July 22 - This Day in History

July 22 : General Interest
2003: Jessica Lynch gets hero's welcome

On this day in 2003, U.S. Army Private Jessica Lynch, a prisoner-of-war who was rescued from an Iraqi hospital, receives a hero's welcome when she returns to her hometown of Palestine, West Virginia... read more


American Revolution
1779 : Battle of Minisink Ford, New York
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-minisink-ford-new-york


Automotive
2002 : California governor signs new auto emissions legislation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/california-governor-signs-new-auto-emissions-legislation


Civil War
1864 : Battle of Atlanta continues
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-atlanta-continues


Cold War
1987 : Gorbachev accepts ban on intermediate-range nuclear missiles
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gorbachev-accepts-ban-on-intermediate-range-nuclear-missiles


Crime
1923 : Dillinger joins the Navy in an attempt to avoid prosecution
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dillinger-joins-the-navy-in-an-attempt-to-avoid-prosecution

1991 : Cannibal and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is caught
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cannibal-and-serial-killer-jeffrey-dahmer-is-caught


Disaster
1993 : Kaskaskia is inundated by flood of '93
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kaskaskia-is-inundated-by-flood-of-93


General Interest
1916 : The Preparedness Day bombing
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-preparedness-day-bombing

1933 : Wiley Post flies solo around the world
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wiley-post-flies-solo-around-the-world

1934 : Dillinger gunned down
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dillinger-gunned-down

2003 : Qusay and Uday Hussein killed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/qusay-and-uday-hussein-killed


Hollywood
2005 : March of the Penguins debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-of-the-penguins-debuts


Literary
1598 : The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers' Register
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-merchant-of-venice-is-entered-on-the-stationers-register


Music
1977 : Elvis Costello's debut album, My Aim Is True, is released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elvis-costellos-debut-album-my-aim-is-true-is-released


Old West
1793 : Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alexander-mackenzie-reaches-the-pacific-ocean


Presidential
1862 : Lincoln tells his cabinet about Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-tells-his-cabinet-about-emancipation-proclamation


Sports
1990 : Greg LeMond wins second Tour De France
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/greg-lemond-wins-second-tour-de-france


Vietnam War
1967 : Taylor and Clifford begin tour of the Pacific region
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/taylor-and-clifford-begin-tour-of-the-pacific-region

1968 : North Vietnamese condemn Honolulu Conference
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-condemn-honolulu-conference


World War I
1916 : Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/preparedness-day-bombing-in-san-francisco


World War II
1942 : Deportations from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/deportations-from-warsaw-ghetto-to-treblinka-begin