Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/July 22
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- July 22 is Pi Approximation Day.
- 1793 – Alexander Mackenzie became the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
- 1796 - The city of Cleveland was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
- 1933 – Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
- 1940 – Alex Trebek, Canadian game show host, is born.