Historical Events In July - 22

1898  On this day in history alexander Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles)   

1901  On this day in history serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro   

1901  On July - 22 charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide)   

1902  Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer on July - 22.   

1905  On this day in history body of John Paul Jones moved to Annapolis, MD for reburial.   

1905  Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0 on this day in history.   

1905  On July - 22 boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble)   

1906  The Grand Trunk Railway changes from left to right hand running on double track sections. The change involved considerable alteration in crossovers, switches and semaphore signals on July - 22.   

1908  W Lorenz discovers asteroid #665 Sabine on this day in history.   

1908  On July - 22 amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette)   

1909  D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1910  On July - 22 edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry   

1912  5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes on July - 22.   

1912  On July - 22 5th Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden closes   

1913  Licia Albanese, Bari Italy, operatic soprano (NY Met Opera) on July - 22.   

1914  Cecil Effinger, composer on July - 22.   

1916  On July - 22 a bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in SF killing 10   

1916  On this day in history ten people are killed when a bomb explodes during the Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco.   

1916  Hipolito M Ocalia, Curacao, landscape painter on July - 22.   

1917  Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM on July - 22.   

1917  On this day in history four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service - Sisters Cawood, Deacon and Ross-King and Staff Nurse Derrer - win Military Medals for rescuing patients trapped in a burning Casualty Clearing Station at Trois Arbes, France These were the first bravery awards won by Australian nurses in action   

1917  M Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba & #881 Athene on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park   

1918  Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, Dutch lawyer/son of prince Henry on July - 22.   

1919  De Falla & Massine's "Three-cornered Hat," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman   

1921  On July - 22 25th US Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD   

1921  On July - 22 william V Roth Jr, (Sen-R-Delaware, 1971- )   

1922  On July - 22 cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St Louis teams are on top   

1923  Walter Johnson becomes the first to strikeout 3,000 on July - 22.   

1923  On this day in history walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508)   

1923  On July - 22 robert J Dole, (Sen-R Kansas, 1969-95)/presidential candidate (R-1996)   

1924  On July - 22 margaret Whiting, Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family)   

1925  Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher on this day in history.   

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1210  On July - 22 birth of joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)   

1478  Philip I, (the Handsome), 1st Habsburg King of Spain (1504-06) was born on this day in history.   

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  Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619) was born on July - 22.   

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  On this day in history birth of johann Quirsfeld, composer   

1035  Robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies on July - 22.   

1362  On July - 22 death of louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)   

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

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 July - 22.   

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  On July - 22 death of richard Wingfield, English diplomat