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July 22

A look at July 22 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Tablo and Shawn Michaels, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1977

    Deng Xiaoping

    Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.

    Leader of China from
  2. 1976

    Philippines

    Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.

    Archipelagic country in Southeast
  3. 1951

    Soviet space dogs

    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.

    Soviet-era program that sent
  4. 1943

    World War II

    World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.

    1939–1945 global conflict
  5. 1936

    Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.

    1936–1939 civil war in
  6. 1864

    American Civil War

    American Civil War: In the Battle of Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill outside Atlanta.

    1861–1865 conflict in the
  7. 1802

    Gia Long

    Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

    Founding emperor of the
  8. 1686

    Albany, New York

    Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.

    Capital city of New
  9. 1598

    William Shakespeare

    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.

    English playwright and poet
  10. 1594

    Groningen

    The Dutch city of Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under Maurice of Orange, capitulates.

    City and municipality in
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Famous birthday twins

Born on July 22

Tablo

b. 1980

South Korean-Canadian rapper

Shawn Michaels

b. 1965

American wrestler, trainer, and actor

Emilio Butragueño

b. 1963

Spanish footballer

Thomas Kraft

b. 1988

German footballer

Lasse Virén

b. 1949

Finnish runner and police officer

Gustav Ludwig Hertz

b. 1887

German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Johnson Toribiong

b. 1946

Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th President of Palau

Wolfgang Iser

b. 1926

German scholar, literary theorist

Deaths

  • 1932Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., American actor and producer
  • 1915Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time
  • 1869John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge
  • 1832Napoleon II, French emperor
  • 1826Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer
  • 1540John Zápolya, Hungarian king

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih
  • —Christian feast day: Markella
  • —Christian feast day: Mary Magdalene
  • —Christian feast day: Nohra (Maronite Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Anna Wang
  • —Christian feast day: July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Sarawak Independence Day (Sarawak, Malaysia)

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