What are the important events that happened on July 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 22 is the 204th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 162 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 9, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 478,224 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetragon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 191 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,231 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 22 Historical Events
- 838 –Battle of Anzen: the Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
- 1298 –Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk – King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.
- 1456 –Ottoman Wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade – John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire
- 1796 –Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio “Cleveland” after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
- 1812 –Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca – British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta – outside Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
- 1916 –In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.
- 1951 –Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, “Gypsy”) are the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight.
- 1992 –Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
- 2011 –Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
Who were born on July 22?
- 1898 –Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer and novelist (d. 1943)
- 1908 –Amy Vanderbilt, American etiquette authority (d. 1974)
- 1915 –Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (d. 2000)
- 1921 –William V. Roth, Jr., American politician (d. 2003)
- 1922 –Dick Hoerner, American football player (d. 2010)
- 1939 –Gila Almagor, Israeli actress
- 1947 –Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
- 1964 –Adam Godley, British actor
- 1983 –Arsenie Todiraş, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
- 1988 –Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer
Who died on July 22?
- 1540 –John Zápolya, Voivode of Transylvania and King of Hungary (b. 1487)
- 1864 –James B. McPherson, American army general, in the Battle of Atlanta (b. 1828)
- 1908 –William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
- 1932 –Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and radio pioneer (b. 1866)
- 1974 –Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (b. 1900)
- 1998 –Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
- 2003 –Uday Hussein, Iraqi politician, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
- 2003 –Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
- 2006 –James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b. 1950)
- 2008 –Greg Burson, American voice actor (b. 1949)
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