Page 8: Historical Events In July - 22

1979  On July - 22 hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78   

1980  On this day in history fred Kaps [Abram PA Bongers], magician (world champ 1955), dies at 54   

1981  Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life on July - 22.   

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

1983  On July - 22 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  On this day in history soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)   

1987  On July - 22 uS began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf   

1987  On this day in history a G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies   

1988  On July - 22 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research   

1988  On July - 22 luigi Lucioni Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87   

1988  Duane Jones, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 51 on July - 22.   

1990  Greg Lemond of US wins bicycling's 3rd tour de France on July - 22.   

1990  Nick Faldo of England wins the British Open Golf championship on July - 22.   

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 July - 22.   

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  Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1996  On July - 22 courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65   

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 July - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

2007  On July - 22 parliamentary elections took place in Turkey.   

2007  On this day in history yokozuna Asashoryu conquers the Emperor's Cup at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament (Nagoya Basho) in Nagoya, Japan.   

2011  On July - 22 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.   

2012  Car bombs kills 20 people and injures 80 in Madaen and Najaf, Iraq on July - 22.   

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

2014  On July - 22 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 July - 22 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  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 on July - 22.   

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

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

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1210  Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1535  On this day in history birth of katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)   

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

1597  On July - 22 birth of virgilio Mazzocchi, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1035  Robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies on this day in history.   

1362  Death of Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324) on this day in history.   

1387  Death of French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57 on July - 22.   

1461  On this day in history charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58   

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 this day in history.   

1499  On this day in history death of neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle   

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