Historically Speaking of July 22nd

July 22, 2006

Today is the 203rd day of the year – there are 162 days remaining in 2006

Notable events from this date:

• 2003 - Saddam Hussein’s sons and 14 year old grandson are killed by American forces in Iraq
• 1991 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is caught by Milwaukee Police
• 1967 - Legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix decides he’s had enough as the Monkees opening act
• 1944 - The Bretton Woods conference which created the World Bank and International Monetary fund closes
• 1943 - Allied forces capture the city of Palermo, Sicily in WW II
• 1934 - Public enemy #1 – John Dillinger – is gunned down by federal agents in Chicago
• 1862 - President Lincoln advises his cabinet of the Emancipation Proclamation, however he would deliver it until the Union Army had won a substantial victory
• 1822 - Austrian monk and “Father of Genetics” Gregor Mendel is born

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