August 22
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August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1485 – Beatus Rhenanus, German humanist (d. 1547)
- 1601 – Georges de Scudery, French writer (d. 1667)
- 1647 – Denis Papin, French inventor (pressure cooker) (d. around 1712)
- 1760 – Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
- 1771 – Henry Maudslay, inventor and tool-maker (d. 1831)
- 1773 – Aime Bonpland, French explorer (d. 1858)
- 1800 – William S. Harney, American general (d. 1889)
- 1800 – Edward Bouverie, English theologian (d. 1882)
- 1818 – Carlo Pisacane, Italian politician, guerrilla and writer (d. 1857)
- 1820 – Manolache Costache Epureanu, Romanian politician (d. 1880)
- 1822 – Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1847)
- 1845 – William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
- 1846 – Amalie Skram, Norwegian-Danish writer and Women's Rights activist (d. 1905)
- 1854 – King Milan I of Serbia (d. 1901)
- 1860 – Paul Nipkow, German inventor and television pioneer (d. 1940)
- 1860 – Eleonore Reuss of Koestritz, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 1917)
- 1860 – Gustaf Froeding, Swedish poet (d. 1911)
- 1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
- 1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
- 1873 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian philosopher and physician (d. 1928)
- 1874 – Max Scheler, philosopher (d. 1928)
- 1880 – George Herriman, cartoonist (d. 1944)
- 1886 – Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot (d. 1919)
- 1887 – Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1977)
- 1893 – Dorothy Parker, American writer (d. 1967)
- 1900 – Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
- 1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
- 1904 – Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
- 1906 – Stig Wennerstrom, Swedish spy (d. 2006)
- 1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
- 1909 – Mel Hein, American football player (d. 1992)
- 1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1911 – John J. Hickey, Governor of Wyoming (d. 1970)
- 1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. 1992)
- 1915 – Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
- 1915 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish Prime Minister (d. 2005)
- 1917 – John Lee Hooker, American blues guitarist and singer (d. 2001)
- 1918 – Said Mohamed Djohar, President of the Comoros (d. 2006)
- 1920 – Ray Bradbury, American writer (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Doctor Denton Cooley, heart surgeon
- 1924 – James Kirkwood Jr., novelist (d. 1989)
- 1925 – Honor Blackman, British actress
- 1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer
- 1934 – Donald McIntyre, New Zealand bass-baritone
- 1934 – Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general
- 1935 – E. Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- 1938 – Paul Maguire, American football player
- 1939 – George Reinholt, actor
- 1939 – Carl Yastrzemski, American Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1940 – Valerie Harper, American actress
- 1941 – Bill Parcells, American football coach
- 1942 – Kathy Lennon, American singer
- 1943 – Alun Michael, Welsh politician
- 1947 – Robert E. Cramer, American politician
- 1947 – Donna Godchaux, American singer (Grateful Dead)
- 1947 – Cindy Williams, actress
- 1948 – David Marks, American songwriter and musician
- 1950 – Lewis Libby, American White House counsel
- 1951 – Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
- 1955 – Will Shetterly, writer
- 1956 – Paul Molitor, American Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1957 – Steve Davis, English snooker player
- 1958 – Colm Feore, actor
- 1958 – Vernon Reid, musician (Living Colour)
- 1959 – Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician
- 1961 – Debbi Peterson, drummer (The Bangles)
- 1961 – Roland Orzabal, singer and guitarist (Tears for Fears)
- 1962 – Viktor Bryzhin, Ukrainian sprinter
- 1963 – Tori Amos, singer, songwriter, and pianist
- 1964 – Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
- 1964 – Andrew Wilson, American actor
- 1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer
- 1967 – Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
- 1967 – Adewode Akinnouye-Agbaje, British actor
- 1971 – Richard Armitage, British actor
- 1973 – Kristin Wiig, American actress and comedienne
- 1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
- 1977 – Heidar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
- 1978 – Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
- 1981 – Alex Holmes, American Football player
- 1982 – Marco Woelfli, Swiss footballer
- 1983 – Laura Breckenridge, American actress
- 1986 – Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
- 1991 – Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
- 1999 – Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor
Deaths [change]
- 408 – Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
- 1155 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)
- 1188 – Ferdinand II of Leon (b. 1137)
- 1241 – Pope Gregory IX
- 1280 – Pope Nicholas III (b. 1216)
- 1350 – King Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
- 1358 – Isabella, Queen of England (b. 1295)
- 1485 – King Richard III of England (b. 1452)
- 1532 – William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1450)
- 1553 – John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (b. 1504)
- 1572 – Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528)
- 1680 – John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
