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Events [ ] 1099 - First Crusade : Godfrey of Bouillon elected first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem .1298 - 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 - Ottoman Wars in Europe : Siege of Belgrade - John Hunyadi , Regent of Kingdom of Hungary defeats Mehmet II of Ottoman Empire 1484 - Battle of Lochmaben Fair - A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart and James Douglas defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland ; Douglas captured.1499 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I .1587 - Colony of Roanoke : A second group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.1686 - Albany , New York formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan 1793 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico .1796 - Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland " after Gen. Moses Cleaveland , the superintendent of the surveying party.1805 - 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 - 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 - American Civil War : Battle of Atlanta - Outside of Atlanta , Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.1916 - In San Francisco , a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.1933 - Wiley Post becomes first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.1934 - Outside Chicago 's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.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 .1942 - The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.1942 - Holocaust : The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.
1943 - Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo .1944 - The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto , starting the period of Communist rule in Poland 1946 - King David Hotel bombing : Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem , headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 90.1962 - Mariner program : Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.1977 - Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.1983 - Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.1992 - Near Medellín , Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States .1997 - The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron and Sarnia .1999 - The first version of MSN Messenger was released by Microsoft .2002 - 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 - 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 - 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 2007 - Pádraig Harrington is the first Irishman in 60 years (also first European since Paul Lawrie in 1999) to win the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, The Open Championship , which was played this year at Carnoustie .Births [ ] 1210 - Joan of England , wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238 )1478 - King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506 )1510 - Alessandro de' Medici (d. 1537 )1535 - Katarina Stenbock , wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621 )1559 - Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian monk (d. 1619 )1621 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper , English politician (d. 1683 )1711 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann , Russian physicist (d. 1753 )1713 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot , French architect (d. 1780 )1733 - Mikhail Shcherbatov , Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790 )1755 - Gaspard de Prony , French mathematician (d. 1839 )1784 - Friedrich Bessel , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846 )1844 - William Archibald Spooner , English priest and scholar (d. 1930 )1849 - Emma Lazarus , American poet (d. 1887 )1882 - Edward Hopper , American painter (d. 1967 )1887 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz , German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975 )1888 - Kirk Bryan , American geologist (d. 1950 )1888 - Selman Waksman , Ukrainian-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973 )
1889 - James Whale , English film director (d. 1957 )1890 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy , American Kennedy family matriarch (d. 1995 )1893 - Karl Menninger , American psychiatrist (d. 1990 )1893 - Jesse Haines , American baseball player (d. 1978 )
1898 - Stephen Vincent Benét , American author (d. 1943 )1898 - Alexander Calder , American artist (d. 1976 )
1905 - Doc Cramer , American baseball player (d. 1990 )1907 - Zubir Said , Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (d. 1987 )1908 - Amy Vanderbilt , American author (d. 1974 )1913 - Gorni Kramer , Italian bandleader (d. 1995 )1913 - Licia Albanese , American opera singer
1915 - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah , Pakistani politician, diplomat and author. (d. 2000 )1916 - Marcel Cerdan , French boxer (d. 1949 )1916 - Gino Bianco , Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984 )
1921 - William Roth , U.S. Senator (d. 2003 )1923 - Bob Dole , American politician1923 - Lillian Ellison , American professional wrestler (d. 2007 )
1923 - Mukesh , Indian singer (d. 1976 )
1924 - Margaret Whiting , singer1928 - Orson Bean , American film actor1929 - John Barber , British racing driver1932 - Oscar De la Renta , Dominican-born fashion designer1932 - Tom Robbins , American author1934 - Louise Fletcher , American actress1937 - Yasuhiro Kojima , wrestler (d. 1999 )1938 - Terence Stamp , English actor1939 - Gila Almagor , Israeli actress1940 - Alex Trebek , Canadian-born game show host1940 - George Clinton , American musician
1940 - Judith Walzer Leavitt , American college professor
1941 - Ron Turcotte , Canadian jockey1943 - Kay Bailey Hutchison , U.S. Senator from Texas 1943 - Bobby Sherman , American singer and actor
1944 - Estelle Bennett , American singer (Ronettes )1944 - Rick Davies , British musician (Supertramp )
1944 - Sparky Lyle , American baseball player
1944 - Dennis Firestone , Australian racing driver
1946 - Danny Glover , American actor1946 - Mireille Mathieu , French singer
1946 - Stephen M. Wolownik , Russian musician (d. 2000 )
1946 - Paul Schrader , American film director and screenwriter
