On this day in history - Today, July, 22

Today in History

• 2011 Lone wolf extremist goes on a massacre in Norway

  Anders Behring Breivik an anti-Islamist extremist placed a car bomb in front of the Norwegian Prime

• 2003 Raid in Mosul

  A raid on a compound near Mosul, Iraq by United States Army 101st Airborne Division ended with the d

• 1983 First solo helicopter flight around the world

  Australian Dick Smith became the first person to fly a helicopter around the world solo. He started

• 1933 American aviator Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the Earth

  Post landed on Floyd Bennett Field in New York 7 days after he departed alone from the same airfield

• 1894 World's first competitive motor race

  The Paris–Rouen, Le Petit Journal Competition for Horseless Carriages was the world's first city to