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{{redirect|22 July|the terrorist attacks|2011 Norway attacks|the film|22 July (film){{!}}''22 July'' (film)}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[838]] – [[Battle of Anzen]]: The Byzantine emperor [[Theophilos (emperor)|Theophilos]] suffers a heavy defeat by the [[Abbasids]]. *[[1099]] – [[First Crusade]]: [[Godfrey of Bouillon]] is elected the first Defender of the [[Holy Sepulchre]] of The [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. *[[1209]] – [[Massacre at Béziers]]: The first major military action of the [[Albigensian Crusade]]. *[[1298]] – [[Wars of Scottish Independence]]: [[Battle of Falkirk]]: King [[Edward I of England]] and his [[longbowmen]] defeat [[William Wallace]] and his Scottish [[schiltron]]s outside the town of [[Falkirk]]. *[[1342]] – [[St. Mary Magdalene's flood]] is the worst such event on record for central Europe.<ref>{{Citation| title =Das verflixte "Genua-Tief"| publisher =[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]| date =2008-08-25| url =http://www.nzz.ch/2005/08/25/il/articleD31CG.html| access-date =2016-02-12| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111230134322/http://www.nzz.ch/2005/08/25/il/articleD31CG.html| archive-date =2011-12-30}}</ref> *[[1443]] – [[Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl]] in the [[Old Zürich War]]. *[[1456]] – [[Ottoman wars in Europe]]: [[Siege of Belgrade (1456)|Siege of Belgrade]]: [[John Hunyadi]], Regent of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]], defeats [[Mehmet II]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. *[[1484]] – [[Battle of Lochmaben Fair]]: A 500-man raiding party led by [[Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany]] and [[James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas]] are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother [[James III of Scotland]]; Douglas is captured. *[[1499]] – [[Battle of Dornach]]: The [[Old Swiss Confederacy|Swiss]] decisively defeat the army of [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. *[[1587]] – [[Roanoke Colony]]: A second group of English settlers arrives on [[Roanoke Island]] off [[North Carolina]] to re-establish the deserted colony. *[[1594]] – The Dutch city of [[Groningen]] defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under [[Maurice of Orange]], capitulates.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hadfield & Hammond|first1=Andrew & Paul|title=Shakespeare And Renaissance Europe – Arden Critical Companions|date=2014|page=49|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9781408143681}}</ref> *[[1598]] – [[William Shakespeare]]'s play, ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', is entered on the ''[[Stationers' Register]]''. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the ''Stationers' Register'' licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material. ===1601–1900=== *[[1686]] – [[Albany, New York]] is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor [[Thomas Dongan]]. *[[1706]] – The [[Acts of Union 1707]] are agreed upon by commissioners from the [[Kingdom of England]] and the [[Kingdom of Scotland]], which, when passed by each country's Parliament, leads to the creation of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]. *[[1793]] – [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America. *[[1796]] – Surveyors of the [[Connecticut Land Company]] name an area in [[Ohio]] "[[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]]" after Gen. [[Moses Cleaveland]], the superintendent of the surveying party. *[[1797]] – [[Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)|Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]]. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]] is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated. *[[1802]] – Emperor [[Gia Long]] conquers [[Hanoi]] and unified [[Viet Nam]], which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare. *[[1805]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[War of the Third Coalition]]: [[Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)|Battle of Cape Finisterre]]: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral [[Pierre-Charles Villeneuve]] of France and a British fleet under Admiral [[Robert Calder]]. *[[1812]] – Napoleonic Wars: [[Peninsular War]]: [[Battle of Salamanca]]: British forces led by [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near [[Salamanca]], Spain. *[[1833]] – The [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833|Slavery Abolition Act]] passes in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]], initiating the gradual abolition of [[slavery]] in most parts of the [[British Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MINISTERIAL PLAN FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. (Hansard, 22 July 1833) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1833/jul/22/ministerial-plan-for-the-abolition-of#S3V0019P0_18330722_HOC_15 |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref> *[[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Atlanta]]: Outside [[Atlanta]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[John Bell Hood]] leads an unsuccessful attack on [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops under General [[William T. Sherman]] on Bald Hill. *[[1893]] – [[Katharine Lee Bates]] writes "[[America the Beautiful]]" after admiring the view