Sunday, July 22, 2018

History for July 22

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History for July 22 - On-This-Day.com
Alexander Calder 1898, Bob Dole 1923, Louise Fletcher 1934
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Alex Trebek 1940, Bobby Sherman 1944, Willem Dafoe 1955
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1376 - The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin leading rats out of town is said to have occurred on this date.
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1587 - A second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. The colony vanished under mysterious circumstances.
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1926 - Babe Ruth caught a baseball at Mitchell Field in New York. The ball had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet.
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1933 - Wiley Post ended his around-the-world flight. He had traveled 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
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1937 - The U.S. Senate rejected President Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
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1943 - American forces led by General George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.
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1998 - Iran tested medium-range missile, capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.
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2003 - In northern Iraq, Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai died after a gunfight with U.S. forces.
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