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August 22 is the 234th Day of the Year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in Leap Year s), with 131 Day s remaining.
Events
- 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 Haiti an Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue
- 1798 - French troops land in County Mayo , Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion
- 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 ''.
- 1875 - The Treaty Of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands .
- 1864 - Twelve Nation s sign the First Geneva Convention . The Red Cross is formed.
- 1901 - Cadillac Motor Company founded
- 1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first President Of The United States to ride in an automobile
- 1910 - Japan annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty . The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name '' Joseon ''.
- 1911 - Theft of the '' Mona Lisa '' is discovered
- , British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
- 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 discovered in Johannesburg , South Africa
- s reach Leningrad , leading to the Siege Of Leningrad
- declares War on the Axis powers ( Germany , Italy and Japan )
- s in Germany
- 1944 - World War II: Thirty-two Spaniards & four French Maquis tackle a German column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with 6 tanks & 2 self-propelled guns), at La Madeiline, France. Three Maquis are wounded, with 110 Germans killed and 200 wounded.
- 1950 - Althea Gibson becomes the first black Competitor in international Tennis
- 1953 - The Jail on Devil's Island is closed
- 1962 - An attempt to assassinate French president Charles De Gaulle fails
- 1962 - The NS ''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
- 1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies
- 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 Strikeout s.
- 1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge , Idaho .
- 2004 - '' The Scream '', the painting by Edvard Munch , is stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo , Norway .
Births
- 1601 - Georges De Scudéry , French writer (d. 1667 )
- 1624 - Jean Renaud De Segrais , French writer (d. 1701 )
- 1647 - Denis Papin , French physicist, mathematician, and inventor
- 1679 - Pierre Guérin De Tencin , French cardinal (d. 1758 )
- 1760 - Pope Leo XII (d. 1829 )
- 1764 - Charles Percier , French architect (d. 1838 )
- 1771 - Henry Maudslay , English inventor and tool-maker (d. 1831 )
- 1800 - William S. Harney , U.S. general (d. 1889 )
- 1802 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard , American land speculator (d. 1886 )
- 1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley , American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (d. 1906 )
- 1854 - King Milan I Of Serbia (d. 1901 )
- 1860 - Paul Nipkow , German inventor and television pioneer (d. 1940 )
- 1862 - Claude Debussy , French composer (d. 1918 )
- 1867 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939 )
- 1873 - Alexander Bogdanov , Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928 )
- 1874 - Max Scheler , German philosopher (d. 1928 )
- 1880 - George Herriman , American cartoonist (d. 1944 )
- 1893 - Dorothy Parker , American writer (d. 1967 )
- 1893 - Wilfred Kitching , British Salvation Army general (d. 1977 )
- 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 )
- 1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson , French photographer (d. 2004 )
- 1915 - Hugh Paddick , British actor (d. 2000 )
- 1915 - Edward Szczepanik , Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (d. 2005 )
- 1917 - John Lee Hooker , American guitarist and singer (d. 2001 )
- 1920 - Ray Bradbury , American writer
- 1920 - Denton Cooley , American heart surgeon
- 1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen , German composer
- 1930 - Gilmar , Brazilian football player
- 1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf , U.S. general
- 1935 - E. Annie Proulx , American author
- 1938 - Paul Maguire , American football player
- 1939 - George Reinholt , American actor
- 1939 - Carl Yastrzemski , baseball player
- 1940 - Valerie Harper , American actress
- 1941 - Bill Parcells , American football coach
