July 22: Fun Facts about Today in History

(July 22, 1793)
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first known human to cross North America from coast to coast.

(July 22, 1933)
Wiley Post arrives to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City after completing the world's first solo flight in seven days, eighteen hours, and forty-nine minutes.

(July 22, 1977)
Deng Xiaoping returned to power on this day in 1977 after the Chinese Communist Party reinstated all of his old senior appointments, including vice-premier, after he fell out of favour during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76).

(July 22, 1992)
Pablo Escobar, a Colombian drug trafficker, escaped from police custody as he was about to be transferred from La Catedral, a lavish prison he had built, to a more secure institution; he remained a fugitive until December 1993, when he was killed in a gunfight with police.

(Died on July 22, 2018)
Frank Havens, American canoeist (b. 1924).

(July 22, 2019)
Chandrayaan 2, the second lunar exploration project created by the Indian Space Research Organisation following Chandrayaan 1, is launched by a GSLV Mark III M1 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. It is comprised of a lunar orbiter, the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.