Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Historical Events

1916 – The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City.
1936 – 200″ mirror blank arrives in Pasadena
1957 – USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1972 – 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.
1974 – American Boccaccio Association forms
2005 – 69th Masters Golf Tournament: Tiger Woods wins, shooting a 276

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Famous Birthdays

1633 – Werner Fabricius, composer
1900 – Jean Duvieusart, premier (Belgium 1950)
1927 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1937 – Stan Mellor, British racehorse trainer/jockey
1950 – Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You)
1951 – Steven Seagal, actor (Above the Law, Hard to Kill), born in Detroit, Michigan

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Famous Deaths

1706 – Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
1965 – Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
1988 – Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies
1992 – Ken Ward, dies at 37
2003 – Little Eva [Eva Boyd], American pop singer (Locomotion), dies of cervical cancer at 59
2011 – Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer (b. 1964)

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