July 22
1587 - A second English colony, also fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
1796 - Cleveland, Ohio was founded by Gen. Moses Cleveland.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln presented to his Cabinet a preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
1933 - Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world.
1934 - John Dillinger was shot to death outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.
1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" scheme was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
1942 - The Nazis began transporting Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp.
1942 - Gasoline rationing involving the use of coupons began along the Atlantic seaboard.
1943 - American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.
1975 - Congress restored Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's U.S. citizenship.
1981 - Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca was sentenced in Rome to life in prison for shooting Pope John Paul II. (He served 19 years.)
1991 - Police in Milwaukee arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who later confessed to killing 17 men and boys. (Dahmer was later beaten to death by a fellow prison inmate.)
1992 - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escaped from his luxury prison near Medellin. (He was slain by security forces in December 1993.)
1994 - O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
1995 - Susan Smith was convicted by a jury in Union, South Carolina of first-degree murder for drowning her two sons. (She is currently serving life in prison.)
1998 - Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.
2003 - Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Ousay, were killed in a firefight.
2004 - The Sept. 11 commission issued a report saying America's leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the 9/11 attacks.
2006 - Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers knocked down a fence and barreled over the Lebanese border as forces seized the village of Maroun al-Ras from Hezbollah.
2013 - Prince George of Cambridge was born, the first son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
Birthdays
23 - Ezekiel Elliott (football player)
26 - Selena Gomez (actress)
28 - Camila Banus (actress)
31 - Keegan Allen (actor)
35 - Nia Amey (model)
40 - A.J. Cook (actress)
44 - Franka Potente (actress)
46 - Keyshawn Johnson (football player)
46 - Colin Ferguson (actor)
49 - Diana Maria Riva (actress)
51 - Irene Bedard (actress)
53 - Patrick Labyorteaux (actor)
53 - Shawn Michaels (professional wrestler)
54 - David Spade (actor/comedian)
54 - John Leguizamo (actor)
55 - Rob Estes (actor)
55 - Joanna Going (actress)
63 - Willem Dafoe (actor)
71 - Don Henley (singer)
72 - Danny Glover (actor)
77 - George Clinton (singer)
78 - Alex Trebek (game show host)
80 - Terence Stamp (actor)
84 - Louise Fletcher (actress)
95 - Bob Dole (politician)
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Today in Sports History - July 22
1909 - Ty Cobb (Detroit Tigers) stole three bases in one inning.
1923 - Walter Johnson becomes the first to strikeout 3,000 in Major League Baseball.
1926 - At Mitchell Field in New York, Babe Ruth caught a ball that had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet.
1926 - Cincinnati Reds' Curt Walker ties record of two triples in an inning.
1962 - Chicago White Sox player Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles).
1962 - Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1967 - Atlanta Braves use a record five pitchers in the 9th inning.
1969 - For the first time in Major League Baseball history, the All-star game is postponed by rain.
1990 - Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France.
1991 - Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, charged she'd been raped by boxer Mike Tyson in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson was later convicted of rape and served 3 years in prison.
2005 - The NHL's board of governors voted 30-0 to pass the cap-based collective bargaining agreement that the players' association had approved the previous day. The deal ended the 310-day lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 season.
2013 - 2011 National League MVP Ryan Braun was suspended without pay for the rest of the season and the postseason, the start of sanctions involving players reportedly tied to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs.
1587 - A second English colony, also fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
1796 - Cleveland, Ohio was founded by Gen. Moses Cleveland.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln presented to his Cabinet a preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
1933 - Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world.
1934 - John Dillinger was shot to death outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.
1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" scheme was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
1942 - The Nazis began transporting Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp.
1942 - Gasoline rationing involving the use of coupons began along the Atlantic seaboard.
1943 - American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.
1975 - Congress restored Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's U.S. citizenship.
1981 - Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca was sentenced in Rome to life in prison for shooting Pope John Paul II. (He served 19 years.)
1991 - Police in Milwaukee arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who later confessed to killing 17 men and boys. (Dahmer was later beaten to death by a fellow prison inmate.)
1992 - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escaped from his luxury prison near Medellin. (He was slain by security forces in December 1993.)
1994 - O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
1995 - Susan Smith was convicted by a jury in Union, South Carolina of first-degree murder for drowning her two sons. (She is currently serving life in prison.)
1998 - Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.
2003 - Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Ousay, were killed in a firefight.
2004 - The Sept. 11 commission issued a report saying America's leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the 9/11 attacks.
2006 - Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers knocked down a fence and barreled over the Lebanese border as forces seized the village of Maroun al-Ras from Hezbollah.
2013 - Prince George of Cambridge was born, the first son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
Birthdays
23 - Ezekiel Elliott (football player)
26 - Selena Gomez (actress)
28 - Camila Banus (actress)
31 - Keegan Allen (actor)
35 - Nia Amey (model)
40 - A.J. Cook (actress)
44 - Franka Potente (actress)
46 - Keyshawn Johnson (football player)
46 - Colin Ferguson (actor)
49 - Diana Maria Riva (actress)
51 - Irene Bedard (actress)
53 - Patrick Labyorteaux (actor)
53 - Shawn Michaels (professional wrestler)
54 - David Spade (actor/comedian)
54 - John Leguizamo (actor)
55 - Rob Estes (actor)
55 - Joanna Going (actress)
63 - Willem Dafoe (actor)
71 - Don Henley (singer)
72 - Danny Glover (actor)
77 - George Clinton (singer)
78 - Alex Trebek (game show host)
80 - Terence Stamp (actor)
84 - Louise Fletcher (actress)
95 - Bob Dole (politician)
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Today in Sports History - July 22
1909 - Ty Cobb (Detroit Tigers) stole three bases in one inning.
1923 - Walter Johnson becomes the first to strikeout 3,000 in Major League Baseball.
1926 - At Mitchell Field in New York, Babe Ruth caught a ball that had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet.
1926 - Cincinnati Reds' Curt Walker ties record of two triples in an inning.
1962 - Chicago White Sox player Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles).
1962 - Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1967 - Atlanta Braves use a record five pitchers in the 9th inning.
1969 - For the first time in Major League Baseball history, the All-star game is postponed by rain.
1990 - Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France.
1991 - Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, charged she'd been raped by boxer Mike Tyson in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson was later convicted of rape and served 3 years in prison.
2005 - The NHL's board of governors voted 30-0 to pass the cap-based collective bargaining agreement that the players' association had approved the previous day. The deal ended the 310-day lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 season.
2013 - 2011 National League MVP Ryan Braun was suspended without pay for the rest of the season and the postseason, the start of sanctions involving players reportedly tied to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs.
