Historical Events In July - 22

1898  Alexander Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles) on July - 22.   

1901  Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro on July - 22.   

1901  On July - 22 charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide)   

1902  Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer on July - 22.   

1905  On July - 22 body of John Paul Jones moved to Annapolis, MD for reburial.   

1905  Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0 on July - 22.   

1905  On this day in history boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble)   

1906  The Grand Trunk Railway changes from left to right hand running on double track sections. The change involved considerable alteration in crossovers, switches and semaphore signals on July - 22.   

1908  W Lorenz discovers asteroid #665 Sabine on July - 22.   

1908  On July - 22 amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette)   

1909  On this day in history d v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65   

1910  On this day in history edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry   

1912  5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes on July - 22.   

1912  5th Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden closes on July - 22.   

1913  Licia Albanese, Bari Italy, operatic soprano (NY Met Opera) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history cecil Effinger, composer   

1916  A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10 on July - 22.   

1916  On this day in history ten people are killed when a bomb explodes during the Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco.   

1916  On July - 22 hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter   

1917  Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM on July - 22.   

1917  Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service - Sisters Cawood, Deacon and Ross-King and Staff Nurse Derrer - win Military Medals for rescuing patients trapped in a burning Casualty Clearing Station at Trois Arbes, France These were the first bravery awards won by Australian nurses in action on July - 22.   

1917  M Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba & #881 Athene on July - 22.   

1918  Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park on July - 22.   

1918  On this day in history pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, Dutch lawyer/son of prince Henry   

1919  De Falla & Massine's "Three-cornered Hat," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman   

1921  On July - 22 25th US Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD   

1921  On this day in history william V Roth Jr, (Sen-R-Delaware, 1971- )   

1922  On this day in history cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St Louis teams are on top   

1923  Walter Johnson becomes the first to strikeout 3,000 on July - 22.   

1923  Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508) on July - 22.   

1923  Robert J Dole, (Sen-R Kansas, 1969-95)/presidential candidate (R-1996) on this day in history.   

1924  Margaret Whiting, Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family) on July - 22.   

1925  Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher on July - 22.   

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1210  On July - 22 birth of joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)   

1478  Philip I, (the Handsome), 1st Habsburg King of Spain (1504-06) was born on July - 22.   

1510  On this day in history birth of alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)   

1535  Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1559  Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619) was born on July - 22.   

1597  On this day in history birth of virgilio Mazzocchi, composer   

1621  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury/minister (1660-73) was born on July - 22.   

1642  On July - 22 birth of johann Quirsfeld, composer   

1035  Robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies on this day in history.   

1362  On July - 22 death of louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)   

1387  Death of French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57 on July - 22.   

1461  On this day in history charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58   

1477  On July - 22 adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 39   

1497  On July - 22 francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52   

1499  Death of Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history death of richard Wingfield, English diplomat