July 22 has been a significant date in history with events such as Wiley Post completing the first solo flight around the world in 1933. In 1862, President Lincoln presented a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. Notable deaths include bank robber John Dillinger in 1934 and mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer in 1991. In 2011, Anders Breivik perpetrated a massacre at a youth retreat in Norway. The day also saw the vote to restore Robert E. Lee’s citizenship in 1975 and the indictment of Dylann Roof for hate crimes in 2015.
On July 22, 1933, aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes, landing at Floyd Bennett Field.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln presented a preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet, signifying a pivotal moment in U.S. history.
On July 22, 1934, John Dillinger was killed by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, shortly after watching Manhattan Melodrama.
Anders Breivik massacred 69 people at a Norwegian island youth retreat in 2011, following a bomb detonation in Oslo that killed eight.
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