July 22nd
Today in America's Present Past
1587 | A second colony forms on Roanoke Island off North Carolina that will eventually disappear without a trace.
1686 | The City of Albany, New York, was chartered.
1763 | Engineer James Geddes was born.
1796 | Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleaveland.
1813 | Indian Wars: Creek War begins.
1823 | Naturalist William Bartram died.
1833 | Composer Benjamin Hanby was born.
1849 | Poet Emma Lazarus was born.
1864 | Civil War: Battle of Atlanta, Georgia.
1869 | Engineer John Roebling died.
1882| Painter Edward Hopper was born.
1898 | Sculptor Alexander Calder was born.
1903 | Activist Cassius Marcellus Clay died.
1916 | War on Terror: “Preparedness Day bombing” in San Francisco, California.
1916 | Author James Whitcomb Riley died.
1922| Chemist Jokichi Takamine died.
1923 | Politician Bob Dole was born.
1932 | Director Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. died.
1933 | Aviator Wiley Post flies solo around the world.
1934 | FBI agents gun down outlaw John Dillinger.
1935 | Civil Rights: The Terre Haute, Indiana, General Strike starts.
1937 | Congress: Senate voted down President Roosevelt’s Court-Packing plan 70-20.
1943 | WWII: U.S. forces liberate Palermo, Sicily.
1946 | Actor Danny Glover was born.
1958 | Wrestler David Von Erich was born.
1959 | Film: “Planet 9 from Outer Space” debuted.
1960 | Communist Cuba nationalized U.S. sugar factories on the island.
1964 | Actor David Spade was born.
1964 | Actor John Leguizamo was born.
1967 | Civil Rights: A Long, hot summer of riots continues in Wadesboro, North Carolina, and East Harlem, New York City.
1967 | Poet Carl Sandburg died.
1975 | Congress: The House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee.
1986 | Congress: The House of Representatives impeached Judge Harry E. Claiborne.
1996 | Pol
itician Leon Shenandoah died.
1997 | The Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario.
2008 | Actress Estelle Getty died.