Page 8: Historical Events In July - 22

1979  Hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78 on July - 22.   

1980  Fred Kaps [Abram PA Bongers], magician (world champ 1955), dies at 54 on July - 22.   

1981  On this day in history turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life   

1983  -128ø F (-89ø C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record) on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history dick Smith makes first solo helicopter flight around the world   

1983  Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law on this day in history.   

1986  On July - 22 house of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion   

1987  Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian) on July - 22.   

1987  On this day in history uS began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf   

1987  On July - 22 a G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies   

1988  On this day in history 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research   

1988  Luigi Lucioni Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87 on July - 22.   

1988  On this day in history duane Jones, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 51   

1990  On July - 22 greg Lemond of US wins bicycling's 3rd tour de France   

1990  On this day in history nick Faldo of England wins the British Open Golf championship   

1990  On July - 22 george Wood, dies of diabetes complications at 56   

1991  Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested by police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on this day in history.   

1992  On July - 22 david Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37   

1994  O.J. Simpson pleads innocent to mmurdering his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman on July - 22.   

1995  On July - 22 dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85   

1996  Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65 on July - 22.   

2005  A Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, is shot dead at a London underground station by police who mistake him for a suicide bomber on this day in history.   

2007  Floods cause chaos through wide areas of Britain, especially the counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads on July - 22.   

2007  Parliamentary elections took place in Turkey on this day in history.   

2007  Yokozuna Asashoryu conquers the Emperor's Cup at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament (Nagoya Basho) in Nagoya, Japan on July - 22.   

2011  76 people are killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet government center in Oslo and a shooting at a political youth camp on the island of Utøya on this day in history.   

2012  Car bombs kills 20 people and injures 80 in Madaen and Najaf, Iraq on this day in history.   

2013  89 people are killed and 500 are injured by earthquakes in Gansu province, China on July - 22.   

2014  On this day in history both the United Arab Emirates and the USA announce aid packages to besieged Gaza   

2017  On this day in history 10 die in over-heated tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas in human-trafficking incident   

2017  On this day in history south African golfer Branden Grace records lowest round for a men's major championship - 62 in 3rd round at British Open, Royal Birkdale, England   

2018  On this day in history british Open Golf, Carnoustie: Francesco Molinari holds off a pack of players including favourites Rory McIlroy & Justin Rose to win by 2; first Italian to win a major title   

2018  On this day in history heatwave in Japan kills 11 in one day   

2018  TV show "Supergirl" announces casting of first live-action transgender superhero, by transgender actor Nicole Maines as Nia Nal on July - 22.   

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1210  On this day in history birth of joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)   

1478  On July - 22 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 this day in history.   

1535  Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1559  On this day in history birth of lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)   

1597  Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1621  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury/minister (1660-73) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1387  On this day in history death of french Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57   

1461  Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1477  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 39 on this day in history.   

1497  Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52 on July - 22.   

1499  Death of Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle on July - 22.   

1525  Death of Richard Wingfield, English diplomat on July - 22.