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This Day in History – July 22nd

July 22nd is the 203rd day of the year. There are 162 days remaining until the end of the year Today doubles as National Mango Day, World Brain Day and…

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Dennis Farina died on this day in history.

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July 22nd is the 203rd day of the year. There are 162 days remaining until the end of the year

Today doubles as National Mango Day, World Brain Day and National BLT Sandwich Day.

45 days left until Labor Day, 101 until Halloween and 107 days left in Daylight Saving Time (then we get the hour that went missing in March back!)

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1934

"Public Enemy No. 1", John Dillinger, was killed by FBI agents outside of Chicago's Biograph Theatre

1942

The Holocaust, the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, began.

1969

Aretha Franklin was arrested by the Detroit police for causing a disturbance in a parking lot. She reportedly ran down a street sign as she drove away from the police station.

1991

Police in Milwaukee arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

1991

Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, charged she'd been raped by boxer Mike Tyson in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson was later convicted of rape and served 3 years in prison.

1992

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escaped from his luxury prison near Medellin. He would be killed by security forces in December 1993.

1994

O.J. Simpson declared himself '100 percent not guilty' in the slayings of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.

1995

Shania Twain had her first #1 hit as "Any Man of Mine" topped the Billboard country music chart.
AND The Daily Show premiered on Comedy Central

1999

JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy were buried at sea
.

2008

Estelle Getty ("Golden Girls" actress) died.

2009

DEA agents raided the offices of Michael Jackson's physician, Dr Conrad Murray. They were looking for medical notes and records of prescriptions he wrote for the star.

2013

Former Police-Officer-turned-actors Dennis Farina died.

2013

Brewers slugger Ryan Braun was suspended for the rest of the 2013 season for "violations of the Basic Agreement and its Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program." In other words "Performance Enhancing Drugs."

2015

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! aired on SyFy. Believe it or not, Sharknado 6 was shot in 2018...the last in the sequence - so far!