What are the important events that happened on July 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 22 is the 203^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 162 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 9, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,219,040 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatrigon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 210 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,596 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 22 Historical Events

• 1499 –
  Battle of Dornach – The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I.
• 1797 –
  Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.
• 1805 –
  Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Cape Finisterre – an inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
• 1864 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta – outside Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
• 1916 –
  In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.
• 1933 –
  Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15596 mi in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
• 1944 –
  The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland
• 1977 –
  Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
• 1997 –
  The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
• 2002 –
  Israel kills Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas’s military arm, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

Who were born on July 22?

• 1535 –
  Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
• 1888 –
  Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born American biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
• 1928 –
  Orson Bean, American film actor
• 1963 –
  Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls)
• 1965 –
  Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor
• 1978 –
  Martyn Lee, English radio presenter
• 1979 –
  Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
• 1984 –
  Stewart Downing, English footballer
• 1992 –
  Selena Gomez, American actress and pop singer
• 1998 –
  Madison Pettis, American actress

Who died on July 22?

• 1619 –
  Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (b. 1559)
• 1789 –
  Joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (b. 1715)
• 1802 –
  Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist (b. 1771)
• 1934 –
  John Dillinger, American bank robber (b. 1903)
• 1968 –
  Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (b. 1908)
• 1979 –
  J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
• 1998 –
  Fritz Buchloh, German football player and coach (b. 1909)
• 2000 –
  Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
• 2004 –
  George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2007 –
  Jarrod Cunningham, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)