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August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan August 2007 is the eighth month of that year It began on a Wednesday and 31 days later ended on a Friday. August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten Airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. August 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - See also August 21 2003 - August 2003 - August 23 2003 ---- A Brazilian Space Agency VLS-1 space Rocket August 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Events By Place Roman Empire August 22 — Arbogast elevates Eugenius as Emperor after the mysterious death of Flavius Arbogastes (died September 6 394) or Arbogast was a Frankish general in the Roman Empire. Flavius Eugenius (died 6 September 394 was a Roman usurper (392-394 against Emperor Theodosius I. The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285 the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern
• 476 - Odoacer is named Rex italiae by his troop. Events By place Western Roman Empire September 4 — Romulus Augustus, the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire Odoacer (435–493 also known as Odovacar (from the Germanic Audawakrs, meaning "watchful of wealth" was a Roman general and the
• 565 - St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland. Events By Place Byzantine Empire November 14 — Justin II succeeds Justinian I as Emperor WikipediaPersondata --> See Columba (disambiguation and St Columb for other uses Loch Ness ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nis) is a large deep freshwater Loch in the Scottish Highlands ( extending for approximately 37 km (23 miles Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
• 851 - Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. Events By Place Europe Vikings plunder London and Canterbury. Erispoe ( French: Erispoë, Latin: Herispoius, Herispogius, or Respogius; died 2 or 12 November 857 Charles the Bald ( 13 June 823 – 6 October 877) Holy Roman Emperor (875–877 as Charles II) and King of West Francia
• 1138 - Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England. The Battle of the Standard, sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton in which English forces repelled a Scottish army, took place on 22 August 1138 on Cowton
• 1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field death of Richard III and end of the House of Plantagenet. The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field ( 22 August, 1485) was Lancastrian Henry Tudor's defeat of Yorkist Richard Richard III ( 2 October 1452 &ndash 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death The House of Plantagenet (planˈtadʒɪnɪt also called the House of Anjou, or the First Angevin dynasty, was originally a noble
• 1559 - Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy. Bartolomé Carranza (1503&ndash May 2, 1576) Spanish theologian, sometimes called de Miranda or de Carranza y Miranda, Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated Bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others this means that they lead Heresy, as a blanket term describes a practice or belief that is labeled as unorthodox
• 1639 - Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company after buying a sliver of land from local Nayak rulers. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Honourable East India Company ( HEIC) referred to most commonly as the East India Company, also historically and colloquially as John Company, or
• 1642 - Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. The Parliament of England was the Legislature of the Kingdom of England. Beginning of the English Civil War. The English Civil War (1642-1651 was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists.
• 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. Jacob Barsimson was one of the earliest Jewish settlers at New Amsterdam ( New York City) and the earliest identified Jewish settler within the present limits New Amsterdam (Nieuw Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York City. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term
• 1717 - Spanish troops land on Sardinia. Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Sardinia (sɑrˈdɪnɪə Sardegna Sardigna or Sardinnya is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily)
• 1770 - James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• 1775 - King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places The Thirteen Colonies were part of what became known as British America, a name that was used by Great Britain until the Treaty of Paris (1783 recognized the
• 1780 - James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage). Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the
• 1791 - Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: The Revolution (1791–1804 was the most successful of African Slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere Saint-Domingue was a French Colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804 when it became the independent nation of
• 1798 - French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Kilcummin is the Beachhead on the west coast of County Mayo, in northwestern Ireland, where General Humbert landed on August 22, Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Theobald Wolfe Tone, commonly known as Wolfe Tone ( 20 June, 1763 – 19 November, 1798) was a leading figure in the United The Society of United Irishmen was founded as a Liberal political organisation in eighteenth century Ireland that sought Parliamentary reform The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798 Turn Oot 1798 or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally was an uprising in 1798 lasting several months against the
• 1827 - José de La Mar becomes President of Peru. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common José de la Mar ( May 12 1778 &ndash October 11 1830) was a South American military leader Established in the Constitution of 1993 the President of Peru, officially the President of the Republic ( Presidente de la República) is the Chief of
• 1831 - Nat Turner's slave rebellion revolt commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who were killed in retaliation for the uprising. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a Slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia during Southampton County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa
• 1848 - The United States annexes New Mexico. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The United States of America —commonly referred to as the New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America.
