JULY 22: EVENTS: • 1793 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada. • 1894 – The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but The official victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3 hp petrol engined Peugeot. • 1933 – Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles (25,099 km) in seven days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. • 1962 – Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. • 1963 – Sarawak achieve independence. • 1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. BIRTHDAYS: • 1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate • 1915 – Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat • 1923 – Mukesh, Indian singer • 1937 – Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer • 1949 – Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 4th Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates • 1982 – Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: • 1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer • 1908 – Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate • 1915 – Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time • 1918 – Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and pilot • 2013 – Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, Indian civil servant IMPORTANT DAYS: * Pi Approximation Day • Ratcatchers Day • Revolution Day (the Gambia)
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