from the top of [[Pikes Peak]] near [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. *[[1894]] – The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of [[Paris–Rouen (motor race)|Paris and Rouen]]. The fastest finisher was the Comte [[Jules-Albert de Dion]], but the "official" victory was awarded to [[Albert Lemaître]] driving his three-horsepower petrol engined [[Peugeot]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1916]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – 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]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – The United States government begins compulsory civilian [[gasoline]] [[rationing]] due to the wartime demands. * 1942 – ''[[Grossaktion Warsaw]]'': The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins. *[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: Allied forces capture Palermo during the [[Allied invasion of Sicily]]. * 1943 – World War II: [[Axis powers|Axis]] occupation forces violently disperse a [[22 July 1943 Athens protest|massive protest]] in [[Athens]], killing 22. *[[1944]] – The [[Polish Committee of National Liberation]] publishes its [[PKWN Manifesto|manifesto]], starting the period of [[Polish People's Republic|Communist rule in Poland]]. *[[1946]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – [[Mariner program]]: ''[[Mariner 1]]'' spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. *[[1963]] – [[Crown Colony of Sarawak]] gains [[self-governance]]. *[[1973]] – [[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]] – 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]] – Chinese leader [[Deng Xiaoping]] is restored to power. *[[1981]] – 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]] – [[Martial law in Poland]] is officially revoked. *[[1990]] – [[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]] – Near [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]]n [[drug lord]] [[Pablo Escobar]] escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States. *[[1993]] – [[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]] – The second [[Blue Water Bridge]] opens between [[Port Huron, Michigan]] and [[Sarnia, Ontario]]. *[[2003]] – 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]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – [[2013 Dingxi earthquakes|Dingxi earthquakes]]: A series of earthquakes in [[Dingxi]], [[China]], kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others. *[[2019]] – [[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> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1210]] – [[Joan of England, Queen of Scotland]] (d. 1238) *[[1437]] – [[John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton]], English Baron (d. 1498) *[[1476]] – [[Zhu Youyuan]], Ming Dynasty politician (d. 1519) *[[1478]] – [[Philip I of Castile]] (d. 1506) *[[1531]] – [[Leonhard Thurneysser]], scholar at the court of the Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1595) *[[1535]] – [[Katarina Stenbock]], queen of [[Gustav I of Sweden]] (d. 1621) *[[1552]] – [[Anthony Browne (1552–1592)|Anthony Browne]], Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (d. 1592) * 1552 – [[Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton]], Lady of English peer and others (d. 1607) *[[1559]] – [[Lawrence of Brindisi]], Italian priest and saint (d. 1619) ===1601–1900=== *[[1615]] – [[Marguerite of Lorraine]], princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (d. 1672) *[[1618]] – [[Johan Nieuhof]], Dutch traveler (d. 1672) *[[1621]] – [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury]], English politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1683) *[[1630]] – [[Madame de Brinvilliers]], French aristocrat (d. 1676) *[[1647]] – [[Margaret Mary Alacoque]], French nun, mystic and saint (d. 1690) *[[1651]] – [[Ferdinand Tobias Richter]], Austrian organist and composer (d. 1711) *[[1711]] – [[Georg Wilhelm Richmann]], German-Russian physicist and academic (d. 1753) *[[1713]] – [[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]], French architect, designed the [[Panthéon]] (d. 1780) *[[1733]] – [[Mikhail Shcherbatov]], Russian philosopher and historian (d. 1790) *[[1755]] – [[Gaspard de Prony]], French mathematician and engineer (d. 1839) *[[1784]] – [[Friedrich Bessel]], German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846) *[[1820]] – [[Oliver Mowat]], Canadian politician, 3rd [[Premier of Ontario]], 8th [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] (d. 1903)<ref>{{cite DCB |last=Romney |first=Paul |title=Mowat, Sir Oliver |volume=13 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mowat_oliver_13E.html}}</ref> *[[1839]] – [[Jakob Hurt]], Estonian theologist and linguist (d. 1907) *[[1844]] – [[William Archibald Spooner]], English priest and scholar (d. 1930) *[[1848]] – [[Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (d. 1914) *[[1849]] – [[Emma Lazarus]], American poet and educator (d. 1887) *[[1856]] – [[Octave Hamelin]], French philosopher (d. 1907) *[[1862]] – [[Cosmo Duff-Gordon]], Scottish fencer (d. 1931) *[[1863]] – [[Alec Hearne]], English cricketer (d. 1952) *[[1878]] – [[Janusz Korczak]], Polish pediatrician and author (d. 1942) *[[1881]] – [[Augusta Fox Bronner]], American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (d. 1966) *[[1882]] – [[Edward Hopper]], American painter and etcher (d. 1967) *[[1884]] – [[Odell Shepard]], American poet and