Today in History for 22nd July 2022:
Historical Events
1731 – Spain signs Treaty of Vienna
1923 – Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson becomes 1st to reach 3,000 career strikeout milestone (en route to 3,508) with 5 K’s in 3-1 win over Cleveland Indians
1925 – NY Yankees buy future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Leo Durocher from Hartford Senators (Eastern League)
1940 – Dutch Prime minister Dirk Jan De Geer meets Adolf Hitler seeking peace talks
1959 – Natural gas found at Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands
1967 – 1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC)
Famous Birthdays
1830 – Herbert Stanley Oakeley, English composer, born in Ealing (d. 1903)
1863 – Alec Hearne, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1894; Kent), born in Ealing, England (d. 1952))
1889 – Frederick Preston Search, American cellist, composer and conductor (Bridge Builders), born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 1959)
1926 – Bryan Forbes, director and producer (Endless Games, King Rat), (d. 2013)
1957 – Dave Stieb, American MLB pitcher (7-time All Star, Blue Jays), born in Santa Ana, California
1967 – Pat Badger, American heavy metal bassist (Extreme – “More Than Words”), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Famous Deaths
1929 – Édouard Empain, Belgian railway builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76
1934 – John Dillinger, Notorious American bank robber, shot dead at 31 by federal agents at the Biograph Theater in Chicago
1992 – Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51
2003 – Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
2018 – Tony Sparano, American football coach (Miami Dolphins 2008-11; Oakland Raiders 2014), dies of a heart attack at 56
2018 – Rene Portland, American college basketball coach (Penn State 1980-2007), dies of cancer at 65