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.