22ND
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF POLAND.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARY MAGDALEN; ST JOSEPH OF
PALESTINE; ST PHILIP EVANS; ST VANDRILLE OR WANDREGESILUS; & ST JOHN LLOYD." |
| 22ND |
260 |
"ST DIONYSIUS" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 22ND |
1871 |
THE VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS TOWN OF
SANDHURST, LATER TO BECOME GEELONG WAS PROCLAIMED A CITY. |
| 22ND |
1880 |
SYDNEY’S "ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE" BURNS DOWN. |
| 22ND |
1912 |
"FANNY DURACK" WINS GOLD
SWIMMING IN THE 100 metres AS AUSTRALIAS FIRST FEMALE OLYMPIC COMPETITOR AT THE STOCKHOLM
OLYMPICS. |
| 22ND |
1912 |
THE 5TH OLYMPIC GAMES IN STOCKHOLM CLOSES. |
| 22ND |
1918 |
LIGHTNING KILLS 504 SHEEP IN
UTAH’S, WASATCH NATIONAL PARK. |
| 22ND |
1925 |
REGULAR AIRMAIL SERVICE BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY BEGINS. |
| 22ND |
1933 |
US AVIATOR "WILEY POST"
COMPLETES THE FIRST SOLO ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT IN 7 DAYS, 18HRS & 49.5 MINUTES. |
| 22ND |
1934 |
U.S. BANK ROBBER & PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE, ‘JOHN
DILLINGER’ IS GUNNED DOWN BY THE FBI IN CHICAGO. |
| 22ND |
1962 |
THE FIRST U.S. VENUS PROBE, ‘MARINER
1,’ FAILS AT LIFT OFF. |
| 22ND |
1963 |
"SONNY LISTON" KNOCKS OUT "FLOYD
PATTERSON" TO RETAIN HIS HEAVY WEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP. |
| 22ND |
1967 |
"JIMI HENDRIX" QUITS AS
OPENING ACT ON THE "MONKEY’S" TOUR. |
| 22ND |
1969 |
"ARETHA FRANKLIN" IS ARRESTED FOR DISTURBING THE
PEACE IN DETROIT. |
| 22ND |
1972 |
‘VENERA 8’ MAKES A
SOFT LANDING ON VENUS. |
| 22ND |
1973 |
A BOEING 707 FROM AUKLAND TO LOS ANGELES CRASHES INTO THE
PACIFIC NEAR TAHITI KILLING ALL BUT 1 OF THE 78 ON BOARD. |
| 22ND |
1981 |
TURKISH TERRORIST, "MEHMET ALI
AGCA" 23, IS SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR HIS ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF "POPE
JOHN PAUL II" IN MAY THIS YEAR. |
| 22ND |
1983 |
"DICK SMITH" MAKES THE FIRST ROUND THE WORLD, SOLO,
HELICOPTER FLIGHT. |
| 22ND |
1988 |
500 U.S. SCIENTISTS PLEDGE TO BOYCOTT
THE PENTAGONS RESEARCH ON GERM WAREFARE. |
| 22ND |
1991 |
AMERICAN, "JEFFREY DAHMER" CONFESSES TO MURDERING
17 MALES IN 1978. |
| 22ND |
1999 |
THE ASHES OF "JOHN F. KENNEDY
jr." HIS WIFE "CAROLYN" & SISTER-IN-LAW "LAUREN BESSETTE" ARE
SCATTERED AT SEA. |
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