• 1849 - First air raid in history. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Strategic bombing is a Military strategy used in a Total war with the goal of defeating an enemy nation-state by destroying its economic ability to wage war rather Austria launched pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the
• 1851 - The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The America’s Cup is the most prestigious Regatta and Match race in the sport of Sailing, and the oldest active Trophy in international A yacht is a recreational boat It designates two rather different classes of Watercraft, sailing and power yachts Designer The America was designed by George Steers a revolutionary designer who began the practice of giving ships a knife-like bow widening Aft
• 1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The was signed on 7 May 1875 between the Empire of Japan and Empire of Russia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Sakhalin (Сахали́н səxʌˈlʲin Japanese:nihongo|樺太|karafuto or; Chinese: 庫頁 Kùyè also Saghalien, is a large elongated The Kuril Islands (ˈkʊrɪl or /ˈkjuˈriˈl/ Кури́льские острова́ əstrʌˈva ru-Latn ''Kuril'skie ostrova'' or Kurile Islands in Russia
• 1864 - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year A nation is a Human Cultural and Social Community. In as much as most members never meet each other yet feel a common bond it may be considered The Geneva Conventions consist of four Treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for International law for humanitarian The Red Cross is formed. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an International humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers worldwide who stated
• 1901 - Cadillac Motor Company founded. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Cadillac is a Brand of Luxury vehicles owned by General Motors.
• 1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
• 1902 - The German Luger becomes the official German sidearm for both World Wars. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1910 - Japan illicitly annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty was signed on August 22, 1910 by the representatives of the Korean and Japanese Imperial Governments and was The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia.
• 1911 - Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a Poplar panel by
• 1914 - World War I: In Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 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. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael John ("Mick" Collins (Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin 16 October 1890 &ndash 22 August 1922 was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for A commander-in-chief is the Commander of a nation's Military forces or significant element of those forces The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by This article deals with the Irish republican organisation opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty styling itself "Irish Republican Army" as it existed from the time of the Treaty Béal na mBláth (mouth of the flowers often incorrectly spelled Béal na Bláth is a tiny village in West Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland County Cork (Contae Chorcaí is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. The Irish Civil War ( June 28 1922 &ndash May 24 1923) pitted supporters of the Anglo-Irish Treaty against its opponents
• 1926 - Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 Johannesburg ( Pronounced /jō-hān'ĭs-bûrg'/ is the largest city in South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
• 1932 - The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. See also Timeline of the BBC
• 1941 - World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad. This is a Timeline of the history of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A troop is a Military unit, originally a small force of Cavalry, subordinate to a Squadron and headed by the troop leader Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade ( Russian: блокада Ленинграда ( transliteration: blokada Leningrada
• 1942 - World War II: Brazil declared war on Germany and Italy. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Depression coffee oligarchs and the Revolution of 1930 The Great Depression The ''tenente'' rebellion did not mark the revolutionary breakthrough of Brazil's Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• 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. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( The Maquis (ma'ki were the predominantly rural guerrilla bands of the French Resistance. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Three Maquis are wounded, with 110 Germans killed and 200 wounded. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as
• 1944 - World War II: Romania captured by the Soviet Union. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1949 - Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada's largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
• 1950 - Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Queen Charlotte earthquake of 1949 was a magnitude 81 Interplate earthquake that struck the sparsely populated Queen Charlotte Islands and the Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Biography Born in Silver South Carolina, Gibson was the daughter of Sharecroppers and was raised in Harlem, New York City. Competition is a rivalry between individuals groups nations or animals for territory or resources Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles)
• 1952 - The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A penal colony is a Settlement used to detain Prisoners and generally use them for Penal labour in an economically underdeveloped part of the state's For other uses see Devils Island. Devil's Island (Île du Diable is the smallest and northernmost island of the three Îles du Salut
