| General Information for July 22nd 2018 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 203 of 2018 |
| 162 days left in 2018 |
| Week 29 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1969 - The death of the tallest ever giraffe is recorded in The Guinness Book of Records. |
| 1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld, the US impresario famed for his girls and staircases in his Follies shows, died. |
| 1844 - The Rev William Spooner was born in London. He was an albino and suffered defective eyesight and it is thought that this caused some of his verbal confusions which were later dubbed 'spoonerisms'. These included 'it is kisstomary to cuss the bride' and 'you hissed my mystery lecture'. |
| 1376 - The mass abduction of children from the town of Hamelin by the Pied Piper supposedly took place, according to a legend. |