The Birthday Gazette

Born on July 22

July 22 birthdays & history

If you were born on July 22, you share a birthday with Selena Gomez, Gustav Ludwig Hertz and Willem Dafoe. July 22 babies are Cancer, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 22 is the 204th day of the year in leap years (203rd in other years).

Famous people born on July 22

  • 1992Selena Gomez, American singer and actress
  • 1887Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1955Willem Dafoe, American actor
  • 1878Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author
  • 2013Prince George of Wales, British prince (born 2013)
  • 1784Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer
  • 1888Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1960John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1934Louise Fletcher, American actress
  • 1998Federico Valverde, Uruguayan footballer

What happened on July 22

  • 1817Windham William Sadler made the first successful aerial crossing of the Irish Sea, which he accomplished by balloon.
  • 1880Abdur Rahman is proclaimed emir of Afghanistan after having been accepted as ruler by the British.
  • 1893Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • 1894Jules-Albert de Dion finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.
  • 1933Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
  • 1937New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • 1944The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
  • 1951Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.
  • 1963The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak; the day would be celebrated as Sarawak Day.
  • 1963Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance.
  • 1977Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
  • 1997Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece, the best-selling manga series in history, debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Also observed on July 22

  • Sarawak Independence Day (Sarawak, Malaysia)

Questions, answered

What star sign is July 22?

People born on July 22 are Cancer. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.

Which famous people were born on July 22?

Selena Gomez (1992), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Willem Dafoe (1955), Janusz Korczak (1878), Prince George of Wales (2013), Friedrich Bessel (1784) were all born on July 22.

What happened on July 22 in history?

Among other things: in 1963, Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance; in 1977, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power; in 1997, Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece, the best-selling manga series in history, debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Can I get a newspaper front page from July 22?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 22 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “July 22”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.