Deaths on July 22

Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician)

Died on July 22, 1903

Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1810)

Cassius Marcellus Clay (October 19, 1810 – July 22, 1903), nicknamed the "Lion of White Hall", was a Kentucky planter, politician and emancipationist who worked for the abolition of slavery. A founding member of the Republican Party in Kentucky, he was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as the U.S. minister to Russia. Clay is credited with gaining Russian support for the Union during the American Civil War.

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Events on 1903

11 Feb

Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)
Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
23 Feb

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1 Oct

Boston Americans
Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
13 Oct

Pittsburgh Pirates
The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
17 Dec

Wright Flyer
The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Deaths on July 22

Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician)

Died on July 22, 1903

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Events on 1903

Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Boston Americans

Pittsburgh Pirates

Wright Flyer