• 1962 - An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French
• 1962 - The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage. Creation In 1955 President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower proposed building a nuclear-powered merchant ship as a showcase for his " Atoms for Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship powered by a Nuclear reactor. Maiden Voyage is the fifth Album led by Jazz musician Herbie Hancock, and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1965 for Blue Note
• 1963 - Joe Walker in X-15 test plane reaches altitude of 106 km (67 miles). Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Albert "Joe" Walker ( 20 February 1921  &ndash 8 June 1966) was an American Test pilot and a
• 1966 - Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> Overview The United Farm Workers of America (UFW is a labor Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> Overview The United Farm Workers of America (UFW is a labor
• 1968 - Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pope Bogotá —officially named Bogotá DC (DC for " Distrito Capital " which means "Capital District" formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and
• 1971 - J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Postnominal initials John Mitchell may refer to Politics John N Mitchell (1913-1988 U The Camden 28 were a group of " Catholic left" anti- Vietnam War activists who in 1971 planned and executed a raid on a Camden New Jersey
• 1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rhodesia was the name adopted when the formerly British colony of Southern Rhodesia declared itself independent ( Unilateral Declaration of Independence
• 1978 - The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) is a socialist Nicaraguan Political party. The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) is a socialist Nicaraguan Political party. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America
• 1989 - The first ring of Neptune is discovered. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) A planetary ring is a ring of Cosmic dust and other small particles Orbiting around a Planet in a flat disc-shaped region Neptune ( English|AmE] ] is the eighth and farthest Planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
• 1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts. Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr (born January 31, 1947 in Refugio, Texas) is a retired American Right-handed Pitcher in Rickey Henley Henderson (born as Rickey Nelson Henley, December 25 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes
• 1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The scope of this list is primarily Police units tasked with special duties including but not limited to the following Security of the state state officials and READ DISCUSSION PAGE BEFORE MAKING ANY EDITS TO CAPTION BELOW http//en Lon Tomohisa Horiuchi (born 9 June[[ 954]] is a 1976 West Point graduate and U Ruby Ridge was the site in Idaho of a violent confrontation and Siege in 1992, involving Randy Weaver, his family Weaver's friend Kevin Harris federal The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America.
• 2003 - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English Roy Stewart Moore (born February 11, 1947) is an American Jurist and Republican Politician noted for his refusal as the The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are a list of religious and moral imperatives that according to Judeo-Christian tradition were authored by God and given The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama.
• 2004 - A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Scream ( Skrik, 1893-1910 is a seminal series of expressionist Paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch Madonna is a Painting by the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch. Edvard Munch (mʉŋk December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, Printmaker (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional
• 2007 - The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.
• 2007 - The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day

Births

• 1601 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Storm botnet or Storm worm botnet is a remotely-controlled network of "zombie" computers (or " Botnet " that has been linked For information on the botnet composed of machines infected with this worm see Storm botnet. Georges de Scudéry ( August 22, 1601 - May 14, 1667) the elder brother of Madeleine de Scudéry, was a French Novelist 1667)
• 1624 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. Jean Renaud de Segrais ( August 22, 1624 - March 15, 1701) was a French Poet and Novelist born in Caen 1701)
• 1647 - Denis Papin, French physicist and inventor (d. Denis Papin ( 22 August 1647 - c 1712 was a French Physicist, Mathematician and Inventor, best known for his pioneering c. 1712)
• 1679 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Pierre Guérin de Tencin ( Grenoble, 22 August 1679 - 2 March 1758) French ecclesiastic was archbishop of Embrun 1758)
• 1760 - Pope Leo XII (d. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Pope Leo XII ( August 22, 1760 – February 10, 1829) born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga, was 1829)
• 1764 - Charles Percier, French architect (d. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles Percier ( Paris, August 22, 1764 – Paris September 5, 1838) was a neoclassical French Architect 1838)
• 1771 - Henry Maudslay, English inventor (d. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Henry Maudslay ( August 22, 1771 – February 14 1831) was a British Machine tool innovator Tool and die maker 1831)
