On This Day July 22nd

  OTD

July 22nd is the two hundredth-first day of the year, and there are 162 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.

1342 – St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.

1587 – Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.

1598 – William Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice, enters the Stationers' Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers' Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.

1706 – The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each country's Parliament, leads to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1933 – Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight worldwide in seven days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes.

1942 – The United States government began compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to wartime demands.

1976 – Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.

 

 

Birthdays

1552 – Anthony Browne, Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (d. 1592)

1647 – Margaret Mary Alacoque, French nun, mystic, and saint (d. 1690)

1882 – Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher (d. 1967)

1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)

1890 – Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist (d. 1995)

1909 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (d. 2014)

1923 – Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2021)

1940 – Alex Trebek, Canadian American game show host and producer (d. 2020)

1947 – Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer.

1966 – Tim Brown, American football player and manager.

1992 – Selena Gomez, American singer and actress.

 

Highlighted Holiday

NATIONAL RAT CATCHER’S DAY

According to the Brothers Grimm and Robert Browning's poem, the Pied Piper legend is celebrated on June 26 and July 22. It's said that something traumatic happened in the German town on June 26, 1284. Some say the children may have died from natural causes, while others believe they joined the Children’s Crusade of 1212 and faced slavery or death along the way. Today, the Pied Piper is still a big deal in Hamelin, with Pied Piper-themed spots all around. Rat-catchers back in medieval times were responsible for getting rid of pests like rats. They used trained animals and traps, and the job didn't pay much.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Casual Pi Day

Fragile X Awareness Day

Lion's Share Day

Mango Day

National Hammock Day

National Penuche Fudge Day

Rat Catcher's Day

Spooners (Spoonerism) Day

Summer Leisure Day

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