July 22nd, 2008
July 22nd in History
1946:
King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 90.
1943:
Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo.
1805:
inconclusive battle of Cape Finisterre fought between a combined French and Spanish fleets under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
1793:
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico.
1499:
The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I.
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