General Events and Observations of July 22

1362: Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)
1387: Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
1461: Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
1525: Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
1540: John Zápolya, King of Hungary
1619: Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (b. 1559)
1645: Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
1676: Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
1726: Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia
1734: Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England
1789: Joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (b. 1715)
1802: Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist (b. 1771)
1826: Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b. 1746)
1832: Napoleon II of France (b. 1811)
1852: Auguste Marmont, French marshal (b. 1774)
1864: James B. McPherson, American army general, in the Battle of Atlanta (b. 1828)
1869: John A. Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), (b. 1806)
1902: Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (b. 1822)
1903: Cassius Marcellus Clay, American emancipationist (b. 1810)
1904: Wilson Barrett, English actor (b. 1846)
1908: William Randal Cremer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
1915: Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827)
1916: James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet (b. 1849)
1918: Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (b. 1898)
1920: William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
1922: Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854)
1932: Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist (b. 1853)
1932: Florenz Ziegfeld, theatrical producer (b. 1867)
1932: Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and radio pioneer (b. 1866)
1934: John Dillinger, American bank robber (b. 1903)
1950: William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
1958: Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b. 1895)
1967: Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
1968: Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (b. 1908)
1974: Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (b. 1900)
1979: Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
1988: Duane Jones starred as Ben in The 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead
1989: Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
1990: Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b. 1932)
1992: Wayne McLaren, portrayed the Marlboro Man (b. 1940)
1996: Rob Collins, English musician (The Charlatans) (b. 1956)
1998: Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
1999: Gar Samuelson, American musician (Megadeth) (b. 1958)
2000: Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (b. 1925)
2000: Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
2000: Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
2001: Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
2003: Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
2003: Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
2003: Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
2004: George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
2004: Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1922)
2004: Sacha Distel, French singer (b. 1933)
2005: Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2005: Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician killed by Scotland Yard (b. 1978)
2006: James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b. 1950)
2006: José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
2007: Jarrod Cunningham New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)
2007: Mike Coolbaugh former baseball player and coach (b.1972)
2007: Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906)
2007: Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)

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