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What happened in history on this day: July 22?
On July 22 in ...
- 1775 - George Washington takes command of the troops.
- 1796 - Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland.
- 1797 - US President George Washington issues a proclamation indefinitely extending the legal tender status of Spanish milled dollar.
- 1839 - William Selden takes office as US Treasurer.
- 1864 - Battle of Atlanta - Confederate General Hood attacks USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman and suffers terrible losses.
- 1876 - Congress removes legal tender status from the Trade dollar.
- 1881 - The Saint Louis Assay Office opens.
- 1887 - The US government signs its first international parcel post convention, with Jamaica.
- 1916 - A bomb goes off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco, California, killing 10.
- 1918 - Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park.
- 1926 - 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record).
- 1926 - 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record).
- 1934 - John Dillinger is shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1937 - US Senate rejects President Franklin Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court.
- 1944 - The International Monetary Fund is created at the conference at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
- 1955 - First US Vice President to preside over cabinet meeting - Richard Nixon.
- 1962 - First US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off, falls into Atlantic Ocean.
- 1972 - 27.53 cm (10.84 inches) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state 24-hour record).
- 1975 - US House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E Lee.
- 1982 - US President Ronald Reagan signs into law the three-coin 1984 Olympic coin program.
- 1982 - Academic Text Processing Service established in Seattle, Washington.
- 1986 - House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion.
- 1987 - US begins escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf.
- 1988 - 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research.
- 1991 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment. Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978.
- 2004 - Production of the 2004 model Corvette ends, also ending production of the C5 model Corvette. Nearly 250,000 were built since the 1997 model.
Births on July 22
- 1888 - Birth of Raymond Chandler in Chicago, Illinois, USA; mystery writer (The Long Goodbye).
- 1901 - Birth of Charles Weidman in Nebraska, USA; modern dancer/choreographer (Candide).
- 1924 - Birth of Margaret Whiting in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family).
- 1929 - Birth of Marcia Henderson in Andover, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Kathleen - The Aldrich Family, Two Girls Named Smith, World of Giants, Dear Phoebe).
- 1933 - Birth of Chuck Cassey in Chicago, Illinois, USA; choral director (Jimmy Dean Show).
- 1940 - Birth of Stan Ross in New York City, New York, USA; actor (New Bill Cosby Show).
- 1943 - Birth of Bobby Sherman in Santa Monica, California, USA; singer ("Shindig", "Here Comes Brides"), actor.
- 1944 - Birth of Estelle Bennett in New York City, New York, USA; vocalist (Ronettes - "Be My Baby").
- 1944 - Birth of Guich Koock in Austin, Texas, USA; actor (Harley Puckett - Carter Country).
- 1947 - Birth of Albert Brooks in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/comedian/director (Broadcast News, Lost in America, The Simpsons, Hot Wheels).
- 1965 - Birth of Patrick Labyorteaux in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Andrew 'Andy' Garvey - Little House on the Prairie, JAG).
Deaths on July 22
- 1934 - John Dillinger is shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: The Prarie Years), dies at age 89.
- 1979 - Death of Hope Summers at age 78 of heart failure; actress (Clara - The Andy Griffith Show, the voice for "Mrs. Butterworth").
- 2008 - Estelle Getty, actor (Sophia - The Golden Girls, Golden Palace, Nurses, Blossom, and Empty Nest, films Tootsie, Mask, Copacabana, Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot, Stuart Little, Emmy (1988) and Golden Globe (1986) Awards) dies at age 84 in California (born 1923).
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