politician, 66th [[Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut]] (d. 1967) *[[1886]] – [[Hella Wuolijoki]], Estonian-Finnish author (d. 1954) *[[1887]] – [[Gustav Ludwig Hertz]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1975) *[[1888]] – [[Kirk Bryan (geologist)|Kirk Bryan]], American geologist and academic (d. 1950) * 1888 – [[Selman Waksman]], Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1973) *[[1889]] – [[James Whale]], English director (d. 1957) *[[1890]] – [[Rose Kennedy]], American philanthropist (d. 1995) *[[1892]] – [[Jack MacBryan]], English cricketer and field hockey player (d. 1983) *[[1893]] – [[Jesse Haines]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1978) * 1893 – [[Karl Menninger]], American psychiatrist and author (d. 1990) *[[1895]] – [[León de Greiff]], Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1976) *[[1898]] – [[Stephen Vincent Benét]], American poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1943) *[[1899]] – [[Sobhuza II]] of Swaziland (d. 1982) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Amy Vanderbilt]], American author (d. 1974) *[[1909]] – [[Licia Albanese]], Italian-American soprano and actress (d. 2014) * 1909 – [[Dorino Serafini]], Italian racing driver (d. 2000) *[[1910]] – [[Ruthie Tompson]], American animator and artist (d. 2021) *[[1913]] – [[Gorni Kramer]], Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1995) *[[1915]] – [[Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah]], Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (d. 2000) *[[1916]] – [[Gino Bianco]], Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984) * 1916 – [[Marcel Cerdan]], French boxer (d. 1949) *[[1921]] – [[William Roth]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2003) *[[1923]] – [[Bob Dole]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2021) * 1923 – [[César Fernández Ardavín]], Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) * 1923 – [[The Fabulous Moolah]], American wrestler (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lillian Ellison, the Fabulous Moolah, a pioneer for female wrestlers |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-deaths/article/lillian-ellison-the-fabulous-moolah-a-pioneer-1798222.php |publisher=[[Houston Chronicle]] |access-date=21 July 2023 |date=11 November 2007}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Margaret Whiting]], American singer (d. 2011) *[[1925]] – [[Jack Matthews (author)|Jack Matthews]], American author, playwright, and academic (d. 2013) * 1925 – [[Joseph Sargent]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014) *[[1926]] – [[Bryan Forbes]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) * 1926 – [[Wolfgang Iser]], German scholar, literary theorist (d. 2007) *[[1927]] – [[Johan Ferner]], Norwegian sailor (d. 2015) *[[1928]] – [[Orson Bean]], American actor (d. 2020) * 1928 – [[Jimmy Hill]], English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015) * 1928 – [[Per Højholt]], Danish poet (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fauth |first1=Søren R. |title=Højholt, Per (1928–2004) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM651-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[John Barber (racing driver)|John Barber]], English racing driver (d. 2015) * 1929 – [[Leonid Stolovich]], Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (d. 2013) * 1929 – [[Neil Welliver]], American painter (d. 2005) * 1929 – [[Baselios Thomas I]], Indian bishop (d. 2024) *[[1931]] – [[Leo Labine]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) *[[1932]] – [[Oscar de la Renta]], Dominican-American fashion designer (d. 2014) * 1932 – [[Tom Robbins]], American novelist (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=February 9, 2025 |title=Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/obituaries/tom-robbins-dead.html |access-date=February 11, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Junior Cook]], American saxophonist (d. 1992) * 1934 – [[Louise Fletcher]], American actress (d. 2022) * 1934 – [[Leon Rotman]], Romanian canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Leon Rotman|url=https://www.olympic.org/leon-rotman|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327092133/https://www.olympic.org/leon-rotman|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Tom Cartwright]], English-Welsh cricketer and coach (d. 2007) *[[1936]] – [[Don Patterson (organist)|Don Patterson]], American organist (d. 1988) * 1936 – [[Harold Rhodes (cricketer)|Harold Rhodes]], English cricketer * 1936 – [[Geraldine Claudette Darden]], American mathematician *[[1937]] – [[Chuck Jackson]], American R&B singer and songwriter (d. 2023) * 1937 – [[Yasuhiro Kojima]], Japanese-American wrestler and manager (d. 1999) * 1937 – [[John Price (cricketer, born 1937)|John Price]], English cricketer * 1937 – [[Vasant Ranjane]], Indian cricketer (d. 2011) *[[1938]] – [[Terence Stamp]], English actor *[[1940]] – [[Judith Walzer Leavitt]], American historian and academic * 1940 – [[Alex Trebek]], Canadian-American game show host and producer (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/08/entertainment/alex-trebek-jeopardy-host-death-trnd/index.html |title=Alex Trebek, long-running "Jeopardy" host, dead at 80 - CNN |access-date=2020-11-08 |archive-date=2020-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108175636/https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/11/08/entertainment/alex-trebek-jeopardy-host-death-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Estelle