1947 - Albert Brooks , American comedian1947 - Don Henley , American musician (Eagles )
1947 - Gilles Duceppe , Quebec politician
1948 - S. E. Hinton , American author1948 - Otto Waalkes , German comedian
1949 - Alan Menken , American composer1949 - Lasse Virén , Finnish athlete
1951 - J. V. Cain , Football player1953 - Jimmy Bruno , American jazz guitarist1953 - Sylvia Chang , Taiwanese actress
1954 - Lonette McKee , American actress1954 - Al Di Meola , American guitarist
1955 - Willem Dafoe , American actor1957 - Dave Stieb , American baseball player1958 - David Von Erich , American professional wrestler (d. 1984 )1960 - Jon Oliva , American musician (Savatage )1960 - John Leguizamo , Colombian actor1961 - Keith Sweat , American singer1961 - Calvin Fish , British racing driver
1962 - Steve Albini , writer, recording engineer and musician (Big Black , Rapeman , Shellac )1962 - Martine St. Clair , Quebec singer
1963 - Emilio Butragueno , Spanish footballer1963 - Rob Estes , American actor
1963 - Emily Saliers , American singer (Indigo Girls )
1964 - Don Van Natta , American journalist
1964 - David Spade , American comedian
1964 - Adam Godley , British actor
1965 - Patrick Labyorteaux , American actor1965 - Shawn Michaels , American professional wrestler
1966 - Tim Brown , American football player1967 - Lauren Booth , British journalist1968 - Rhys Ifans , Welsh actor1969 - Despina Vandi , Greek singer1970 - Jason Becker , American musician1970 - Sergei Zubov , Russian ice hockey player
1971 - Kristine Lilly , American soccer player1972 - Keyshawn Johnson , American football player1972 - Colin Ferguson , Canadian actor
1972 - Seth Fisher , American comic book artist and penciller (d.2006 )
1973 - Daniel Jones , Australian musician1973 - Mike Sweeney , American baseball player
1973 - Rufus Wainwright , Canadian singer
1973 - Ronald Ray Howard , American murderer (d. 2005 )
1974 - Franka Potente , German actress
1974 - Sonija Kwok , Hong Kong actress
1977 - Gustavo Nery , Brazilian footballer1978 - Dennis Rommedahl , Danish footballer1978 - A. J. Cook , Canadian actress
1979 - Yadel Martí , Cuban baseball player1980 - Scott Dixon , New Zealand race car driver1980 - Dirk Kuyt , Dutch footballer
1980 - Kate Ryan , Belgian singer
1983 - Arsenium , Moldovan singer (O-Zone )1983 - Sharni Vinson , Australian actress and model
1983 - Steven Jackson , American football player
1984 - Stewart Downing , English footballer1984 - Kinzie Kenner , American pornographic actress
1985 - Takudzwa Ngwenya , American rugby player1992 - Selena Gomez , American actress1998 - Madison Pettis , American actress2002 - Prince Felix of Denmark Deaths [ ] 1362 - Louis of Durazzo , Italian soldier (b. 1324 )1387 - Franz Ackerman , Flemish statesman (b. 1330 )1461 - Charles VII of France (b. 1403 )1525 - Richard Wingfield , English diplomat1540 - John Zápolya , King of Hungary 1619 - Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian monk (b. 1559 )1645 - Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel , Spanish statesman (b. 1587 )1676 - Pope Clement X (b. 1590 )1734 - Peter King , Lord Chancellor of England 1789 - Joseph-François Foulon , French administrator (b. 1715 )1802 - Marie François Xavier Bichat , French anatomist (b. 1771 )1826 - Giuseppe Piazzi , Italian astronomer (b. 1746 )1832 - Napoleon II of France (b. 1811 )1852 - Auguste Marmont , French marshal (b. 1774 )1902 - Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski , Polish Catholic Cardinal (b. 1822 )1903 - Cassius Marcellus Clay , American emancipationist (b. 1810 )1904 - Wilson Barrett , English actor (b. 1846 )1908 - William Randal Cremer , Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828 )1915 - Sir Sandford Fleming , Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827 )1916 - James Whitcomb Riley , American author and poet (b. 1849 )1918 - Indra Lal Roy , Indian pilot (b. 1898 )1920 - William Kissam Vanderbilt , member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849 )1922 - Jokichi Takamine , Japanese chemist (b. 1854 )1932 - Errico Malatesta , Italian anarchist (b. 1853 )1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld , theatrical producer (b. 1867 )
1932 - Reginald Fessenden , Canadian inventor and radio pioneer (b. 1866 )
1934 - John Dillinger , American bank robber (b. 1903 )1950 - William Lyon Mackenzie King , 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874 )1958 - Mikhail Zoshchenko , Russian writer (b. 1895 )1967 - Carl Sandburg , American poet (b. 1878 )1968 - Giovannino Guareschi , Italian journalist (b. 1908 )1974 - Wayne Morse , U.S. Senator from Oregon (b. 1900 )1979 - Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian footballer (b. 1929 )1989 - Martti Talvela , Finnish bass (b. 1935 )1990 - Manuel Puig , Argentinian writer (b. 1932 )1992 - Wayne McLaren , portrayed the Marlboro Man (b. 1940 )1996 - Rob Collins , English musician (The Charlatans ) (b. 1956 )1998 - Hermann Prey , German bass-baritone (b. 1929 )2000 - Eric Christmas , British actor (b. 1916 )2000 - Claude Sautet , French film director (b. 1924 )
2001 - Indro Montanelli , Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909 )2003 - Qusay Hussein , son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966 )2003 - Uday Hussein , son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964 )
2003 - Wahome Muthahi , Kenyan humourist (b. 1954 )
2004 - Sacha Distel , French singer (b. 1933 )2004 - George Kidd , Canadian diplomat (b. 1917 )
2004 - Illinois Jacquet , American jazz saxophonist (b. 1922 )
2005 - Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites ) (b. 1940 )2005 - Jean Charles de Menezes , Brazilian electrician killed by Scotland Yard (b. 1978 )
2006 - José Antonio Delgado , Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965 )2006 - James E. West , mayor of Spokane (b. 1950 )
2007 - Jarrod Cunningham New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968 )2007 - Mike Coolbaugh former baseball player and coach (b.1972 )
2007 - Ulrich Mühe , German actor (b. 1953 )
2007 - Rollie Stiles , American baseball player (b. 1906 ) Holidays and observances [ ] Roman Catholic
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133 Familypedia people were born on July 22
179 Familypedia people died on July 22
87 Familypedia people were first married on July 22