Kilauea Summer School Class at Uwekahuna Observatory

July 22, 1932
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Born July 22, 1898 in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania Stephen Vincent Benét was a prolific author of prose and poetry. He’s shown here as a Yale student in 1919, two years after his first book was published. He often wrote of America’s history, in works like John Brown’s Body and The Devil and Daniel Webster.
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Born July 22, 1882,American artist Edward Hopper once said his favorite thing to paint was “sunlight on the side of a house.” Although he did that well and often, Hopper is best known for “Nighthawks,” painted in 1942 and inspired by a New York diner. He and his wife, Jo, were models for the couple.

July 22, 1893 – While teaching an English summer course at Colorado College Wellesley professor Katharine LeeBates took an arduous trip by wagon and mule to the summit of Pike’s Peak. “All the wonder of America seemed displayed there,” she noted, inspiring her to write the song “America the Beautiful.”

On July 22, 1796,American Revolutionary WarGeneral Moses Cleaveland of Connecticut with agroup of surveyors established the City of Cleavelandin Ohio. Historians speculate that the “a” was dropped in error or to make room for a newspaper headline in the early 1800s.
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Emma Lazarus, the American poet who wrote the famous poem “The New Colossus,”was born on July 22, 1849 in New York City. She started writing poetry as a girlaround the time of the American Civil War.
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Rose Kennedy, the mother of President John F. Kennedy, was born on July 22, 1890 in Boston, Massachusetts.
In the early 1950s she was recognized by the Pope in Rome for her charity.

Caption reads “Miss Valentine Conwell, age 3 years and 4 months, the youngest cyclist in the world.”
Image dated July 22, 1895
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WWII Veteran and United States Senator Bob Dole was born on July 22, 1923 in Russell, Kansas.
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Soldiers of the 151st infantry debarking from an LCI at New Georgia on July 22, 1943.
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Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid on board the USS Enterprise on July 22, 1942

Grand Falls at Niagara from near the observatory, Goat Island, July 22, 1846.
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This photograph, likely taken on July 22, 1864, shows Union soldiers reclining inside a Confederate fortification in Atlanta, Georgia—possibly justhours after the ferocious Battle of Atlanta. The men’s relaxed posture and idle artillery suggest the fighting has ceased, while the fort’s intact barricades indicate recent occupation without sustained bombardment. The image aligns with known patterns of Civil War photography—especially that of George N. Barnard—who documented Civil War aftermaths. Barnard was active in Atlanta on July 22, and similar photos from his series are explicitly dated to that day. Strategically, this moment marks a turning point: Sherman’s forces have repelled Hood’s attack and now begin tightening their grip on Atlanta, paving the way for the infamous March to the Sea. The stillness here is deceptive; it is the eye of a campaign that will carve its way through Georgia, reshape Southern infrastructure, and solidify the war’s psychological impact.

At the 1900 Summer Olympicsin Paris, France
Americantrack and field star,Walter Tewksbury of Pennsylvania won his 5th Olympic medal on July 22nd.