Bennett]], American singer (d. 2009) * 1941 – [[Vaughn Bodē]], American illustrator (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite book|last=Rosenkranz|first=Patrick|title=Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution, 1963-1975|location=Seattle|publisher=Fantagraphics Books|date=2002|isbn=9781560974642|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XyBmDAAAQBAJ|page=226}}</ref> * 1941 – [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1941 – [[David M. Kennedy (historian)|David M. Kennedy]], American historian and author *[[1942]] – [[Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun]], English-Australian politician (d. 2012) * 1942 – [[Peter Habeler]], Austrian mountaineer and skier * 1942 – [[Les Johns]], Australian rugby league player and coach *[[1943]] – [[Masaru Emoto]], Japanese author and activist (d. 2014) * 1943 – [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]], American lawyer and politician * 1943 – [[Bobby Sherman]], American singer-songwriter and actor *[[1944]] – [[Rick Davies]], English singer-songwriter and keyboard player *1944 – [[Peter Jason]], American actor (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Peter Jason, Actor in ‘Deadwood’ and Films for Walter Hill and John Carpenter, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-jason-dead-deadwood-walter-hill-john-carpenter-1236142564/ |access-date=February 23, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Sparky Lyle]], American baseball player and manager * 1944 – [[Anand Satyanand]], New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 19th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] *[[1945]] – [[Philip Cohen (British biochemist)|Philip Cohen]], English biochemist and academic *[[1946]] – [[Danny Glover]], American actor, director, and producer * 1946 – [[Paul Schrader]], American director and screenwriter * 1946 – [[Rolando Joven Tria Tirona]], Filipino archbishop * 1946 – [[Johnson Toribiong]], Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Palau]] *[[1947]] – [[Albert Brooks]], American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter * 1947 – [[Gilles Duceppe]], Canadian politician * 1947 – [[Don Henley]], American singer-songwriter and drummer *[[1948]] – [[Neil Hardwick]], British–Finnish theatre and television director<ref>{{cite news |last1=Särkkä |first1=Tutta |title=Neil Hardwick: "Minua pelottaa tulla vanhana muista riippuvaiseksi" |url=https://www.etlehti.fi/artikkeli/ihmiset/neil-hardwick-minua-pelottaa-tulla-vanhana-muista-riippuvaiseksi |accessdate=27 November 2021 |work=ET-lehti |date=16 January 2013 | language = fi}}</ref> * 1948 – [[S. E. Hinton]], American author<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=HI013|title=Hinton, Susan Eloise|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|access-date=22 July 2020|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722165659/https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=HI013|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Alan Menken]], American pianist and composer * 1949 – [[Lasse Virén]], Finnish runner and police officer *[[1951]] – [[Richard Bennett (guitarist)|Richard Bennett]], American guitarist and producer * 1951 – [[J. V. Cain]], American football player (d. 1979) * 1951 – [[Patriarch Daniel of Romania]] * 1951 – [[Tisa Farrow]], American actress and model (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tisa Farrow|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/tisa_farrow |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Slick Watts]], American basketball player (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=March 16, 2025 |title=Slick Watts, N.B.A. Fan Favorite and Headband Pioneer, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/obituaries/slick-watts-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Brian Howe (singer)|Brian Howe]], English singer-songwriter (d. 2020) *[[1954]] – [[Al Di Meola]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer * 1954 – [[Steve LaTourette]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2016) * 1954 – [[Lonette McKee]], American actress and singer *[[1955]] – [[Richard J. Corman]], American businessman, founded the [[R.J. Corman Railroad Group]] (d. 2013) * 1955 – [[Willem Dafoe]], American actor *[[1956]] – [[Mick Pointer]], English neo-progressive rock drummer * 1956 – [[Scott Sanderson (baseball)|Scott Sanderson]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2019) *[[1957]] – [[Dave Stieb]], American baseball player *[[1958]] – [[Tatsunori Hara]], Japanese baseball player and coach * 1958 – [[David Von Erich]], American wrestler (d. 1984) *[[1960]] – [[Jon Oliva]], American singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1960 – [[John Leguizamo]], Colombian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/leguizamo-elmhurst-s-versatile-hollywood-veteran/article_3f90d3af-46ad-5c0b-83f8-7eae8258b349.html | title=Leguizamo: Elmhurst's versatile Hollywood veteran | date=25 August 2022 }}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Calvin Fish]], English racing driver and sportscaster * 1961 – [[Keith Sweat]], American singer-songwriter and producer *[[1962]] – [[Steve Albini]], American record producer and musician (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=2024-05-08 |title=Steve Albini, Studio Master of '90s Rock and