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Title: Today in History for July 22nd View count: 11979 Rating: 5.0 (6 ratings) Description: TodayInHistoryToday in History for July 22ndToday in History for July 22ndThe Associated PressHighlights of this day in history: Wiley Post completes first solo flight around the world; Robber John Dillinger shot dead; Saddam Hussein's sons killed in Iraq; The September 11th Commission releases its report; Birth of the Frisbee. (July 22)July 22nd, 1933: (AP Photos)Aviator Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world --- in seven days, 18 and three-quarter hours.1934:(AP Archive Video / AP Photos)Federal agents shoot to death a man identified as John Dillinger outside a movie theater in Chicago.Dillinger had been declared "Public Enemy Number One" for his Midwest bank robberies during the Great Depression.2003:(AP Archive Video)In Iraq, Saddam Hussein's sons Odai (oh-DAY) and Qusai (koo-SAY) are killed in a gunbattle with U.S. troops in the northern city of Mosul.That happens a few months after an American-led invasion topples Saddam's regime from power.Months later, U.S. soldiers capture Saddam. He is hanged in December 2006, after he's convicted of crimes against humanity.2004: (AP Photos)The September 11th Commission's final report details U.S. Government failures in preventing the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.Commission chair Thomas Kean (kane).(SOT of Kean)1822:(AP Photos)Gregor Mendel --- the Austrian monk whose work shaped modern genetics --- is born in what's now the Czech Republic.And, 1957: (AP Photos)It's up, up and away for the Frisbee --- as Walter "Fred" Morrison applies for a patent for the plastic "flying toy" that remains a hit.Today in History, July 22nd --- ___ ___, The Associated Press Tags: today, in-history, history, july, 22nd, Author: AssociatedPress |