• 1773 - Aimé Bonpland, French explorer (d. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland ( 22 August 1773 - 4 May 1858) was a French explorer and botanist. 1858)
• 1779 - James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Kirke Paulding ( August 22, 1778 &ndash April 6, 1860) was a Novelist and the United States Secretary of the Navy 1860)
• 1800 - William S. Harney, U. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. William Selby Harney ( 22 August 1800 - 9 May 1889) was a Cavalry officer in the U S. general (d. 1889)
• 1800 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Samuel David Luzzatto ( Hebrew: שמואל דוד לוצאטו was an Italian Jewish scholar poet and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums 1865)
• 1811 - William Kelly, American inventor (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Kelly ( August 22, 1811 - February 11, 1888) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, was an American Inventor 1888)
• 1822 - Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (born Virginia Eliza Clemm) (August 22 1822 &ndash January 30 1847 was the wife of Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, 1847)
• 1827 - Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Ezra Butler Eddy ( August 22 1827 &ndash February 10 1906) was a Canadian businessman and political figure 1906)
• 1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22 1834 Roxbury Massachusetts &ndash February 27 1906 Aiken South Carolina) was an American Astronomer 1906)
• 1836 - Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Archibald MacNeal Willard ( August 22, 1836 – October 11, 1918) was an American painter who was born and raised in 1918)
• 1845 - William Lewis Douglas, 42^nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Lewis Douglas ( August 22, 1845 - September 17, 1924) was a U The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1924)
• 1848 - Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Melville Elijah Stone ( August 22, 1848 &ndash February 15, 1929) was a newspaper publisher the founder of the Chicago Daily 1929)
• 1854 - Milan I, King of Serbia (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Milan Obrenović ( August 22, 1854 &ndash February 11, 1901) was a Serbian monarch reigning as Prince Milan IV of Serbia 1901)
• 1857 - Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Edward Hugh "Ned" Hanlon ( August 22, 1857 - April 14, 1937) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player and 1937)
• 1860 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German inventor (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Paul Julius Gottlieb Nipkow ( 22 August 1860 &ndash 24 August 1940) was a German Technician and Inventor. 1940)
• 1860 - Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eleonore Caroline Gasparine Louise Princess Reuss-Köstritz ( August 22, 1860 - September 12, 1917) was Tsaritsa of Bulgaria 1917)
• 1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. 1918)
• 1867 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner ( August 22, 1867 &ndash January 24, 1939) was a Swiss Physician and a pioneer in 1939)
• 1873 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov Александр Александрович Богданов (born Alyaksandr Malinouski, Аляксандар Маліноўскі( 1928)
• 1874 - Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Max Scheler ( August 22, 1874, Munich – May 19, 1928, Frankfurt am Main) was a German Philosopher 1928)
• 1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year George Joseph Herriman ( August 22, 1880 &ndash April 25, 1944) was an American Cartoonist, best known for his comic strip 1944)
• 1880 - Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gorch Fock was the Pseudonym of the German author Johann Wilhelm Kinau ( 22 August 1880 - 31 May 1916) 1916)
• 1887 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German minister of finance (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann Ludwig (Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, (22 August 1887 4 March 1977 was a German jurist and senior government official 1977)
• 1891 - Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-born American sculptor (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jacques Lipchitz ( August 22, 1891 - May 16, 1973) was a Cubist sculptor 1973)
• 1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dorothy Parker (August 22 1893&ndashJune 7 1967 was an American writer and poet best known for her caustic Wit, wisecracks and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles 1967)
• 1893 - Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Wilfred Kitching, CBE ( August 22, 1893 &ndash December 15, 1977) was the 7th General of The Salvation Army 1977)
• 1895 - Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paul Comtois PC ( August 22 1895 &ndash February 21 1966) was a Canadian politician 1966)
• 1900 - Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov (Russian Сергей Иванович Ожегов 22 August 1900 - 15 December 1964) was a Russian 1964)
• 1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl ( August 22 1902 – September 8 2003) was a German Film director 2003)
• 1902 - Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Minor Pelly ( 22 August 1902 - 21 November 1973) an American politician served as a member of the United States House of 1973)
• 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Deng Xiaoping ( 22 August 1904 19 February 1997) was a prominent Chinese Revolutionary, Politician, Pragmatist and Reformer 1997)
• 1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Henri Cartier-Bresson ( August 22, 1908 &ndash August 3 2004) was a French 2004)