Beyond, Dies at 61 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/arts/music/steve-albini-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1962 – [[Alvin Robertson]], American basketball player * 1962 – [[Martine St. Clair]], Canadian singer and actress *[[1963]] – [[Emilio Butragueño]], Spanish footballer * 1963 – [[Emily Saliers]], American singer-songwriter and musician *[[1964]] – [[Will Calhoun]], American rock drummer * 1964 – [[Bonnie Langford]], English actress and dancer * 1964 – [[David Spade]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter *[[1965]] – [[Derrick Dalley]], Canadian educator and politician * 1965 – [[Shawn Michaels]], American wrestler, trainer, and actor * 1965 – [[Richard B. Poore]], New Zealand humanitarian * 1965 – [[Doug Riesenberg]], American football player and coach *[[1966]] – [[Tim Brown (American football)|Tim Brown]], American football player and manager *[[1967]] – [[Lauren Booth]], English journalist and activist * 1967 – [[Rhys Ifans]], Welsh actor<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA380|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=380|access-date=16 June 2020|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319204304/https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA380|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Rebecca Kiessling]], American attorney and anti-abortion activist<ref>{{cite magazine |title=An Anti-Abortion Activist's Quest to End the Rape Exception |first1=Eren |last1=Orbey |magazine=The New Yorker |date=5 December 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/12/an-anti-abortion-activists-quest-to-end-the-rape-exception |page=24 |volume=98 |issue=41 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Despina Vandi]], German-Greek singer and actress *[[1970]] – [[Jason Becker]], American guitarist and songwriter * 1970 – [[Steve Carter (rugby league)|Steve Carter]], Australian rugby league player * 1970 – [[Sergei Zubov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach *[[1972]] – [[Franco Battaini]], Italian motorcycle racer<ref>{{cite web|title=MotoGP Riders|url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/Franco+Battaini|publisher=MotoGP|access-date=9 July 2020|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711132459/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/Franco+Battaini|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Colin Ferguson (actor)|Colin Ferguson]], Canadian actor, director, and producer * 1972 – [[Seth Fisher]], American illustrator (d. 2006) * 1972 – [[Keyshawn Johnson]], American football player and sportscaster *[[1973]] – [[Brian Chippendale]], American singer and drummer * 1973 – [[Mike Sweeney]], American baseball player and sportscaster * 1973 – [[Ece Temelkuran]], Turkish journalist and author * 1973 – [[Rufus Wainwright]], American-Canadian singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book|author1=Katherine Williams|author2=Justin A. Williams|title=The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2OSCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA232|date=25 February 2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-06364-8|pages=232|access-date=16 June 2020|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918080805/https://books.google.com/books?id=z2OSCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA232|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Franka Potente]], German actress *[[1977]] – [[Ezio Galon]], Italian rugby player * 1977 – [[Ingo Hertzsch]], German footballer * 1977 – [[Gustavo Nery]], Brazilian footballer *[[1978]] – [[Runako Morton]], Nevisian cricketer (d. 2012) * 1978 – [[Dennis Rommedahl]], Danish footballer *[[1979]] – [[Lucas Luhr]], German racing driver * 1979 – [[Yadel Martí]], Cuban baseball player *[[1980]] – [[Dirk Kuyt]], Dutch footballer * 1980 – [[Scott Dixon]], New Zealand racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Dixon Profile - Bio, News, High-Res Photos & High Quality Videos |url=https://www.motorsport.com/driver/scott-dixon/508/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Kate Ryan]], Belgian singer-songwriter * 1980 – [[Tablo]], South Korean-Canadian rapper *[[1982]] – [[Nuwan Kulasekara]], Sri Lankan cricketer *[[1983]] – [[Aldo de Nigris]], Mexican footballer * 1983 – [[Dries Devenyns]], Belgian cyclist * 1983 – [[Steven Jackson]], American football player * 1983 – [[Andreas Ulvo]], Norwegian pianist *[[1984]] – [[Stewart Downing]], English footballer *[[1985]] – [[Jessica Abbott]], Australian swimmer * 1985 – [[Takudzwa Ngwenya]], Zimbabwean-American rugby player * 1985 – [[Akira Tozawa]], Japanese wrestler *[[1986]] – [[Stevie Johnson]], American football player * 1986 – [[Colin de Grandhomme]], Zimbabwean-New Zealand cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colin de Grandhomme|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/55395.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Cricinfo|archive-date=2020-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820083534/https://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/55395.