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July 22, 1997 Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris July 22, 1995 Space shuttle STS-70, Discovery 20, lands July 22, 1995 Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in South Carolina July 22, 1994 23rd and last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter, since July 16th July 22, 1994 Doc Gooden admitted to Betty Ford Center July 22, 1994 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired July 22, 1994 Military coup in Gambia: President Dawda Jawara flees July 22, 1994 O. J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder July 22, 1994 William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53) July 22, 1993 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR July 22, 1993 Soyuz TM-17 lands July 22, 1992 Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison July 22, 1992 Soyuz TM-15 launches July 22, 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978 July 22, 1990 119th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots 270 at St. Andrews Scotland July 22, 1990 90th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson July 22, 1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament July 22, 1990 Greg LeMond of U.S. wins his 3rd Tour de France July 22, 1989 Kristin Huxhold, 18, of Missouri, crowned America's Junior Miss July 22, 1988 500 U.S. scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research July 22, 1987 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome July 22, 1987 Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian) July 22, 1987 U.S. began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf July 22, 1986 House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne on tax evasion July 22, 1984 113th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 276 at St. Andrews July 22, 1984 22nd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1) July 22, 1984 Kathy Whitworth wins Rochester Golf International (her 85th win) July 22, 1984 Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France July 22, 1983 -128.6 degrees F (-89.2 degrees C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record) July 22, 1983 Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games July 22, 1983 Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world July 22, 1983 Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law July 22, 1982 Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle July 22, 1982 Biggest mass wedding, Rev Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in New York City July 22, 1981 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life July 22, 1979 Pat Meyers wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic July 22, 1976 "Let My People Come" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 106 performances July 22, 1975 House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to Gen Robert E. Lee July 22, 1973 28th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning July 22, 1972 10.84" (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record) July 22, 1972 Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus July 22, 1971 Sudan military counter coup under premier Numeiry July 22, 1969 Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit July 22, 1969 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 50 and Molniya 1-12 communications satellite July 22, 1967 Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning July 22, 1967 Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Ladies' Golf Open July 22, 1967 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour July 22, 1965 Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of British Cons party July 22, 1964 Steve Ballesteros wins British Golf Open July 22, 1963 Beatles release "Introducing the Beatles" July 22, 1963 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1 for heavyweight boxing title July 22, 1962 1st U.S. Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off July 22, 1962 44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink GC PA July 22, 1962 Chicago White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) July 22, 1962 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Tournament July 22, 1961 WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting July 22, 1960 Cuba nationalizes all U.S. owned sugar factories July 22, 1959 Benjamin Britten's "Missa Brevis" in D, premieres July 22, 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island July 22, 1955 1st VP to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon July 22, 1955 Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11 July 22, 1954 Virgin Islands (U.S.) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act) July 22, 1954 WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting July 22, 1952 Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution July 22, 1951 Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed President of Portugal July 22, 1950 Frank Worrell completes 261 vs. England at Trent Bridge July 22, 1950 King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium July 22, 1947 -8 degrees F (-13 degrees C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record) July 22, 1946 Estelle Bennett, rocker (Ronettes) July 22, 1946 Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel July 22, 1944 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation July 22, 1943 U.S. forces led by Gen George Patton liberate Palermo, Sicily July 22, 1942 4th Russian Pantser army forms with 80 tanks July 22, 1942 Gasoline rationing using coupons begins July 22, 1942 Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka extermination Camp July 22, 1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks July 22, 1939 1st black woman judge, Jane Matilda Bolin, New York City July 22, 1937 Irish premier Eamon de Valera wins elections July 22, 1937 Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court July 22, 1936 Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs July 22, 1935 Lester Walton appointed minister to Liberia July 22, 1933 Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight July 22, 1933 Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida," New York City-1st negro prima donna in US July 22, 1926 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record) July 22, 1926 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record) July 22, 1926 Cincinnati Red Curt Walker ties record of 2 triples in an inning July 22, 1925 Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher July 22, 1923 Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508) July 22, 1922 Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St. Louis teams are on top July 22, 1921 25th U.S. Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD July 22, 1919 De Falla and Massine's "Three-cornered Hat," premieres in London July 22, 1918 Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park July 22, 1917 Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM July 22, 1917 British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades July 22, 1916 A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco killing 10 July 22, 1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes July 22, 1905 Philadelphia Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St. Louis Browns, 6-0 July 22, 1901 Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro July 22, 1898 Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs-1st to endure Antarct winter July 22, 1893 Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful," in Colorado July 22, 1865 V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex vs. Lancs July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 conf, 3641 U.S. die July 22, 1859 V E Walker takes 10-74 in an innings for England vs. Surrey July 22, 1812 Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain July 22, 1796 Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland July 22, 1775 George Washington takes command of U.S. troops July 22, 1739 Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia and threaten Belgrade July 22, 1731 Spain signs Treaty of Vienna July 22, 1729 Diamonds found in Minas Geras, Brazil July 22, 1691 Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France July 22, 1686 City of Albany, New York chartered July 22, 1648 10,000 Jews of Polannoe murdered in Chmielnick massacre July 22, 1632 Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro-palace for king Philip IV July 22, 1587 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC July 22, 1582 Willem van Orange moves from Antwerp to Delft July 22, 1535 Christians captured in Tunis in uprising against Adm Barbarossa July 22, 1515 Anna of Bohemia (12) marries Karel van Ferdinand of Austria July 22, 1515 Louis of Hungary (9) marries Maria of Bohemia and succession to Hungarian throne July 22, 1515 Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire July 22, 1489 "Tractate Niddah" a talmudic edition, 1st printed July 22, 1489 Treaty of Frankfurt July 22, 1456 Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II July 22, 1306 King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France July 22, 1298 English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk July 22, 260 St. Dionysius begins his reign as Catholic Pope July 22, 259 Dionysius elected as bishop of Rome, succeeding Sixtus II |