ON THIS DAY ....JULY 22

1933

American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days. 

1934

A man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents in Chicago.

1943

American forces led by General George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily

1955

Roy Rogers show concludes

1978

World's first test tube baby born

1981

Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca was sentenced in Rome to life in prison for shooting Pope John Paul II.  (He served 19 years)

1984

Miss America, Vanessa Williams relinquishes her crown after Penthouse publisher, Larry Flynt announces he will post nude pictures of the beauty queen.

1990

Greg LeMond wins his second Tour de France

1991

Cannibal and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is captured

1992

Columbia drug lord Pablo Escobar (onetime named by Forbes at the 7th richest man) escaped  from his luxury prison near Medellin

1994 

O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ron Goldman

1995  

Susan Smith was convicted by a jury in Union, SC, of first-degree murder for the drowning of her two sons.  (Smith is serving life in prison)

2003

Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai were killed when U.S. forces stormed a villa in Mosul, Iraq

2003 

Jessica Lynch returns home to Virginia to a hero's welcome

2004

The September 11 commission issued a report saying America's leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the 9/11 attacks.