TODAY IN HISTORY - July 22nd:

1775 - George Washington takes command of US troops
2003 - Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1940 - Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy)
1943 - Bobby Sherman, actor/singer
1946 - Danny Glover, actor (Lethal Weapon, Operation Dumbo Drop), born in San Francisco, California

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2013 - Prince George of Cambridge, son of Prince William and Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, England (3rd in line to the English throne), born in London, England

GOODBYE TO:

1934 - John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33
1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Years), dies at 89
2008 - Estelle Getty, American actress ("The Golden Girls"), dies of Lewy body disease at 84

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