- 1942 - Kathy Lennon , American singer ( The Lennon Sisters )
- 1945 - Ron Dante , American singer, songwriter, and record producer ( The Archies )
- 1947 - Cindy Williams , American actress
- 1955 - Will Shetterly , writer
- 1955 - Chiranjeevi , Telugu film actor
- 1956 - Paul Molitor , baseball player
- 1957 - Steve Davis , English snooker player
- 1958 - Colm Feore , American-born actor
- 1958 - Lane Huffman , American professional wrestler
- 1958 - Vernon Reid , American musician ( Living Colour )
- 1961 - Roland Orzabal , singer and guitarist ( Tears For Fears )
- 1963 - Tori Amos , American singer, songwriter, and pianist
- 1964 - Mats Wilander , Swedish tennis player
- 1966 - GZA , American rapper
- 1966 - Eric Andolsek , American football player (d. 1992 )
- 1967 - Layne Staley , American musician ( Alice In Chains ) (d. 2002 )
- 1967 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje , British actor
- 1970 - Charlie Connelly , English writer
- 1973 - Howie Dorough , American singer ( Backstreet Boys )
- 1977 - Heidar Helguson , Icelandic footballer
- 1978 - Jeff Stinco , Canadian musician ( Simple Plan )
- 1981 - Alex Holmes , American football player
- 1989 - Sarah Wright , American actress
Deaths
- 408 - Stilicho , Roman general (b. 359 )
- 1155 - Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139 )
- 1188 - King Ferdinand II Of Leon
- 1241 - Pope Gregory IX
- 1280 - Pope Nicholas III
- 1286 - Erik V Klipping , King of Denmark (murdered) (b. 1249 )
- 1304 - John II, Count Of Hainaut (b. 1247 )
- 1350 - King Philip VI Of France (b. 1293 )
- 1485 - King Richard III Of England (killed in battle) (b. 1452 )
- 1553 - John Dudley , English admiral and politician (b. 1501 )
- 1584 - Jan Kochanowski , Polish writer (b. 1530 )
- 1599 - Beatrice Cenci , Italian noblewoman (b. 1577 )
- 1599 - Luca Marenzio , Italian composer
- 1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold , English explorer and privateer (b. 1572 )
- 1609 - Maharal Of Prague , Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525 )
- 1652 - Jacob De La Gardie , Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583 )
- 1680 - John George II, Elector Of Saxony (b. 1613 )
- 1701 - John Granville, 1st Earl Of Bath , English royalist statesman (b. 1628 )
- 1711 - Louis François, Duc De Boufflers , French marshal (b. 1644 )
- 1752 - William Whiston , English mathematician (b. 1667 )
- 1793 - Louis, 4th Duc De Noailles , Marshal of France (b. 1713 )
- 1797 - Dagobert Sigmund Von Wurmser , Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724 )
- 1806 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard , French artist (b. 1732 )
- 1818 - Warren Hastings , British Governor-General of India (b. 1732 )
- 1823 - Lazare Carnot , French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753 )
- 1828 - Franz Joseph Gall , Austrian neuroscientist (b. 1758 )
- 1850 - Nikolaus Lenau , Austrian poet (b. 1802 )
- 1861 - Xianfeng , Emperor Of China (b. 1831 )
- 1891 - Jan Neruda , Czech author (b. 1834 )
- 1903 - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess Of Salisbury , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1830 )
- 1913 - Bruno Pontecorvo , Italian physicist (d. 1993 )
- 1918 - Korbinian Brodmann , German neurologist (b. 1868 )
- 1922 - Michael Collins , Irish revolutionary (ambushed) (b. 1890 )
- 1926 - Charles W. Eliot , American President of Harvard University (b. 1834 )
- 1942 - Michel Fokine , Russian choreographer and dancer (b. 1880 )
- 1953 - Jim Tabor , baseball player (b. 1916 )
- 1958 - Roger Martin Du Gard , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881 )
- 1976 - Juscelino Kubitschek De Oliveira , President Of Brazil (b. 1902 )
- 1977 - Sebastian Cabot , English-born actor (b. 1918 )
- 1978 - Jomo Kenyatta , first Prime Minister Of Kenya
- 1989 - Huey P. Newton , American activist (b. 1942 )
- 1991 - Colleen Dewhurst , Canadian actress (b. 1924 )
- 2003 - Arnold Gerschwiler , Swiss-born figure skating trainer (b. 1914 )
- 2004 - Konstantin Aseev , Russian chess player (b. 1960 )
- 2005 - Luc Ferrari , French composer (b. 1929 )
Holidays and observances
External links
August 21 - August 23 - July 22 - September 22 -- Listing Of All Days
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