Births on July 28

Jacques Piccard

Born on July 28, 1922

Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (d. 2008)

Jacques Piccard (28 July 1922 – 1 November 2008) was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed underwater submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, he and Lt. Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the first people to explore the deepest known part of the world's ocean, and the deepest known location on the surface of Earth's crust, the Mariana Trench, located in the western North Pacific Ocean.

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Events on 1922

11 Jan

Diabetes mellitus
First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
2 Feb

James Joyce
Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
13 Sep

Great Fire of Smyrna
The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
4 Nov

Tutankhamun
In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
24 Nov

Executions during the Irish Civil War
Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Robert Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.

Births on July 28

Jacques Piccard

Born on July 28, 1922

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Events on 1922

Diabetes mellitus

James Joyce

Great Fire of Smyrna

Tutankhamun

Executions during the Irish Civil War