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On this day in 259, St Dionysius was elected as Pope, succeeding Sixtus II. On this day back in 1099 during the First Crusade, Godfrey of Bouillon was elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. And the English defeated the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk on this day in 1298. The famous legend of the Pied Piper playing a tune which led the rats out of town allegedly took place on this day in 1376. This day also marked some bad news generally for Jews throughout the ages, beginning on this day in 1306, when King Phillip the Fair ordered the expulsion of Jews out of France. On this day back in1648 at Polannoe, the Chmielnick massacre killed 10,000 Jews. Skipping ahead to many years later, things had not gotten any better for Jews, as it was on this day in 1942 in the Warsaw Ghetto that some 300,000 Jews began to be sent to the Treblinka extermination camp. On this day in 1456, the Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade) took place, where the Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi defeated Sultan Murad II. In 1484 on this day took place the Battle of Lochmaben Fair, where a 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, the Duke of Albany and James Douglas, the 9th Earl of Douglas, were defeated by Scottish forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland. Douglas himself was captured. The "Tractate Niddah," a talmudic edition, was printed for the first time on this day in 1489. On that same day in 1489, the Treaty of Frankfurt was signed between Maximilian of Austria and King Charles VIII of France. On this day in 1515, the Congress of Vienna settled certain issues between Poland & Holy Roman Empire. In Tunis, the capital city of modern day Tunisia, Christians captured during the uprising against Adm Barbarossa. The mystery of what happened at Roanoke remains on of history's great mysteries, and it's a story that still fascinates me many years after first learning of it. And it was on this day in 1587 that a second English colony was established at Roanoke Island, located just off the coast of present day North Carolina. The colony infamously vanished under mysterious circumstances which people still debate to this day..The city of Albany, now the capital of the state of New York, was chartered on this day in 1686. In 1691 on this day the Battle at Aghrim took place, where the combined English and Dutch army defeated France. Diamonds were discovered on this day in 1729 in Minas Geras, Brazil. In 1731 on this day, Spain signed the Treaty of Vienna. In 1731 on this day, the Ottomans defeated the Holy Roman Empire at Crocyka,Yugoslavia, and subsequently threatened Belgrade. On this day in 1775, General George Washington took command of American troops in the war for American independence. On this day in 1793, Alexander MacKenzie became the first European to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada by reaching the Pacific Ocean. In 1796 on this day, the city of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleveland. It was on this day in 1812 that English forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington defeated the French at the Battle of Salmanca in Spain. In 1864 on this day, Hood attacked General Sherman in the Battle of Atlanta, and over 3,000 Union troops were killed. In 1901, Serbia reopened diplomatic relations with Montenegro on this day. On this day in 1917, Alexander Kerensky became the new Russian Prime Minister. On that same day during the fighting in World War I, the British bombed German lines at Ypres, with 4,250,000 grenades. In 1933 on this day, Wiley Post ended his around-the-world flight, having amassed a rather astonishing 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger received a mortal wound by FBI agents. just outside of Chicago's Biograph Theatre on this day in 1934. On this day in 1937, the United States Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court. For the first time ever, a black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC) became a judge on this day in 1939. It was on this day in 1940 that Dutch Prime Minister De Geer met with Hitler to discuss peace terms. Plans for the Pentagon were first presented to the House Subcommittee on Appropriations on this day in 1941. On this day in 1943, American forces under General George Patton captured Palermo, Sicily, in southern Italy. On this day in 1944, the Soviets set up the Polish Committee of National Liberation. During the days of Communist rule, this day was the National Day of the Rebirth of Poland (Polish: Narodowe Święto Odrodzenia Polski), which was a former national holiday in the former People's Republic of Poland, and was celebrated from 1944 to 1989, commemorating the signing of the PKWN Manifesto on 22 July 1944. After six years in exile, King Leopold returned to Belgium on this day in 1950. General Francisco Craveiro Lopes was appointed the new President of Portugal on this day in 1951, On this day in 1952, Poland adopted a Communist-imposed Constitution. In 1960 on this day, Cuba nationalized all previously owned American sugar factories. On this day in 1963, the Beatles released "Introducing the Beatles." On that same day in 1963, Sonny Liston knocked out Floyd Patterson in the first round for the heavyweight championship. Jimi Hendrix quit as the opening act for the Monkeys on this day in 1967. On this day in 1983, a temperature of -128.6°F (-89.2°C) was recorded at Vostok, Antarctica, which established a world record. Poland's Prime Minister Januzelski lifted martial law. On this dy in 1994, a 23rd (snce July 16th) and final part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter. There was a military coup on this day in 1994 in Gambia, and President Dawda Jawara fled the country. In 1998 on this day, Iran tested medium-range missile, which were potentially capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.. In 2003 on this day, there was a fire at the top of the Eiffel Tower. Saddam Hussein's two sons were killed on this day in 2003 after an American strike. It was on this day in 2004 that the September 11 Commission's final report was released. The 575-page report ultimately concluded that hijackers exploited "deep institutional failings within our government." On this day in 2005, Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by police, as the hunt for the London Bombers of July 7th of that same year had begun. On this day in 2009, there was the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, which lasted up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, and occurred over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean. On this day in 2011, there were twin attacks in central Oslo, the capital city of Norway. The first part of the attack was a bombing of a government building in Oslo. Then the second part of the attack was the massacre of youths on the relatively nearby island Utøya. Overall, 77 people were killed between the two attacks. The man responsible for both attacks turned out to be far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik. On this day in 2012, a car bomb killed 20 people and injured 80 in Madaen and Najaf, Iraq. Pranab Mukherjee was elected President of India on this day in 2012. Finally, it was on this day that at least 77 people were killed after torrential rains fell in Beijing, China.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/jul22.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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