This is our day guide for Friday July 22nd 2016 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on July 22nd 2016
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Malaysia (regional): Sarawak Day
On 22 July 1963, the British granted Sarawak self-government on the condition that it joined Malaya, North Borneo and Singapore to form Malaysia| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for July 22nd 2016 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 204 of 2016 | |
| 162 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 29 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1992 - Wayne McLaren, who portrayed the Marlboro Man in ads for the cigarette brand, dies (b. 1940). | |
| 1844 - The Rev William Spooner was born in London. He was an albino and suffered defective eyesight and it is thought that this caused some of his verbal confusions which were later dubbed 'spoonerisms'. These included 'it is kisstomary to cuss the bride' and 'you hissed my mystery lecture'. | |
| 1796 - Surveyor Moses Cleaveland meet the mouth of the Cuyahoga River at Lake Erie, decides that this area would be a perfect capital city of the Connecticut Western Reserve, and named the new town after himself. | |
| 1469 - Warwick and Clarence agree to return to England and depose Edward IV in favour of Henry VI, in the Second War of the Roses. |
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