Historical Events In July - 22

1979  On this day in history hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78  

1980  On this day in history fred Kaps [Abram PA Bongers], magician (world champ 1955), dies at 54  

1981  On July - 22 turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life  

1983  -128ø F (-89ø C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record) on July - 22.  

1983  On this day in history dick Smith makes first solo helicopter flight around the world  

1983  Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law on July - 22.  

1986  On this day in history house of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion  

1987  Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian) on this day in history.  

1987  On this day in history uS began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf  

1987  A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies on July - 22.  

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1988  On July - 22 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research  

1988  Luigi Lucioni Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87 on July - 22.  

1988  Duane Jones, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 51 on July - 22.  

1990  On July - 22 greg Lemond of US wins bicycling's 3rd tour de France  

1990  On this day in history nick Faldo of England wins the British Open Golf championship  

1990  George Wood, dies of diabetes complications at 56 on July - 22.  

1991  Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested by police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on this day in history.  

1992  On July - 22 david Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37  

1994  O.J. Simpson pleads innocent to mmurdering his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman on July - 22.  

1995  Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85 on July - 22.  

1996  On this day in history courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65  

2005  A Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, is shot dead at a London underground station by police who mistake him for a suicide bomber on July - 22.  

2007  On this day in history floods cause chaos through wide areas of Britain, especially the counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads.  

2007  On July - 22 parliamentary elections took place in Turkey.  

2007  Yokozuna Asashoryu conquers the Emperor's Cup at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament (Nagoya Basho) in Nagoya, Japan on this day in history.  

2011  On July - 22 76 people are killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet government center in Oslo and a shooting at a political youth camp on the island of Utøya.  

2012  Car bombs kills 20 people and injures 80 in Madaen and Najaf, Iraq on July - 22.  

2013  89 people are killed and 500 are injured by earthquakes in Gansu province, China on July - 22.  

2014  On this day in history both the United Arab Emirates and the USA announce aid packages to besieged Gaza  

2017  10 die in over-heated tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas in human-trafficking incident on July - 22.  

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 on July - 22.  

2018  British Open Golf, Carnoustie: Francesco Molinari holds off a pack of players including favourites Rory McIlroy & Justin Rose to win by 2; first Italian to win a major title on July - 22.  

2018  On July - 22 heatwave in Japan kills 11 in one day  

2018  On July - 22 tV show "Supergirl" announces casting of first live-action transgender superhero, by transgender actor Nicole Maines as Nia Nal  

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1210  On this day in history 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 July - 22 birth of alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)  

1535  On July - 22 birth of katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)  

1559  Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.  

1597  Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer was born on July - 22.  

1621  On this day in history birth of anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury/minister (1660-73)  

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Quirsfeld, composer  

1035  On this day in history robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies  

1362  On this day in history death of louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)  

1387  On July - 22 death of french Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57  

1461  Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

1497  Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52 on July - 22.  

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