July 22 has brought notorious crimes, scientific discoveries, and political upheavals throughout history.
FBI agents shot and killed notorious bank robber John Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago. Dillinger had been named 'Public Enemy Number One' and his death marked a triumph for J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.
Anders Behring Breivik carried out a bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting at a youth camp on Utøya island, killing 77 people. It was the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II.
General Moses Cleaveland founded a settlement at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River on Lake Erie. The city became a major industrial center, though a newspaper later dropped the 'a' from his name to fit a headline.
English colonists arrived on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina in a second attempt at settlement. The colony famously vanished, becoming known as the 'Lost Colony' with only the word 'CROATOAN' left behind.
The Irgun, a Zionist paramilitary organization, bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91 people. The attack targeted the British Mandate authorities and escalated the conflict over Palestine.
King Edward I issued an edict expelling all Jews from England, making it the first country to do so. Jews were not formally readmitted until 1657 under Oliver Cromwell.
US forces killed Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay in a raid in Mosul, Iraq. Their deaths were seen as a significant blow to the former Iraqi regime's influence.