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Denis Gargaud Chanut]], French slalom canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Denis Gargaud Chanut|url=https://www.olympic.org/denis-gargaud-chanut|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=7 June 2020|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913160510/https://www.olympic.org/denis-gargaud-chanut|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Charlotte Kalla]], Swedish skier *[[1988]] – [[William Buick]], Norwegian-British flat jockey * 1988 – [[Paul Coutts]], Scottish footballer * 1988 – [[George Santos]], American politician<ref>{{CongBio |id=S001222 |name=SANTOS, George |inline=YES}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Thomas Kraft]], German footballer * 1988 – [[Sercan Temizyürek]], Turkish footballer *[[1989]] – [[Israel Adesanya]], New Zealand mixed martial artist and kickboxer<ref>{{cite web |title=Israel Adesanya (Middleweight) MMA Profile |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/4285679/israel-adesanya |website=ESPN.com |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Keegan Allen]], American actor, photographer and musician *[[1991]] – [[Taylor Lewan]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Taylor Lewan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LewaTa00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Matty James]], English footballer * 1991 – [[Tomi Juric]], Australian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Australia |publisher=FIFA |page=3 |date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611000407/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=11 June 2019}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Anja Aguilar]], Filipino actress and singer * 1992 – [[Selena Gomez]], American singer and actress * 1992 – [[Carolin Schnarre]], German Paralympic equestrian<ref>{{cite web |title=Carolin Schnarre - Team Deutschland Paralympics |url=https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/carolin-schnarre-219.html |website=www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=de |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805223543/https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/carolin-schnarre-219.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist *[[1995]] – [[Ezekiel Elliott]], American football player * 1995 – [[Armaan Malik]], Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter * 1995 – [[Jonathan Owens]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Owens Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OwenJo01.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Kevin Fiala]], Swiss ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Fiala |url=https://www.nhl.com/kings/player/kevin-fiala-8477942 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Skyler Gisondo]], American actor *[[1998]] – [[Marc Cucurella]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Marc Cucurella - Chelsea Defender |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/259910/marc-cucurella |website=ESPN.com |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Larray]], American YouTuber<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqS-bAhOHWg|title=Larray Answers the Internet's Most Searched Questions|last=Babers|first=Christopher|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=November 25, 2019|access-date=June 14, 2020}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Madison Pettis]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/madison-pettis-57643499/ |title=Madison Pettis |website=Hollywood.com |access-date=July 3, 2016}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Federico Valverde]], Uruguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Federico Valverde - Real Madrid Midfielder |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/235818/federico-valverde |website=ESPN.com |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Sahaphap Wongratch]], Thai actor, model, and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=ประวัติ "มิกซ์ สหภาพ" สัตวแพทย์หนุ่มหน้าใส Cute Boy จาก จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย |url=https://www.sanook.com/campus/1403471/ |website=www.sanook.com |access-date=21 July 2021 |language=th |archive-date=1 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401004819/https://www.sanook.com/campus/1403471/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Sidney Chu]], Hong Kong skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Sidney K CHU Short Track Speed Skating |url=https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/short-track-speed-skating/athlete-profile-n1042604-sidney-k-chu.htm |website=[[Beijing 2022]] Olympics |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216042950/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/short-track-speed-skating/athlete-profile-n1042604-sidney-k-chu.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1999 – [[Jason Robertson (ice hockey)|Jason Robertson]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Robertson Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/player/jason-robertson-8480027 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Garrett Wilson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Garrett Wilson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WilsGa00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Prince Felix of Denmark]] *[[2006]] – [[Javon Walton]], American actor and boxer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Purhar |first1=Simrin |title=Javon Walton From "Euphoria" Has an Even Cooler Nickname Than Ashtray |url=https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/who-is-javon-walton-facts-48699517 |access-date=23 December 2023 |work=Popsugar |date=31 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Prince George of Wales]] <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[698]] – [[Wu Chengsi]], nephew of [[History of China|Chinese]] sovereign [[Wu Zetian]] *[[1258]] – [[Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol]] (b. c. 1200) *[[1274]] – [[Henry I of Navarre]], [[Count of Champagne]] and [[Brie]] and [[King of Navarre]] *[[1298]] – Sir [[John de Graham]], Scottish soldier at the Battle of Falkirk *[[1362]] – [[Louis, Count of Gravina]] (b. 1324) *[[1376]] – [[Simon Langham]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. 