MC game show Alex Trebek

Events in 1940 and 22-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Alex Trebek

• Winston Churchill becomes Britain's Prime Minister.
• Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico.
• Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania annexed by U.S.S.R.
• Hitler invades Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
• Lascaux caves with Cro-Magnon art discovered by French schoolboy.

Birthday Alex Trebek (22-7) in history

• Day 22-7 year 1796: Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
• Day 22-7 year 1933: Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world.
• Day 22-7 year 1934: John Dillinger was shot to death outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.
• Day 22-7 year 1937: Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" scheme was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
• Day 22-7 year 1975: Congress restored Confederate general Robert E. Lee's U.S. citizenship.
• Day 22-7 year 1990: Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France. A Minnesota native, Lemond was the first American to win the great French cycling race.
• Day 22-7 year 2003: Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Ousay, were killed in a firefight.
• Day 22-7 year 2013: Prince George of Cambridge is born. He is the first child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.