On This Day in History July 22, 2023

Historical Events 1099  First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem 1456  Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats Sultan Murad II 1515  First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire - rise of the Habsburgs influence 1942  Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp 1963  Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule 2011  Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first a bomb blast targeting government buildings in central Oslo, second a massacre at a youth camp on island of Utøya Famous Birthdays Alexander Calder 1898 - 1976 Emma Lazarus 1849 - 1887 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy 1890 - 1995 Selena Gomez 30th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths John Dillinger 1903 - 1934 Marie Francois Xavier Bichat 1771 - 1802 More Famous Deaths July 22: Spoonerism – Or Just A Lack Of Pies? A Spoonerism is a phrase that comes out all wrong, and the man responsible for them, William Spooner, was born on this day. Did he just get bad Press? Read the Article