• 1909 - Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Julius J Epstein (born August 22, 1909, New York City New York; died December 30, 2000, Los Angeles California) 2000)
• 1909 - Mel Hein, American football player (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Melvin Jack Hein ( August 22, 1909 - January 31, 1992) was a professional American football player for the New York Giants 1992)
• 1909 - Lucille Ricksen, American actress (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Lucille Ricksen ( August 22, 1909 &ndash March 13, 1925) was an American motion picture actress during the Silent film 1925)
• 1913 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bruno Pontecorvo russian Бруно Понтекорво (Marina di Pisa Italy August 22, 1913 - Dubna Russia September 24, 1993 1993)
• 1915 - David Dellinger, American social rights and peace movement leader (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) David Dellinger ( August 22, 1915 – May 25, 2004) one of the most influential American radicals of the 20th century was a 2004)
• 1915 - Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Hugh William Paddick ( 22 August 1915 &ndash 9 November 2000) was an English actor whose most notable role was in the 1960s 2000)
• 1915 - James Hillier, Co-inventor of the electron microscope (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Not to be confused with the British actor James Hillier (actor. 2007)
• 1915 - Edward Szczepanik, former Polish Prime Minister (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Edward Franciszek Szczepanik, ( August 22 1915 in Suwałki &ndash 11 October 2005, in Worcestershire) was a Polish 2005)
• 1917 - John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Lee Hooker ( August 22, 1917 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an influential American Post-war Blues singer 2001)
• 1918 - Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mary McGrory ( August 22, 1918 &ndash April 20, 2004) was an American Journalist and Columnist. 2004)
• 1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer
• 1920 - Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon
• 1922 - Micheline Presle, French actress
• 1925 - Honor Blackman, English actress
• 1925 - James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920 is an American mainstream, Fantasy, horror, Science fiction and mystery Denton Arthur Cooley (born August 22, 1920) is a pioneering American heart surgeon. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Micheline Presle (born August 22, 1922) is a French Actress also known in English language films as Micheline Prelle Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Honor Blackman (born 22 August 1925) is an English actress, who is perhaps best known for the roles of Cathy Gale in James Kirkwood Jr ( August 22, 1925 &ndash April 22, 1989) was an American Playwright and Author born in 1989)
• 1928 - Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate
• 1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel Tinga Khendekha Seisay (born 22 August 1928) is a Sierra Leonean pro- Democracy Activist and Diplomat. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2007)
• 1930 - Gilmar, Brazilian football player
• 1932 - Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
• 1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, U. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Gerald Paul Carr (born August 22, 1932) is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA Astronaut. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General H Norman Schwarzkopf (also known as '''"Stormin' Norman"''' and '''"The Bear"''') (b S. general
• 1934 - Sir Donald McIntyre, English bass-baritone
• 1935 - E. Annie Proulx, American author
• 1936 - Dale Hawkins, American singer and songwriter
• 1938 - Paul Maguire, American football commentator
• 1939 - George Reinholt, American actor
• 1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player
• 1940 - Valerie Harper, American actress
• 1940 - Bill McCartney, former college football coach
• 1941 - Bill Parcells, American football coach
• 1942 - Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (d. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes -->Sir Donald McIntyre (born in Auckland, on October 22, 1934) is Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dale Hawkins (born Delmar Allen Hawkins on August 22, 1936 in Goldmine, Louisiana) is a pioneer American Rock Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Leo Maguire (born August 22, 1938 in Youngstown Ohio) is a former American football player and current Television Sportscaster Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Reinholt (born August 22, 1939 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Actor. Carl Michael Yastrzemski (jəˈstrɛmski (born August 22, 1939) nicknamed "Yaz" then moved him to the Minneapolis Millers for the post-season Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Valerie Harper (born August 22, 1940) is an Emmy Award -winning American actress best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern William Paul McCartney (born August 22, 1940 in Riverview Michigan) is the founder of the Promise Keepers men's ministry and a former college Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Parcells (born Duane Charles Parcells August 22, 1941 in Englewood New Jersey) is the current Executive Vice President of Football Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Uğur Mumcu ( August 22, 1942 – January 24, 1993) was a Turkish Kemalist intellectual Investigative journalist 1993)
• 1943 - Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist
• 1945 - Ron Dante, American songwriter and record producer (The Archies)
• 1945 - Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician
• 1947 - Cindy Williams, American actress
• 1947 - Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead)
