Holidays Calendar for July 22, 2023
On July 22, the Swazi celebrate the birthday of King Sobhuza II, the first king of independent Swaziland. The birth anniversary of the late monarch is one of the public holidays in the Kingdom of Eswatini.
Revolution Day is one of the public holidays in the Gambia. It is celebrated on July 22 to commemorate the 1994 coup d'état led by Yahya Jammeh.
World Brain Day is an annual observance celebrated on July 22. It was instituted by the World Federation of Neurology to raise awareness of the importance of brain health.
National Press Day in Azerbaijan is celebrated on June 22 each year. This professional holiday commemorates the anniversary of the first publication of Akinchi (Ekinchi), the first newspaper fully printed in the Azerbaijani language in the Russian Empire.
Attorney Day (Hari Kejaksaan / Hari Bhakti Adhyaksa) is observed in Indonesia on July 22. On this day in 1960, the office of the Attorney General became a separate institution independent of the Ministry of Justice.
Retail Trade Worker's Day is a professional holiday, that is observed in the Russian Federation every fourth Saturday in July. The holiday existed unofficially for a long time, but it was legislatively established only in 2013.
There is a common misconception that the cowboy culture has almost faded into oblivion in the modern age, but this is not true. Cowboys have simply adapted to the modern world while preserving many of their classic traditions. National Day of the Cowboy, observed annually on the fourth Saturday of July, was created to celebrate cowboy culture and history.
Sarawak Independence Day (Hari Kemerdekaan Sarawak), also known as simply Sarawak Day (Hari Sarawak), is an official holiday in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is observed annually on July 22 to commemorate the day when Sarawak was granted self-government and became de facto independent from the United Kingdom.
Bohol Day (Araw ng Bohol) is a special non-working holiday in the province of Bohol, Philippines. It was established to commemorate the province’s founding anniversary.
Claveria Day (Araw ng Claveria) is a special non-working holiday in the municipality of Claveria, Misamis Oriental, Philippines. It was established to commemorate the town’s founding anniversary.
July 22 is National Penuche Fudge Day in the United States. Penuche is a type of fudge made with butter, milk, and brown sugar and flavored with vanilla. It has a lighter texture than regular fudge and often has a tannish color due to the caramelization of brown sugar.
Rat Catcher's Day (also spelled Rat-catcher's Day and Ratcatcher's Day) is an informal holiday that commemorates the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. It has two possible dates: June 26 or July 22.
The mathematical constant π (pi) is special for a number of reasons. One of them is that there are at least two holidays dedicated to pi: Pi Day celebrated on March 14 and Pi Approximation Day observed on July 22.
Celebrate delicious juicy mangoes on July 22 because it is National Mango Day. The holiday originated in India, where mango is officially regarded as the national fruit, but it has been adopted in the United States thanks to the National Mango Board.
July 22 is the perfect day to lie down in a hammock and take a nap, read a book, enjoy the summer breeze, swing back and forth, or just watch the clouds drift by because it is National Hammock Day — a relaxing holiday that will help your forget all your troubles for a little while and recharge.
Spoonerism Day is a fun holiday celebrated annually on July 22. It has nothing to do with spoons; spoonerisms are slips of the tongue or a type of wordplay in which the corresponding sounds of two words in a phrase are switched.
National Fragile X Awareness Day is observed every July 22 to educate the general public about a genetic disorder linked to the X chromosome (hence the name) and raise awareness of the importance of its research.
Festivals on July 22, 2023
- Interceltic Festival of Avilés in Avilés, Spain
- Celebration of Light in Vancouver, Canada
- Cinehill Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia
- HYPER JAPAN in London, United Kingdom
- Jackson Hot Air Jubilee in Jackson, USA
- Boryeong Mud Festival in Boryeong, South Korea
- Crop Over in Bridgetown, Barbados
- Tomorrowland Belgium in Boom, Belgium
- Great Wellsville Balloon Rally in Wellsville, USA
- Latitude Festival in Southwold, United Kingdom
- Saulkrasti Jazz Festival in Saulkrasti, Latvia
- New Horizons International Film Festival in Wrocław, Poland
- Stan Rogers Folk Festival in Canso, Canada
- Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada
- Giffoni Film Festival in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy
This Day in History
- 2013 Born: Prince George of Wales, member of the British royal family, the eldest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales.