- 1701 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628)
- 1793 – Louis de Noailles, Marshal of France (b. 1713)
- 1806 – Jean-Honore Fragonard, French painter (b. 1732)
- 1861 – Xianfeng, Chinese Emperor (b. 1830)
- 1891 – Jan Neruda, Czech writer (b. 1834)
- 1903 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
- 1922 – Michael Collins, Irish political leader (b. 1890)
- 1958 – Roger Martin du Gard, French writer (b. 1881)
- 1961 – Ida Siekmann, victim of the Berlin Wall (b. 1902)
- 1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (b. 1902)
- 1977 – Sebastian Cabot, English-born actor (b. 1918)
- 1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (b. 1891)
- 1980 – Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (b. 1891)
- 1989 – Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer (b. 1906)
- 1989 – Huey Newton, American activist (b. 1942)
- 2003 – Imperio Argentina, Argentine singer and actress (b. 1906)
- 2004 – Angus Bethune, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
- 2005 – Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929)
- 2010 – Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer (b. 1923)
- 2011 – Jack Layton, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party (b. 1950)
- 2011 – Vicco von Buelow (Loriot), German humorist, cartoonist, actor and writer (b. 1923)
- 2011 – Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (b. 1933)
Events [change]
- 392 – Arbogast is elected Roman Emperor.
- 476 – Odoacer is proclaimed, by West Roman mercenaries, as Rex Italiae, King of Italy.
- 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses
- 1559 – Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy
- 1642 – Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War
- 1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immigrant to what is later the United States
- 1717 – Spanish troops land on Sardinia
- 1770 – James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia
- 1775 – King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion
- 1780 – James Cook's ship Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage)
- 1791 – Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution
- 1827 – Jose de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
- 1846 – The United States annexes New Mexico.
- 1851 – Gold is discovered in Australia.
- 1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
- 1864 – Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
- 1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg is ratified between Russia and Japan, providing for exchange between Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands.
- 1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded
- 1902 – Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile
- 1910 – Japan annexes Korea
- 1911 – The theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered, after being stolen in the night from August 21.
- 1914 – In Belgium, British and German troops meet for the first time in World War I
- 1922 – Michael Collins, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Beal na mBlath, County Cork during the Irish Civil War.
- 1926 – Gold is discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 1930 – Peruvian President Augusto B. Leguia y Salcedo is deposed in a coup led by General Luis Miguel Sanchez Cerro.
- 1932 – The BBC experiments with television broadcasting.
- 1941 – German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad
- 1942 – Brazil declares war on the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan)
- 1944 – Last transport of French Jews to concentration camps in Germany
- 1944 – 32 Spaniards and 4 Frenchmen tackle a German column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with six tanks and two self-propelled guns), at La Madeleine, France. Three Maquis wounded, 110 Germans killed, 200 wounded.
- 1950 – Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
- 1953 – The jail on Devil's Island is closed.
- 1961 – Ida Siekmann falls to her death in an attempt to cross the Berlin Wall.
- 1962 – An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails
- 1962 – The Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered ship, completes its maiden voyage
- 1968 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
- 1971 – Hugo Banzer takes power in Bolivia.
- 1972 – Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies
- 1975 – An attempt to assassinate US President Gerald Ford fails.
- 1978 – The Sandinista Liberation Front occupies the national palace in Managua, Nicaragua.
- 1981 – The Voyager 2 space probe photographs Saturn's moon Iapetus.
- 1985 – The Manchester Air Disaster occurs when 55 people are killed after a fire breaks out on a commercial aircraft at Manchester International Airport.
- 1988 – The Australian koala, the first platinum coin, is issued.
- 1989 – The first ring of Neptune is discovered
- 1989 – Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first major league baseball pitcher to record 5000 strikeouts.
- 1992 – FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shot and killed Vicki Weaver during an 11 day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
- 2001 – The Trojan Room coffee pot is switched off for the last time.
- 2004 – The Scream and The Madonna by Edvard Munch is stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
- 2006 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes in eastern Ukraine, killing 170 people.
- 2007 – Major League Baseball: The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3.
- 2011 – 2011 Libyan civil war: Rebel forces advance on Tripoli, as the war enters its final phase.
Observances [change]
- Flag Day (Russia)
