July 22nd in History
July 22nd
1216 French Prince Louis begins siege of Dover Castle in Kent, England - abandoned that October. Influential in denying Louis the English throne.
1298 English defeat the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk.
On 22nd July 1817, Windham Sadler became the first person to succeed in crossing the Irish Sea by hot air balloon, landing near Holyhead.
Sadler lifted off from the Portobello Barracks at Dublin and ascended to a good height to catch a suitable westerly current which enabled him to fly the balloon across the Irish Sea. In mid-channel, he wrote, ‘I enjoyed at a glance the opposite shores of Ireland and Wales, and the entire circumference of Man.’
1933 Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world, taking 7 days and 19 hours.
On 22nd July 1966 fifteen people, among them four children, were killed in a ferry boat accident in the Mawddach Estuary near Dolgellau. Thirty-nine people were on board the Prince Of Wales ferry as it was nearing the end of its pleasure trip from Barmouth to the George III hotel when the tragedy happened. The skipper was manoeuvring the boat towards the jetty when the vessel was washed into the wooden toll bridge at Penmaenpool and the passengers were thrown into the fast-running incoming tide.
Rescue efforts were initiated by the hotel's proprietor, John Hall, who along with his daughter Christine and the hotel's chef, David Jones and barman, Robert Jones, entered the water to take survivors ashore. Mr Hall's wife, Meinir and their youngest daughter Gail, then tended to those rescued in the hotel.
1969 Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's choice of Prince Juan Carlos as his successor is ratified by the Spanish Parliament.
22 Jul 1967
Pink Floyd appeared at The Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland. The venue is home to one of Scotland's finest dance floors - famous for its bounce - which floats on fixed steel springs. During the 1960s The Beatles (in 1963), Small Faces and Cream all appeared at the Beach.
22 Jul 1965
Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman from The Rolling Stones were each fined £5 at East Ham Magistrates Court, London, after being found guilty of 'insulting behaviour' at a Romford Road service station. The three had all urinated against a wall after the service station attendant had refused them the use of the facilities.
1216 French Prince Louis begins siege of Dover Castle in Kent, England - abandoned that October. Influential in denying Louis the English throne.
1298 English defeat the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk.
On 22nd July 1817, Windham Sadler became the first person to succeed in crossing the Irish Sea by hot air balloon, landing near Holyhead.
Sadler lifted off from the Portobello Barracks at Dublin and ascended to a good height to catch a suitable westerly current which enabled him to fly the balloon across the Irish Sea. In mid-channel, he wrote, ‘I enjoyed at a glance the opposite shores of Ireland and Wales, and the entire circumference of Man.’
1933 Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world, taking 7 days and 19 hours.
On 22nd July 1966 fifteen people, among them four children, were killed in a ferry boat accident in the Mawddach Estuary near Dolgellau. Thirty-nine people were on board the Prince Of Wales ferry as it was nearing the end of its pleasure trip from Barmouth to the George III hotel when the tragedy happened. The skipper was manoeuvring the boat towards the jetty when the vessel was washed into the wooden toll bridge at Penmaenpool and the passengers were thrown into the fast-running incoming tide.
Rescue efforts were initiated by the hotel's proprietor, John Hall, who along with his daughter Christine and the hotel's chef, David Jones and barman, Robert Jones, entered the water to take survivors ashore. Mr Hall's wife, Meinir and their youngest daughter Gail, then tended to those rescued in the hotel.
1969 Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's choice of Prince Juan Carlos as his successor is ratified by the Spanish Parliament.
22 Jul 1967
Pink Floyd appeared at The Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland. The venue is home to one of Scotland's finest dance floors - famous for its bounce - which floats on fixed steel springs. During the 1960s The Beatles (in 1963), Small Faces and Cream all appeared at the Beach.
22 Jul 1965
Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman from The Rolling Stones were each fined £5 at East Ham Magistrates Court, London, after being found guilty of 'insulting behaviour' at a Romford Road service station. The three had all urinated against a wall after the service station attendant had refused them the use of the facilities.
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