{"id":20897,"date":"2015-07-22T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=20897"},"modified":"2015-07-22T08:54:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T13:54:26","slug":"today-in-history-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=20897","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"John<\/a>
John Dillinger, center, strikes a friendly pose with Lake County, Ind., prosecutor Robert Estill in the jail at Crown Point, Ind., in 1934. Dillinger, awaiting trial in the murder of a policeman, escaped from jail a few weeks later. He was gunned down by federal agents in Chicago that summer. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Associated Press<\/p>\n

Today in History: Wednesday, July 22, 2015<\/p>\n

On July 22, 1934, bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside a movie theater in Chicago.
\n1587- A second English colony, also fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
\n1796- The city of Cleveland was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
\n1933- American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 1\/2 hours.
\n1937- The Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
\n1943- American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.
\n1981- Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca was sentenced in Rome to life in prison for shooting Pope John Paul II. (He served 19 years.)
\n1991- Police in Milwaukee arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who later confessed to murdering 17 men and boys.
\n1994- O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
\n1995- Susan Smith was convicted by a jury in Union, S.C., of first-degree murder for drowning her two sons. (She is serving life in prison.)
\n1998- Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.
\n2003- Saddam Hussein’s sons Odai and Qusai were killed when U.S. forces stormed a villa in Mosul, Iraq.
\n2004- The Sept. 11 commission issued a report saying America’s leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the 9\/11 attacks.
\n2006- Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers knocked down a fence and barreled over the Lebanese border as forces seized the village of Maroun al-Ras from Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

Today’s Birthdays:
\nActor Danny Glover turns 69 years old today.
\nBob Dole, Former Senate majority leader, presidential candidate, 92
\nOrson Bean, Actor, 87
\nOscar de la Renta, Fashion designer, 83
\nLouise Fletcher, Actress (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”), 81
\nTerence Stamp, Actor, 77
\nAlex Trebek, Game show host (“Jeopardy”), 75
\nGeorge Clinton, Funk singer, 74
\nKay Bailey Hutchison, Former U.S. senator, R-Texas, 72
\nBobby Sherman, Actor, singer, 72
\nAlbert Brooks, Actor, director, 68
\nDon Henley, Rock singer (The Eagles), 68
\nAl Di Meola, Jazz guitarist, 61
\nRob Estes, Actor, 52
\nEmily Saliers, Folk musician, singer (Indigo Girls), 52
\nJohn Leguizamo, Actor, 51
\nDavid Spade, Actor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”), 51
\nRufus Wainwright, Rock singer, 42
\nFranka Potente, Actress, 41
\nA.J. Cook, Actress, 37
\nSelena Gomez, Actress, 23
\nPrince George, Member of the British royal family, 2
\nActor Willem Dafoe turns 60 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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