Today In History. What Happened This Day In History A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history. Today in History July 22 1298 : King Edward I defeats Scots under William Wallace at Falkirk. 1515 : Emperor Maximillian and Vladislav of Bohemia forge an alliance between the Hapsburg and Jagiello dynasties in Vienna. 1652 : Prince Condes rebels narrowly defeat Chief Minister Mazarins loyalist forces at St. Martin, near Paris. 1789 : Thomas Jefferson becomes the first head of the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs. 1812 : A British army under the Duke of Wellington defeats the French at Salamanca, Spain. 1814 : Five Indian tribes in Ohio make peace with the United States and declare war on Britain. 1881 : The first volume of The War of the Rebellion: A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, is published. 1894 : The first automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen, France. 1934 : American gangster John Dillinger is shot dead by FBI officers outside a Chicago cinema. 1938 : The Third Reich issues special identity cards for Jewish Germans. 1943 : Palermo, Sicily surrenders to General George S. Pattons Seventh Army. 1966 : B-52 bombers hit the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam for the first time. Born on July 22 1822 : Gregor Johann Mendel, Austrian botanist, genetics pioneer. 1849 : Emma Lazarus, American poet. 1881 : Margery Williams Bianco, author (The Velveteen Rabbit). 1882 : Edward Hopper, painter (Nighthawks). 1887 : Gustav Hertz, German physicist. 1888 : Selman Abraham Waksman, biochemist. 1893 : Karl Menninger, American physiscian, founder of the Menninger Foundation. 1898 : Stephen Vincent Benet, poet and short-story writer (John Browns Body). 1898 : Alexander Calder, sculptor. 1908 : Amy Vanderbilt, American journalist, etiquette authority. 1923 : Robert Dole, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate. 1932 : Megan Terry, playwright (Calm Down Mother, Goona Goona). 1936 : Tom Robbins, novelist (Another Roadside Attraction, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues). 1946 : Paul Schrader, screenwriter and film director (Taxi Driver).
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