Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 22 July, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever. ON THIS DAY: 22 JULY 2014 | Kamalesh Sharma delivered a speech at the 2010 Nelson Mandela Africa Lecture 2013 | The 2013 Dingxi earthquakes, a series of…
ON THIS DAY: 22 JULY
2014 | Kamalesh Sharma delivered a speech at the 2010 Nelson Mandela Africa Lecture
2013 | The 2013 Dingxi earthquakes, a series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills 89 people and injured more than 500 others.
2011 | The 2011 Norway attacks: first a bomb blast that targeted government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
2005 | Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by the police when the search began for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London and 21 July 2005 London bombings.
1997 | The second Blue Water Bridge opened between Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario.
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BIRTHDAYS
1985 | Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, Takudzwa Ngwenya.
1965 | New Zealand humanitarian, Richard B. Poore.
1937 | American R&B singer and songwriter, Chuck Jackson.
1982 | Sri Lankan cricketer, Nuwan Kulasekara.
1953 | English singer-songwriter, Brian Howe.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2007 | American baseball player and coach, Mike Coolbaugh, 35.
1992 | American painter, photographer, and activist, David Wojnarowicz, 38.
2009 | American lawyer and judge, Richard M. Givan, 88.
1932 | Canadian inventor and academic, Reginald Fessenden, 66.
2005 | American singer-songwriter and producer, Eugene Record, 65.
SPORTS
2002 | On this day, Manchester United signed Rio Ferdinand from Leeds for a British record transfer fee of £29 100 000.
ENTERTAINMENT
1977 | On this day, “The Hills Have Eyes” was released in the United States.
AFRICA FACT
The Slave House and its iconic “Door of No Return” is a melancholic reminder of Senegal’s experiment and history of the slave trade.