1310) *[[1387]] – [[Frans Ackerman]], Flemish politician (b. 1330) *[[1461]] – [[Charles VII of France]] (b. 1403)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hourihane |first1=Colum |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-539536-5 |page=225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA5-PA225 |access-date=31 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1525]] – [[Richard Wingfield]], English courtier and diplomat, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (b. 1426) *[[1540]] – [[John Zápolya]], Hungarian king (b. 1487) *[[1550]] – [[Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra]] (b. 1481) *[[1581]] – [[Richard Cox (bishop)|Richard Cox]], English bishop (b. 1500) ===1601–1900=== *[[1619]] – [[Lawrence of Brindisi]], Italian priest and saint (b. 1559) *[[1645]] – [[Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares]], Spanish statesman (b. 1587) *[[1676]] – [[Pope Clement X]] (b. 1590) *[[1726]] – [[Hugh Drysdale]], English-American politician, [[Colonial Governor of Virginia]] *[[1734]] – [[Peter King, 1st Baron King]], English lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of England]] (b. 1669) *[[1789]] – [[Joseph Foullon de Doué]], French politician, [[Controller-General of Finances]] (b. 1715) *[[1802]] – [[Marie François Xavier Bichat]], French anatomist and physiologist (b. 1771) *[[1824]] – [[Thomas Macnamara Russell]], English admiral *[[1826]] – [[Giuseppe Piazzi]], Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1746) *[[1832]] – [[Napoleon II]], French emperor (b. 1811) *[[1833]] – [[Joseph Forlenze]], Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (b. 1757) *[[1864]] – [[James B. McPherson]], American general (b. 1828) *[[1869]] – [[John A. Roebling]], German-American engineer, designed the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] (b. 1806) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski]], Polish cardinal (b. 1822) *[[1903]] – [[Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician)|Cassius Marcellus Clay]], American publisher, lawyer, and politician, [[United States Ambassador to Russia]] (b. 1810) *[[1904]] – [[Wilson Barrett]], English actor and playwright (b. 1846) *[[1906]] – [[William Snodgrass (minister)|William Snodgrass]], Canadian minister and academic (b. 1827) *[[1908]] – [[Randal Cremer]], English politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1828) *[[1915]] – [[Sandford Fleming]], Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed [[Standard time]] (b. 1827) *[[1916]] – [[James Whitcomb Riley]], American poet and author (b. 1849) *[[1918]] – [[Indra Lal Roy]], Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (b. 1898) *[[1920]] – [[William Kissam Vanderbilt]], American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1849) *[[1922]] – [[Takamine Jōkichi|Jōkichi Takamine]], Japanese-American chemist and academic (b. 1854) *[[1932]] – [[J. Meade Falkner]], English author and poet (b. 1858) * 1932 – [[Reginald Fessenden]], Canadian inventor and academic (b. 1866) * 1932 – [[Errico Malatesta]], Italian activist and author (b. 1853) * 1932 – [[Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.|Flo Ziegfeld]], American actor and producer (b. 1867) *[[1934]] – [[John Dillinger]], American gangster (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Block |first1=Lawrence |title=Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves: The Lives and Crimes of Fifty American Villains |date=13 May 2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-976994-0 |page=71 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_tQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA71 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Ted McDonald]], Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891) *[[1940]] – [[George Fuller (Australian politician)|George Fuller]], Australian politician, 22nd [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1861) * 1940 – [[Albert Young (boxer)|Albert Young]], American boxer and promoter (b. 1877) *[[1948]] – [[Rūdolfs Jurciņš]], Latvian basketball player (b. 1909) *[[1950]] – [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]], Canadian economist and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. 