Associated Press
Today in History: Wednesday, July 22, 2015
On July 22, 1934, bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside a movie theater in Chicago.
1587- A second English colony, also fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
1796- The city of Cleveland was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
1933- American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 1/2 hours.
1937- The Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
1943- American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.
1981- Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca was sentenced in Rome to life in prison for shooting Pope John Paul II. (He served 19 years.)
1991- Police in Milwaukee arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who later confessed to murdering 17 men and boys.
1994- O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
1995- 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.)
1998- Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.
2003- Saddam Hussein’s sons Odai and Qusai were killed when U.S. forces stormed a villa in Mosul, Iraq.
2004- The Sept. 11 commission issued a report saying America’s leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the 9/11 attacks.
2006- 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.
Today’s Birthdays:
Actor Danny Glover turns 69 years old today.
Bob Dole, Former Senate majority leader, presidential candidate, 92
Orson Bean, Actor, 87
Oscar de la Renta, Fashion designer, 83
Louise Fletcher, Actress (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”), 81
Terence Stamp, Actor, 77
Alex Trebek, Game show host (“Jeopardy”), 75
George Clinton, Funk singer, 74
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Former U.S. senator, R-Texas, 72
Bobby Sherman, Actor, singer, 72
Albert Brooks, Actor, director, 68
Don Henley, Rock singer (The Eagles), 68
Al Di Meola, Jazz guitarist, 61
Rob Estes, Actor, 52
Emily Saliers, Folk musician, singer (Indigo Girls), 52
John Leguizamo, Actor, 51
David Spade, Actor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”), 51
Rufus Wainwright, Rock singer, 42
Franka Potente, Actress, 41
A.J. Cook, Actress, 37
Selena Gomez, Actress, 23
Prince George, Member of the British royal family, 2
Actor Willem Dafoe turns 60 years old today.