On This Very Day
July 22nd
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- 1796
Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland
- 1918
Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park
- 1933
Wiley Post completes 1st solo flight round the world
- 1992
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes prison
- 1999
Woodstock '99 music festival begins at Griffiss Park, NY
- 2012
At least 77 people are killed by rain in Beijing, China
- 2019
Avengers: Endgame becomes highest-grossing film
- 1934
John Dillinger American bank robber gunned down
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