1874) *[[1958]] – [[Mikhail Zoshchenko]], Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895) *[[1967]] – [[Carl Sandburg]], American poet and historian (b. 1878) *[[1968]] – [[Giovannino Guareschi]], Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908) *[[1970]] – [[George Johnston (novelist)|George Johnston]], Australian journalist and author (b. 1912) *[[1974]] – [[Wayne Morse]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1900) *[[1979]] – [[J. V. Cain]], American football player (b. 1951) * 1979 – [[Sándor Kocsis]], Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929) *[[1986]] – [[Floyd Gottfredson]], American author and illustrator (b. 1905) * 1986 – [[Ede Staal]], Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1941) *[[1987]] – [[Fahrettin Kerim Gökay]], Turkish physician and politician, [[Ministry of Health (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Health]] (b. 1900) *[[1990]] – [[Manuel Puig]], Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1932) * 1990 – [[Eduard Streltsov]], Soviet footballer (b. 1937) *[[1992]] – [[David Wojnarowicz]], American painter, photographer, and activist (b. 1954) *[[1995]] – [[Harold Larwood]], English-Australian cricketer (b. 1904) *[[1996]] – [[Rob Collins (musician)|Rob Collins]], English keyboard player (b. 1956) *[[1998]] – [[Fritz Buchloh]], German footballer and coach (b. 1909) *[[2000]] – [[Eric Christmas]], English-born Canadian actor (b. 1916) * 2000 – [[Carmen Martín Gaite]], Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1925) * 2000 – [[Raymond Lemieux]], Canadian chemist and academic (b. 1920) * 2000 – [[Claude Sautet]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1924) *[[2001]] – [[Indro Montanelli]], Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909) *[[2004]] – [[Sacha Distel]], French singer and guitarist (b. 1933) * 2004 – [[Illinois Jacquet]], American saxophonist and composer (b. 1922) *[[2005]] – [[Eugene Record]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940) *[[2006]] – [[Dika Newlin]], American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist (b. 1923) * 2006 – [[José Antonio Delgado]], Venezuelan mountaineer (b. 1965) *[[2007]] – [[Mike Coolbaugh]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1972) * 2007 – [[Jarrod Cunningham]], New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968) * 2007 – [[László Kovács (cinematographer)|László Kovács]], Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (b. 1933) * 2007 – [[Rollie Stiles]], American baseball player (b. 1906) *[[2008]] – [[Estelle Getty]], American actress (b. 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Richard M. Givan]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1921) * 2009 – [[Peter Krieg]], German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947) *[[2010]] – [[Kenny Guinn]], American banker and politician, 27th [[Governor of Nevada]] (b. 1936) *[[2011]] – [[Linda Christian]], Mexican-American actress (b. 1923) * 2011 – [[Cees de Wolf]], Dutch footballer (b. 1945) *[[2012]] – [[Ding Guangen]], Chinese engineer and politician (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[George Armitage Miller]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Frank Pierson]], American director and screenwriter (b. 1925) *[[2013]] – [[Natalie de Blois]], American architect, co-designed the [[Lever House]] (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Dennis Farina]], American policeman and actor (b. 1944) * 2013 – [[Lawrie Reilly]], Scottish footballer (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Rosalie E. Wahl]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1924) *[[2014]] – [[Johann Breyer]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Louis Lentin]], Irish director and producer (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Nitzan Shirazi]], Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1971) *[[2018]] – [[Frank Havens (canoeist)|Frank Havens]], American canoeist (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Havens|url=https://www.olympic.org/frank-havens|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104185515/https://www.olympic.org/frank-havens|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Maria Petri]], English association football supporter (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/legendary-arsenal-fan-maria-petri-dies-at-82/ | title=Legendary Arsenal fan, Maria Petri, dies at 82 | date=23 July 2022 }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Mark Carnevale]], American golfer and radio commentator (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-23 |title=Mark Carnevale, former PGA Tour winner and golf broadcaster, dies a week after working his last tournament - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-carnevale-dies-former-pga-tour-winner-golf-broadcaster-dead-age-64/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Duke Fakir]], American singer (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-22 |title=Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88 |url=https://apnews.com/article/duke-fakir-dead-four-tops-e99f0d29e9db40cd01670cf383838a94 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[John Mayall]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Mayall: Pioneer of British blues dies aged 90 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80ej3j9j72o |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Abd-al-Masih (martyr)|Abd-al-Masih]] **[[Joseph of Tiberias|Joseph of Tiberias (or of Palestine)]] **[[Saint Markella|Markella]] **[[Mary Magdalene]] **[[Saint Nohra|Nohra]] ([[Maronite Church]]) **[[July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Sarawak Independence Day]] ([[Sarawak]], [[Malaysia]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/22 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=22}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/22 |title=Historical Events on July 22 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 22}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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