Historical Events In July - 22

1898  On this day in history alexander Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles)   

1901  Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro on July - 22.   

1901  On this day in history charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide)   

1902  Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer on this day in history.   

1905  Body of John Paul Jones moved to Annapolis, MD for reburial on this day in history.   

1905  Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0 on July - 22.   

1905  On July - 22 boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble)   

1906  On this day in history the Grand Trunk Railway changes from left to right hand running on double track sections. The change involved considerable alteration in crossovers, switches and semaphore signals.   

1908  On this day in history w Lorenz discovers asteroid #665 Sabine   

1908  Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette) on July - 22.   

1909  On July - 22 d v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65   

1910  On July - 22 edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry   

1912  5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes on July - 22.   

1912  On this day in history 5th Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden closes   

1913  On this day in history licia Albanese, Bari Italy, operatic soprano (NY Met Opera)   

1914  On this day in history cecil Effinger, composer   

1916  A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10 on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history ten people are killed when a bomb explodes during the Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco.   

1916  On this day in history hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter   

1917  On this day in history alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM   

1917  Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service - Sisters Cawood, Deacon and Ross-King and Staff Nurse Derrer - win Military Medals for rescuing patients trapped in a burning Casualty Clearing Station at Trois Arbes, France These were the first bravery awards won by Australian nurses in action on July - 22.   

1917  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba & #881 Athene   

1918  Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park on July - 22.   

1918  Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, Dutch lawyer/son of prince Henry on July - 22.   

1919  De Falla & Massine's "Three-cornered Hat," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1920  On July - 22 hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman   

1921  On July - 22 25th US Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD   

1921  William V Roth Jr, (Sen-R-Delaware, 1971- ) on July - 22.   

1922  Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St Louis teams are on top on July - 22.   

1923  On July - 22 walter Johnson becomes the first to strikeout 3,000   

1923  On this day in history walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508)   

1923  On July - 22 robert J Dole, (Sen-R Kansas, 1969-95)/presidential candidate (R-1996)   

1924  Margaret Whiting, Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family) on this day in history.   

1925  On July - 22 yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher   

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1210  On July - 22 birth of joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)   

1478  On this day in history birth of philip I, (the Handsome), 1st Habsburg King of Spain (1504-06)   

1510  Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537) was born on July - 22.   

1535  Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621) was born on July - 22.   

1559  Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619) was born on July - 22.   

1597  On July - 22 birth of virgilio Mazzocchi, composer   

1621  On July - 22 birth of anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury/minister (1660-73)   

1642  Johann Quirsfeld, composer was born on July - 22.   

1035  On July - 22 robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies   

1362  Death of Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324) on July - 22.   

1387  Death of French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57 on this day in history.   

1461  Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58 on July - 22.   

1477  On July - 22 adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 39   

1497  On July - 22 francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52   

1499  Death of Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history death of richard Wingfield, English diplomat