Editing July 22 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Preparedness Day Bombing]]: In [[San Francisco]], a bomb explodes on [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]] during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Rif War]]: The [[Spanish Army]] suffers its [[Battle of Annual|worst military defeat]] in modern times to the [[Berbers]] of the [[Rif]] region of [[Spanish Morocco]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.abc.es/20110715/archivo/abci-desastre-annual-201107150904.html |title=La derrota más amarga del Ejército español |last=Olmo |first=Guillermo D. |date=2011-07-19 |work=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]] |access-date=2018-09-06 |language=es |archive-date=2018-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071042/https://www.abc.es/20110715/archivo/abci-desastre-annual-201107150904.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; Aviator [[Wiley Post]] returns to [[Floyd Bennett Field]] in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Popular Executive Committee of Valencia]] takes power in the [[Valencian Community]].<ref name=furi>{{Cite book |last=Furió |first=Antoni |title=Història del País Valencià |language=ca |year=1995 |publisher=Edicions Alfons el Magnànim |location=Valencia |isbn=84-7822-159X|pages=597–598}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[New Deal]]: The [[United States Senate]] votes down President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s proposal to [[Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937|add more justices]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; The United States government begins compulsory civilian [[gasoline]] [[rationing]] due to the wartime demands.
*  1942   &ndash; ''[[Grossaktion Warsaw]]'': The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Allied forces capture Palermo during the [[Allied invasion of Sicily]].
*  1943   &ndash; World War II: [[Axis powers|Axis]] occupation forces violently disperse a [[22 July 1943 Athens protest|massive protest]] in [[Athens]], killing 22.
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[Polish Committee of National Liberation]] publishes its [[PKWN Manifesto|manifesto]], starting the period of [[Polish People's Republic|Communist rule in Poland]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[King David Hotel bombing]]: A Zionist underground organisation, the [[Irgun]], bombs the [[King David Hotel]] in [[Jerusalem]], site of the civil administration and military headquarters for [[Mandatory Palestine]], resulting in 91 deaths.
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Soviet space dogs]]: [[Dezik and Tsygan]] were launched into a [[sub-orbital spaceflight]] from [[Kapustin Yar]] and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.<ref name="Siddiqi">{{cite book |last1=Siddiqi |first1=Asif|title= Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945–1974 |year=2000 |publisher=NASA |page=95 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/SP-4408pt1.pdf}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Mariner program]]: ''[[Mariner 1]]'' spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Crown Colony of Sarawak]] gains [[self-governance]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Pan Am Flight 816]] crashes after takeoff from [[Faa'a International Airport]] in [[Papeete]], [[French Polynesia]], killing 78.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-321B N417PA Papeete-Faaa Airport (PPT), Tahiti|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730722-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-21|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2021-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120221026/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730722-0}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; Japan completes its last reparation to the [[Philippines]] for war crimes committed during [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; Chinese leader [[Deng Xiaoping]] is restored to power.
*[[1981]] &ndash; The first game of the [[1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States]] is held in Gisborne, New Zealand. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/28-12-2021/three-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-1981-springboks-tour-2 | title=Three things you didn't know about the 1981 Springboks tour | date=28 December 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Martial law in Poland]] is officially revoked.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Greg LeMond]], an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.
*[[1992]] &ndash; Near [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]]n [[drug lord]] [[Pablo Escobar]] escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Great Flood of 1993]]: [[Levee]]s near [[Kaskaskia, Illinois]] rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]].
*[[1997]] &ndash; The second [[Blue Water Bridge]] opens between [[Port Huron, Michigan]] and [[Sarnia, Ontario]].
*[[2003]] &ndash; Members of [[101st Airborne Division|101st Airborne]] of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in [[Iraq]], killing [[Saddam Hussein]]'s sons [[Uday Hussein|Uday]] and [[Qusay Hussein|Qusay]], along with [[Mustapha Hussein]], Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Death of Jean Charles de Menezes|Jean Charles de Menezes is killed]] by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] and the [[21 July 2005 London bombings]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[2011 Norway attacks|Norway attacks]]: A bomb explodes, targeted at government buildings in central [[Oslo]], followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of [[Utøya]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[People's Protection Units]] (YPG) captured the cities of [[Ras al-Ayn, al-Hasakah|Serê Kaniyê]] and [[Al-Darbasiyah|Dirbêsiyê]], during clashes with pro-government forces in [[Al-Hasakah Governorate|Al-Hasakah]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Armed Kurds Surround Syrian Security Forces in Qamishli |first=Adib |last=Abdulmajid |url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4984.html |access-date=27 July 2012 |location=[[Amsterdam]] |newspaper=Rudaw |date=22 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724224808/http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4984.html |archive-date=24 July 2012 }}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[2013 Dingxi earthquakes|Dingxi earthquakes]]: A series of earthquakes in [[Dingxi]], [[China]], kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Chandrayaan-2]], the second lunar exploration mission developed by [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] after [[Chandrayaan-1]] is launched from [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] in a [[GSLV Mark III]] M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the ''Vikram'' [[Lander (spacecraft)|lander]], and the ''Pragyan'' lunar rover.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chandrayaan 2 |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/chandrayaan2-home-0 |website=Chandrayaan2 Home - ISRO |access-date=2021-07-22 |archive-date=2021-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724135314/https://www.isro.gov.in/chandrayaan2-home-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>