Day of the year
July 22
Born on July 22? You're a Cancer with the Ruby birthstone.
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July 22 Zodiac Sign
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
Element: Water
intuitiveloyalnurturingempatheticprotective
Birthstone
Ruby
Birth Flower
Larkspur
Season
Summer
Numerology 2
A number of partnership, balance, and quiet diplomacy.
July 22: This Day in History
- 1209— The Albigensian Crusade began with the massacre of citizens at Béziers, France, killing thousands of Cathar heretics.
- 1376— The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin reportedly took place, with 130 children said to have vanished from the town.
- 1934— FBI agents shot and killed gangster John Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago.
- 1991— Jeffrey Dahmer was formally charged with 17 counts of murder after police searched his apartment in Milwaukee.
- 2011— Anders Behring Breivik carried out two terrorist attacks in Norway, killing 77 people in the deadliest attack in Norwegian peacetime history.
Famous Birthdays on July 22
- Alexander Calder (1898) — sculptor known for mobiles
- Bob Dole (1923) — senator and presidential candidate
- Selena Gomez (1992) — singer and actress
- Danny Glover (1946) — actor
- Prince George (2013) — eldest child of prince william
Did You Know? July 22 Fun Facts
- Selena Gomez became the most-followed person on Instagram at several points in her career.
- The term 'keeping up with the Joneses' is thought to have originated in the early 20th century in the United States.
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