Trebek, Canadian-born game show host
1941-07-22 - George Clinton, American musician
1941-07-22 - Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
1943-07-22 - Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator from Texas
1944-07-22 - Estelle Bennett, American singer (Ronettes)
1944-07-22 - Rick Davies, British musician (Supertramp)
1944-07-22 - Sparky Lyle, baseball player
1946-07-22 - Danny Glover, American actor
1946-07-22 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer
1946-07-22 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician (d. 2000)
1947-07-22 - Albert Brooks, American comedian
1947-07-22 - Don Henley, American drummer, singer, and songwriter (Eagles)
1948-07-22 - S.E. Hinton, American author
1948-07-22 - Otto Waalkes, German comedian
1949-07-22 - Alan Menken, American composer
1949-07-22 - Lasse Virén, Finnish athlete
1953-07-22 - Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist
1954-07-22 - Lonette McKee, American actress
1954-07-22 - Al Di Meola, American guitarist
1955-07-22 - Willem Dafoe, American actor
1958-07-22 - David Von Erich, professional wrestler (d. 1984)
1960-07-22 - Jon Oliva, American musician (Savatage)
1961-07-22 - Keith Sweat, American singer
1962-07-22 - Steve Albini, writer, recording engineer
1963-07-22 - Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls)
1963-07-22 - Emilio Butragueno, Spanish footballer
1964-07-22 - John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
1964-07-22 - Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist
1965-07-22 - Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
1965-07-22 - David Spade, American comedian
1965-07-22 - Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor
1966-07-22 - Tim Brown, American football player
1967-07-22 - Lauren Booth, British journalist
1968-07-22 - Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
1970-07-22 - Jason Becker, American musician
1970-07-22 - Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player
1971-07-22 - Kristine Lilly, American soccer player
1972-07-22 - Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
1973-07-22 - Daniel Jones, Australian musician and record producer
1973-07-22 - Mike Sweeney, baseball player
1973-07-22 - Petey Pablo, American rapper
1973-07-22 - Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer
1973-07-22 - Ronald Ray Howard, American murderer (d. 2005)
1974-07-22 - Daddy Kev, American record producer and engineer
1974-07-22 - Franka Potente, German actress
1977-07-22 - Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
1978-07-22 - Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
1978-07-22 - A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
1980-07-22 - Scott Dixon, New Zealand race car driver
1980-07-22 - Dirk Kuyt, Dutch football striker
1980-07-22 - Kate Ryan, Belgian singer
1983-07-22 - Arsenium, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
1984-07-22 - Stewart Downing, English footballer
1984-07-22 - Kinzie Kenner, American pornographic actress
1988-07-22 - Taylor Toth, American figure skater
1992-07-22 - Selena Gomez, American actress
2002-07-22 - Prince Felix of Denmark
1210-07-22 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)
1478-07-22 - King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
Bizarre
2006-07-22 - Hammock Day
2006-07-22 - Ratcatcher's Day
2007-07-22 - Pi Approximation Day
2007-07-22 - Hammock Day
2007-07-22 - Ratcatcher's Day
Deaths
1362-07-22 - Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)
1387-07-22 - Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
1461-07-22 - Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
1525-07-22 - Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
1540-07-22 - John Zápolya, King of Hungary
1619-07-22 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (b. 1559)
1645-07-22 - Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
1676-07-22 - Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
1713-07-22 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d. 1780)
1734-07-22 - Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England
1789-07-22 - Joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (b. 1715)
1802-07-22 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist (b. 1771)
1826-07-22 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b. 1746)
1832-07-22 - Napoleon II of France (b. 1811)
1852-07-22 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (b. 1774)
1902-07-22 - Mieczysław Cardinal Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (b. 1822)
1904-07-22 - Wilson Barrett, English actor (b. 1846)
1908-07-22 - William Randal Cremer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
1915-07-22 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827)
1916-07-22 - James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet (b. 1849)
1918-07-22 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (b. 1898)
1920-07-22 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
1922-07-22 - Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854)
1932-07-22 - Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist (b. 1853)
1932-07-22 - Florenz Ziegfeld, theatrical producer (b. 1867)
1934-07-22 - John Dillinger, American bank robber (b. 1903)
1950-07-22 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
1958-07-22 - Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b. 1895)
1967-07-22 - Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
1968-07-22 - Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (b. 1908)
1974-07-22 - Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (b. 1900)
1979-07-22 - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
1989-07-22 - Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
1990-07-22 - Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b. 1932)
1992-07-22 - Wayne McLaren, portrayed the Marlboro Man (b. 1940)
1998-07-22 - Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
2000-07-22 - Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
2003-07-22 - Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
2003-07-22 - Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
2003-07-22 - Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
2004-07-22 - Sacha Distel, French singer (b. 1933)
2004-07-22 - Buriki Monmboatam, Cameroonian tribal king and politician (b. 1933)
2004-07-22 - George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
2005-07-22 - Eugene Record American songwriter (b. 1940)
2006-07-22 - José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
2006-07-22 - James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b. 1950)
Declared
2007-07-22 - Pi Approximation Day
Events
1099-07-22 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon elected first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1298-07-22 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk - King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeats William Wallace and his scottish schiltrons outside the town.
1456-07-22 - Ottoman Wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade - John Hunyadi, Regent of Kingdom of Hungary defeats Mehmet II of Ottoman Empire
1484-07-22 - Battle of Lochmaben Fair - A 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.
1499-07-22 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I.
1587-07-22 - Colony of Roanoke: A second group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
1686-07-22 - Albany, New York formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan
1793-07-22 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico.
1796-07-22 - Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
1805-07-22 - Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition - Battle of Cape Finisterre - Inconclusive 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.
1812-07-22 - Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War - Battle of Salamanca - British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
1864-07-22 - American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta - Outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
1916-07-22 - In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.
1933-07-22 - Wiley Post becomes first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
1934-07-22 - Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.
1937-07-22 - 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.
1942-07-22 - The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
1942-07-22 - Holocaust: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.
1943-07-22 - Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo.
1944-07-22 - The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland
1946-07-22 - King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 90.
1962-07-22 - Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
1977-07-22 - Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
1991-07-22 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee apartment.
1992-07-22 - Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
1997-07-22 - The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
1997-07-22 - Voters approved a name change for Dade County, Florida to Miami-Dade County.
1999-07-22 - The first version of MSN Messenger was released by Microsoft.
2002-07-22 - Israel assassinates Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas's military arm, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, along with 14 civilians.
2003-07-22 - 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.
2005-07-22 - 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
2005-07-22 - The last Buick LeSabre rolls off the assembly line.
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