July 22
Today is the 203rd day of 2015. There are 162 days left in the year.
1587 - A second English colony, also fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
1796 - The city of Cleveland was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
1933 - American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 1/2 hours.
1934 - A man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents in Chicago.
1937 - The Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
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 would serve 19 years.)
1991 - Police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who later confessed to murdering 17 men and boys.
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 serving life in prison.)
1998 - Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.
2003 - Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Quasi were killed when U.S. forces stormed a villa in Mosul, Iraq.
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, the son of Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, was born and became third in line to the British throne.
Birthdays
23 - Selena Gomez (singer)
50 - Shawn Michaels (professional wrestler)
51 - David Spade (actor)
51 - John Leguizamo (actor)
60 - Willem Dafoe (actor)
68 - Don Henley (singer)
68 - Albert Brooks (actor)
69 - Danny Glover (actor)
74 - George Clinton (funk singer)
75 - Alex Trebek (game show host)
92 - Bob Dole (politician)
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Today in Sports History - July 22
1905 - Weldon Henley of the Philadelphia Athletics no-hit the St. Louis Browns.
1922 - Ross Barnes of the Chicago Cubs became the first player to have eight at-bats in a nine inning game.
1962 - Floyd Robinson of the Chicago White Sox went 6-for-6 at the plate in a 7-3 win over the Boston Red Sox.
1962 - Jackie Robinson became the first African American player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1967 - The Atlanta Braves set a major league record by using five pitchers in the ninth inning in their game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
1990 - Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France.
2001 - David Duval won the British Open.
2005 - The NHL Board of Governors approved a new collective bargaining agreement, bringing an end to the longest labor stoppage in North American sports history at 310 days, which had canceled the 2004-05 season.
2007 - Padraig Harrington defeated Sergio Garcia in a playoff to win the British Open.
2012 - Ernie Els won his second British Open.
2012 - Ron Santo and Barry Larkin were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Today is the 203rd day of 2015. There are 162 days left in the year.
1587 - A second English colony, also fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
1796 - The city of Cleveland was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
1933 - American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 1/2 hours.
1934 - A man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents in Chicago.
1937 - The Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
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 would serve 19 years.)
1991 - Police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who later confessed to murdering 17 men and boys.
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 serving life in prison.)
1998 - Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.
2003 - Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Quasi were killed when U.S. forces stormed a villa in Mosul, Iraq.
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, the son of Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, was born and became third in line to the British throne.
Birthdays
23 - Selena Gomez (singer)
50 - Shawn Michaels (professional wrestler)
51 - David Spade (actor)
51 - John Leguizamo (actor)
60 - Willem Dafoe (actor)
68 - Don Henley (singer)
68 - Albert Brooks (actor)
69 - Danny Glover (actor)
74 - George Clinton (funk singer)
75 - Alex Trebek (game show host)
92 - Bob Dole (politician)
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Today in Sports History - July 22
1905 - Weldon Henley of the Philadelphia Athletics no-hit the St. Louis Browns.
1922 - Ross Barnes of the Chicago Cubs became the first player to have eight at-bats in a nine inning game.
1962 - Floyd Robinson of the Chicago White Sox went 6-for-6 at the plate in a 7-3 win over the Boston Red Sox.
1962 - Jackie Robinson became the first African American player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1967 - The Atlanta Braves set a major league record by using five pitchers in the ninth inning in their game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
1990 - Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France.
2001 - David Duval won the British Open.
2005 - The NHL Board of Governors approved a new collective bargaining agreement, bringing an end to the longest labor stoppage in North American sports history at 310 days, which had canceled the 2004-05 season.
2007 - Padraig Harrington defeated Sergio Garcia in a playoff to win the British Open.
2012 - Ernie Els won his second British Open.
2012 - Ron Santo and Barry Larkin were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