• 1948 - Eleonora Brown, Italian actress
• 1949 - Diana Nyad, American swimmer, world record holder
• 1949 - Doug Bair, baseball player
• 1949 - Þórarinn Eldjárn, an Icelandic writer
• 1949 - Alfred Musema, Rwandan genocidaire
• 1950 - Ray Burris, baseball player
• 1951 - Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
• 1952 - Peter Laughner, American singer and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Masatoshi Shima (嶋正利 Shima Masatoshi, born on August 22[[ 943]] in Shizuoka, Japan) was one of the designers of the world's first Microprocessor The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. A scientist, in the broadest sense refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire Knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Not to be confused with hypnotist Ronald Pellar, aka Ronald Dante or Dr For the self-titled syndicated version of the 1968-1978 animated television franchise of which The Archies were a part please see The Archie Show. Erol Gelenbe a Turkish academic Computer scientist, Engineer and Applied mathematician, is a scientific leader in the field of Computer and network Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cynthia Jane "Cindy" Williams (born August 22 1947) is a BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominated American actress best known for starring Donna Jean (Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American Singer best known for having been a member of the rock group The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eleonora Brown (born August 22, 1948) was an actress in Italian films in the 1960s Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Diana Nyad (born August 22, 1949 in New York City) is an American swimmer and World record holder ( As of 2005 Charles Douglas Bair (born August 22, 1949, in Defiance Ohio) was a Major League Baseball Right-handed Pitcher. Þórarinn Eldjárn is an Icelandic writer born in 1949 He studied at the University of Lund and the University of Iceland. Alfred Musema ( 22 August, 1949 -) is a Rwandan Businessperson. The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda 's minority Tutsis and the moderates of its Hutu majority Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bertram Ray Burris (born August 22 1950 in Idabel Oklahoma) was a Pitcher with a 15 year career from 1973 to 1987 Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Chandra Prakash Mainali (b August 22, 1951, Chokpur, Taplejung District) is a Communist politician in Nepal. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Laughner ( August 22 1952 &ndash June 22 1977) was an American guitarist songwriter and singer Rocket From the Tombs (or RFTT) was an American Rock music band originally active from mid- 1974 to mid-1975 in Cleveland Ohio. Pere Ubu are an Experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland Ohio, in 1975 1977)
• 1953 - Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager
• 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)
• 1959 - Juan Croucier, American musician
• 1959 - Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician
• 1961 - Roland Orzabal, British musician (Tears for Fears)
• 1961 - Debbi Peterson, American singer (The Bangles)
• 1963 - Tori Amos, American singer/songwriter
• 1963 - Terry Catledge, American basketball player
• 1964 - Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
• 1965 - Tom Gibis, American voice actor
• 1966 - Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Precious" Paul Ellering (born August 22, 1953) is a retired Professional wrestling manager. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Will Shetterly (b 1955 is an American Fantasy and Comic book writer best-known for his novel Dogland (1997 Chiranjeevi (చిరంజీవి born as Konidela Siva Shankara Vara Prasad on August 22, 1955, also known as Mega Star is a three-time Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Leo Molitor (nicknamed Molly or The Ignitor) (born August 22 1956 in Vadnais Heights Minnesota) is a former American Baseball player Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Steve Davis, OBE, (born Steven Davis August 22, 1957, Plumstead, London) is an English professional Snooker Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colm Feore (born August 22, 1958) is an American-Canadian Stage, Film and Television Actor. Lane Steven Huffman, (born August 22 1958 in Houston Texas) is a retired American professional wrestler who is better known Vernon Reid (born August 22, 1958) is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, composer and bandleader Living Colour is an American Funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983 The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juan Croucier (born Juan Carlos Croucier on August 22 1959 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba) is a Cuban-American heavy metal Pia Gjellerup (born August 22 1959) is a Danish Politician representing the Social Democrats. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana (born 22 August 1961) is a British Musician, Songwriter and Record producer. Tears for Fears (sometimes informally abbreviated to TFF are Deborah Mary 'Debbi' Peterson (born 22 August 1961, in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is a Pianist and Singer-songwriter of dual British and American Terry DeWayne Catledge (born August 22, 1963 in Houston Mississippi) is a retired American professional Basketball player Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Mats Wilander (born August 22 1964, in Växjö, Sweden) is a former World No Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Thomas Wayne Gibis (Born August 22, 1965 in West St Paul Minnesota) is a voice actor that is best known for playing the voice of Shikamaru Nara Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Eric Thomas Andolsek ( August 22, 1966 - June 23, 1992) was an offensive lineman with college football's LSU Tigers and the NFL 1992)
