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| July 22nd |
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| About July 22nd is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 162 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. July 22nd is Pi Approximation Day. Births 1882 - Edward Hopper, famed painter, printmaker 1943 - Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator (Texas) 1946 - Danny Glover, actor, director, activist (Lethal Weapon) 1972 - Colin Ferguson, actor (Eureka) 1992 - Selena Gomez, actress singer (Wizards of Waverly Place) Deaths 1975 - Emlen Tunnell, Hall of Fame defensive back 2008 - Estelle Getty, actress (Golden Girls) Events 1796 - An area in northeast Ohio is named "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, a surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company. 1916 - A bomb explodes on Market Street in San Francisco, California during a Preparedness Day parade leaving 10 dead and 40 injured. 1934 - Notorious bank robber John Dillinger is shot and killed by federal agents in Chicago. 2003 - Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay are killed by a U.S. airstrike in Iraq. |
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