- 2011 Two domestic terrorist attacks were carried out by far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik against the Norwegian government, the civilian population, and a Workers' Youth League summer camp.
- 2003 A compound in Iraq was attacked by members of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army, aided by Special Forces. During the operation, Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay were killed.
- 1992 Born: Selena Gomez, American singer, actress, producer, and businesswoman. She rose to prominence and emerged as a teen idol for her leading role as Alex Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place.
- 1992 Died: Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, model, actor, and rodeo performer. He did promotional work for the famous Marlboro cigarette advertising campaign as the "Marlboro Man".
- 1978 Born: A. J. Cook, Canadian actress best known for her role as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau on the long-running CBS crime drama Criminal Minds.
- 1974 Born: Franka Potente, German actress whose breakthrough came in 1998, when she starred in the acclaimed action thriller Run Lola Run.
- 1967 Born: Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor known for his roles in Notting Hill, Kevin & Perry Go Large, Enduring Love, The King's Man, the Harry Potter franchise, and Spider Man films.
- 1955 Born: Willem Dafoe, American actor known for his frequent collaborations with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers.
- 1951 The Soviet Union launched a space mission with passengers Dezik and Tsygan, who became the first dogs to make a suborbital flight. Both dogs survived.
- 1950 Died: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian politician, the 10th Prime Minister of Canada. He was keenly interested in the human condition and played a major role in laying the foundation of the Canadian welfare state.
- 1947 Born: Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer who is a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he is the drummer and co-lead vocalist, as well as the sole continuous member of the band.
- 1946 Born: Danny Glover, American actor, producer, and political activist who is widely known for his lead role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series.
- 1946 Born: Mireille Mathieu, French singer, who was referred to as the "New Piaf". She recorded 1200 songs in 11 languages and sold 122 million albums worldwide.
- 1946 A Zionist underground organization, the Irgun, bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, the site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandate Palestine. 91 people were killed.
- 1944 The Polish Committee of National Liberation published its manifesto that marked the start of the period of Communist rule in Poland.
- 1943 Born: Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor, a popular teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He starred in Wild in the Streets, He Is My Brother, Get Crazy, and recorded a number of singles and albums.
- 1934 Died: John Dillinger, American bank robber, the enemy of the state number one. His band robbed four police stations and twenty four banks.
- 1933 Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world. His travel lasted for 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
- 1932 Died: Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor, known for his pioneering experiments in radio. He received hundreds of patents for devices in the fields of high-powered transmitting, television and sonar.
- 1915 Died: Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor. He developed and proposed standard time zones, which is regarded as one of his greatest achievements.
- 1908 Died: Randal Cremer, British politician, pacifist, and a leading advocate for international arbitration. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 for his work with the international arbitration movement.
- 1894 The first ever motor race was held between the cities of Paris and Rouen, France. The first prize was equally shred between the cars Panhard et Levassor and Peugeot.
- 1888 Born: Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born, Jewish-American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate for the discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic against tuberculosis.
- 1887 Born: Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic. His greatest lifetime achievement was the Nobel Prize in Physics he received in1925.
- 1882 Born: Edward Hopper, American painter, best known for his oil paintings. He depicted urban and rural scenes that reflected his personal vision of modern American life.
- 1878 Born: Janusz Korczak, Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author, pedagogue, and early children's right advocate. He spent many years running an orphanage in Warsaw.
- 1869 Died: John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, best remembered for his designs of wire rope suspension bridges. The famous Brooklyn Bridge was designed by him.
- 1826 Died: Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer. He is perhaps most famous for his discovery of the first dwarf planet, Ceres.
- 1818 Died: Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and pilot. He served in the First World War with the Royal Flying Corps. In just over 170 hours flying time he destroyed 10 enemy aircraft.
- 1793 Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean and became the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
- 1713 Born: Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, known for introducing neoclassicism to the architecture of France. One of his most famous works is the Panthéon in Paris, built in 1755.
- 1456 John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeated Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire, ending the siege of Belgrade, also known as the siege of Nándorfehérvár in Hungary.
- 1298 Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeated William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons in the Battle of Falkirk, one of the major battles of the First War of Scottish Independence.