Friday, July 22, 2011

July 22

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1587 Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. The Levettes I'll Try Again A Million Dollars Worth of Girl Groups
2 1706 The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries' Parliaments, lead to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Throwdown Unite You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family
3 1796 Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party. KiD CuDi Cleveland is the Reason a KiD named CuDi
4 1894 The first ever motorized racing event is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The race is won by Comte Jules-Albert de Dion. Figurines Race You Skeleton
5 1934 Outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents. Public Enemy Public Enemy No. 1 Yo! Bum the Rush Show
6 1993 Great Flood of 1993: levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers. Talk Talk After the Flood Laughing Stock

(Historical facts about July 22 are from Wikipedia.)

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