Wednesday 22nd of July 1676

239th Pope Clemens X dies of gout at the age of 86 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Tuesday 22nd of July 1800

Christian mystic and visionary Jakob Lorber aka Der Schreibknecht Gottes is born in Kanischa, Spodnja Štajerska, Slovenia.

Monday 22nd of July 1844

Oxford don William Archibald Spooner known for Spoonerism is born in 17 Chapel Street, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Saturday 22nd of July 1882

Artist Edward Hopper is born in 82 N Broadway, Nyack, New York, United States.

Thursday 22nd of July 1886

Victim of Karl Großmann aka Die Bestie vom Schlesischen Bahnhof Marie Nitschke is born in Dresden, Sachsen, Germany.

Monday 22nd of July 1889

Film director James Whale known for Frankenstein is born in Dudley, Worcestershire, United Kingdom.

Saturday 22nd of July 1893

Psychiatrist Karl Augustus Menninger is born in Topeka, Kansas, United States.

Friday 22nd of July 1898

Sculptor Alexander 'Sandy' Calder is born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania, United States.

Calder's actual birthday remains a source of much confusion. According to Calder's mother he was born on 22 August yet his birth certificate at Philadelphia City Hall stated 22 July. When Calder's family learned about the birth certificate they reasserted with certainty that city officials had made a mistake.

Saturday 22nd of July 1933

35-year-old Aviation pioneer Wiley Hardeman Post becomes the first man to fly around the world solo from New York to Berlin, Königsberg, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Rukhlovo, Khabarovsk, Flat, Fairbanks, Edmonton, and back to New York in Floyd Bennett Field, New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Fifty thousand people greeted Post on his return after 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes.

Sunday 22nd of July 1934

Bank robber John Herbert Dillinger is supposedly shot dead by Melvin Purvis at the age of 31 in Biograph Theater, 2433 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Dillinger was struck four times, with two bullets grazing him, one cut a superficial hole in his right side, and the fatal shot - which entered Dillinger through the back of his neck, severed his spinal cord and tore through his brain before exiting out the front of his head just under his right eye, severing two sets of veins and arteries. An ambulance was summoned though it was clear Dillinger had quickly died from his gunshot wounds. At 10:50 p.m. Dillinger was pronounced dead at Alexian Brothers Hospital. He died without saying a word. There were reports of people dipping their handkerchiefs and skirts into the blood pool that had formed.In 'The Dillinger Dossier' author Jay Robert Nash maintains that Dillinger escaped death at the Biograph Theater simply by not being there. In his stead was a 'Jimmy Lawrence', a local Chicago petty criminal whose appearance was similar to Dillinger's.

Wednesday 22nd of July 1936

A decapitated body is found as fifth victim of Unidentified serial killer Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run aka Cleveland Torso Murderer in Clinton Road, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

The victim was dismembered while still alive. His head was recovered.

Saturday 22nd of July 1939

Actor Terence Henry Stamp is born in London, Stepney, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Monday 22nd of July 1946

91 die in bomb attack in King David Hotel, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, Israel.

The bombing was a terrorist attack by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization the Irgun on the British administrative headquarters for Palestine which was housed in the southern wing of the hotel.

Tuesday 22nd of July 1952

Victim of the Zodiac Killer Betty Lou Jensen is born in Hawkins, Colorado, United States.

Wednesday 22nd of July 1964

26-year-old Elly Hager-Segov is strangled and her throat cut by serial killer Hans van Zon in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Wednesday 22nd of July 1964

17-year-old Danuta Maciejowicz is strangled and mutilated by serial killer Łucjan Staniak aka The Red Spider of Katowice in Olsztyn, Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland.

On 24 July the magazine 'Kulisy' received a poem from Staniak. "I picked a juicy flower in Olsztyn and I will do it again, because there is no Christmas without a funeral."

Thursday 22nd of July 1965

45-year-old Jadwiga Zygmunt is strangled by serial killer Zdzisław Marchwicki aka The Zagłębie Vampire in Sosnowiec, Województwo Sląskie, Poland.

Sunday 22nd of July 1973

Cop killer Ronald Ray Howard is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

Tuesday 22nd of July 1980

21-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Untitled Series - 1' in Prinsenhof 03, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

I have cut my hair and thrown it in the sink. Then I have made a cut on the inside of my elbow with a razorblade and let the blood run down off my arm onto the cut-off hair.

Monday 22nd of July 1991

31-year-old Serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal is arrested in Oxford Apartments #213, 924 25th North Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

Two Milwaukee police officers were flagged down by Tracy Edwards at the corner of North 25th Street. The officers noted Edwards had a handcuff attached to his wrist whereupon Edwards explained to the officers that a 'freak' had placed the handcuffs upon him. When the officers and Edwards arrived at Apartment 213, Dahmer invited the trio inside and acknowledged he had indeed placed the handcuffs upon Edwards. In the bedroom, officer Rolf Mueller noted there was a large knife beneath the bed; he also saw an open drawer which, upon closer inspection, contained scores of Polaroid pictures - many of which were of human bodies in various stages of dismemberment. Mueller noted the decor indicated they had been taken in the very apartment in which they were standing. He walked into the living room to show them to his partner, uttering the words, "These are for real."

Saturday 22nd of July 2006

47-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'He Just Wanted to Play in his Bath Tube and Put a Finger in his Ass' in Vilma Gold Gallery, Schlesische Straße 26, Berlin, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.

During a live video-performance by artist Brock Enright the audience was encouraged to react to notes he wrote before a camera from his New York bathroom. He smeared ketchup all over himself and tried to provoke some violence from the audience. After a while I stepped in front of the camera and told him I wanted real blood. He kept provoking and wrote “I’m scared”. I took a shard of glass from the floor and cut my chest until blood streamed down, put my shirt back on and left.

Saturday 22nd of July 2006

The grave of Ulrike Marie Meinhof in Dreifaltigkeitskirchhof III, Eisenacher Straße 61, Berlin, Mariendorf, Berlin, Germany.