TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2008

Today is Tuesday, July 22, the 204th day of 2008. There are 162 days left in the year.

1775 _ George Washington takes command of the troops

1812 _ Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain

1912 _ 5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes

1917 _ Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian P.M.

1923 _ Walter Johnson becomes the first to strikeout 3,000

1939 _ First black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)

1967 _ Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour

1983 _ Poland's P.M. Jaruzelski lifts martial law

1983 _ Dick Smith makes first solo helicopter flight around the world

1988 _ 500 U.S. scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research