July 22nd is also known as Mango Day as well as Hammock Day.
Today marks the 203rd day of the year. We’re slowly getting through the year, but still have 162 days left until the end of the year.
Everyone who was born on July 22nd shares the same star sign, Cancer.
This day in history was a day of war, rebellious behavior and crimes, but also an interesting day for music, technology advances and movies. Find out all about what happened on July 22 in history.
Did you know that on this day in 2016, Funai Electric announced the world’s last VCR would be made within the month? Demand for VCRs was declining and parts were getting harder to source.
Keep reading for more facts about July 22nd in history!
What Happened On July 22 In History?
2019
Marvel’s “Avengers: Endgame” became the most financially success movie of all time.
On this day the movie had grossed an incredible $2.79 billion!
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UPI
2018
A deadly 106°F heatwave in Japan killed at least 65 people, and more than 22,000 were taken into hospital.
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BBC
2016
Funai Electric announced that the world’s last VCR would be manufactured this month.
Funai began to manufacture video-cassette recorders in 1983, and was selling 15 million units a year at one point. But with technology evolving so many times since then, the equipment needed to build VCRs became too difficult to find.
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CNN
1999
Woodstock ’99 concert took place in Rome, New York, US.
The event was trying to emulate Woodstock 1969. Over 200,000 people attended but ended prematurely due to a range of violent acts.
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Wikipedia
1997
Japan published the first print of the world’s most popular manga-comic series “One Piece”.
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Wikipedia
1991
American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer admitted to murdering 17 people.
11 of the victims were found on Dahmer's "House of Horrors", and he gave no reasons for his crimes. In court he pleaded not guilty on the grounds of insanity. He was sentenced to 15 life terms.
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Today I Found Out
1959
American sci-fi horror movie “Plan 9 From Outer Space” premiered.
The movie is known to be one of the worst films ever made.
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Wikipedia
1893
33-year old Katharine Lee Bates wrote the famous song “America the Beautiful”.
Bates was standing at the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado when she was inspired to write the song. The song started out as a poem which she named "Pikes Peak".
1581
The Staten General of the Netherlands declared that the country no longer recognized Philip II of Spain as its ruler.
This declaration of independence enabled the Duke of Anjou to help the resistors claim the ruling title.
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Wikipedia
