Today in History for 22nd July 2017:
Historical Events
1918 – Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah’s Wasatch National Park
1933 – Caterina Jarboro sings “Aida”, NYC-1st negro prima donna in US
1962 – 44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink GC PA
1963 – The Beatles release “Introducing the Beatles”
1967 – Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Ladies’ Golf Open
1975 – US House of Representives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee
Famous Birthdays
1907 – Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore’s national anthem (d. 1987)
1935 – Tom Cartwright, England cricket medium pacer (5 Tests 1964-65)
1954 – Henriette Allais playmate (Mar, 1980), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1964 – John Leguizamo, Bogotá, Colombia, Colombian American actor (Mambo Mouth, Whispers in the Dark)
1965 – Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor
1992 – Selena Gomez, American actress and singer (Revival, Stars Dance), born in Grand Prairie, Texas
Famous Deaths
1477 – Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 39
1525 – Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
1840 – Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83
1990 – Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
2006 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
2012 – George A. Miller, American psychologist, dies at 92