On This Day for July 22 - Deng Xiaoping reinstated, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. July 22 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1977 Deng Xiaoping reinstated READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2013: Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, the first child of Prince William, duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, duchess of Cambridge, was born in London. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about English royalty.] 2011: Terrorist attacks on Oslo and the island of Utøya in Norway resulted in the deaths of 77 people; Anders Behring Breivik later confessed to the attacks. 1923: American baseball player Walter Johnson became the first pitcher in the MLB to strike out 3,000 batters; his career record of 3,508 strikeouts stood until 1983. [ Test your knowledge of baseball.] 1923: Bob Dole—U.S. senator (1968–96), Republican congressional leader, and his party's candidate for the presidency in 1996—was born in Russell, Kansas. [ Take our quiz about the history of American politics.] 1812: The duke of Wellington defeated "40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes" at Salamanca, Spain, during the Peninsular War. [ Take our history of war quiz.] 1456: Hungarian forces led by János Hunyadi, including an untrained army of peasants, won one of the most remarkable victories in the history of Turkish wars, resisting the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II 's siege of Belgrade. [ How much do you know about the Ottoman Empire?] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1992 Selena Gomez American actress and singer 1955 Willem Dafoe American actor 1822 Gregor Mendel botanist 1947 Albert Brooks American actor, comedian, writer, and director 1882 Edward Hopper American artist 1923 Bob Dole United States senator SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help