July 22

July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining.

Births:

• 1822: Gregor Mendel (monk, genetecist)
• 1887: [Gustav Hertz]? (quantum physicist)
• 1898: [Stephen Vincent Benet]? (author)
• 1908: [Amy Vanderbilt]? (author on etiquette)
• 1941: George Clinton (singer)
• 1947: [Albert Brooks]? (comedian)
• 1947: [Don Henley]? (drummer, singer, songwriter)
• 1955: [Willem Dafoe]? (actor)

Deaths:

• 1934: [John Dillinger]? (bank robber. shot at the [Biograph Theater]? in Chicago )
• 1967: [Carl Sandburg]? (poet)

Events:

• 1983: State of war ended in Poland

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