Today In History

Sat., July 22, 2000

In 1933: American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours.

In 1934: John Dillinger was killed by federal agents outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater.

In 1937: The Senate rejected President Roosevelt’s proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.

In 1943: American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.

In 1946: Jewish guerrilla fighters blew up a wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 90 people.

In 1981: Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca was sentenced in Rome to life in prison for shooting Pope John Paul II. (However, Agca was pardoned by Italy last month and sent to Turkey, where he will serve time for a killing that took place before the attack on the pope.)

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