• 1966 - GZA, American rapper
• 1966 - Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer
• 1967 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Gary Grice, better known as GZA ( Genius/GZA, or The Genius, (born August 22, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York Rob Witschge (born August 22, 1966 in Amsterdam, North-Holland) is a former football midfielder from The Netherlands Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Layne Thomas Staley ( August 22, 1967 - April 5, 2002) was the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains and the Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle Washington in 2002)
• 1967 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor
• 1967 - Ant, American comedian
• 1967 - Ty Burrell, American actor
• 1967 - Alfred Gough, American screenwriter
• 1967 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 22 August 1967 is an English Actor, Solicitor and former male fashion model. Anthony Steven Kalloniatis (born August 23 1967) now known professionally and legally as Ant, is a Greek-American stand-up comedian Ty Burrell (born August 22, 1967) is an American film and television actor Alfred Fabian Gough III (born 22 August 1967) is an American Screenwriter and producer Yukiko Okada (岡田有希子 Okada Yukiko) ( August 22, 1967 – April 8, 1986 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture) 1986)
• 1968 - Paul Colman, Australian guitarist (Newsboys)
• 1968 - Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer
• 1968 - Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player
• 1968 - Rich Lowry, American magazine editor
• 1970 - Charlie Connelly, English writer
• 1970 - Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-born American chef and television host
• 1971 - Richard Armitage, English actor
• 1971 - Rick Yune, Korean American actor
• 1972 - Steve Kline, American baseball player
• 1972 - Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
• 1972 - Max Wilson, Brazilian racing driver
• 1973 - Kristen Wiig, American comedian
• 1973 - Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
• 1974 - William Kucmierowski, American professional wrestler
• 1974 - Agustín Pichot, Argentine rugby player
• 1974 - Stefano Verderi, Italian guitarman
• 1975 - Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
• 1975 - Sheree Murphy, British actress
• 1975 - Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
• 1977 - Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
• 1977 - Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist
• 1977 - Jenna Leigh Green, American actress
• 1978 - Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
• 1980 - Christi Shake, American model and actress
• 1980 - Roland Benschneider, German footballer
• 1980 - Nicolas Macrozonaris, French-Canadian track-and-field athlete
• 1981 - Alex Holmes, American football player
• 1982 - Heather Campbell, Canadian writer
• 1983 - Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
• 1983 - Laura Breckenridge, American actress
• 1984 - Lee Camp, English football goalkeeper

Deaths

• 408 - Stilicho, Roman general (b. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Colman, (born August 22 1967) is a British &ndash Australian Pop-rock Guitarist, vocalist, Pianist For the protest event see Newsboys Strike of 1899 Newsboys (sometimes stylized as newsboys) is a Grammy Award -nominated Aleksandr Vladimirovich Mostovoi (Александр Владимирович Мостовой (born August 22, 1968 in St Horst Skoff ( August 22, 1968 &ndash June 7, 2008) was a former professional Tennis player from Austria. Richard A Lowry (born 22 August 1968) is editor of National Review and a syndicated columnist Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charlie Connelly (born 22 August 1970, London, England) is a British Author and broadcaster from England Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (ˈdʒada de lauˈrentis born August 22, 1970) is an Italian American Chef, Writer, television personality Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Richard Armitage (born August 22, 1971 in Leicester) is an English Actor. Rick Yune (born August 22, 1971) is an American actor Yune a Korean American, was born in Washington D Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Okkert Brits (born August 22, 1973 in Uitenhage) is a South African athlete competing in the Pole vault. Max Wilson, (born August 10, 1972 in Hamburg, Germany) is a racing driver of Brazilian parentage Kristen Carroll Wiig (wɪg, pronounced like " Wig " born August 22 1973 is an American actress, comedienne, and impressionist Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Howard Dwaine Dorough (born August 22 1973 also known as Howie D, is an American musician and member of the Boy band Backstreet Boys. Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. William M Kucmierowski (born August 22 1974) is an American Professional wrestler of the Jewish religion better known by his Agustín Pichot (born 22 August, 1974 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Rugby union player the former captain of the Argentine Le Vibrazioni is an Italian rock and pop band formed in Milan in 1999 that is still active Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clint Bolton (born August 22, 1975 in Bundaberg, Queensland) is an Australian Football (soccer player Sheree Murphy (born 22 August, 1975, Islington, North London) is an English Actress and Television presenter Rodrigo Santoro (born August 22, 1975 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian Actor. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Heiðar Helguson (born 22 August, 1977 in Akureyri; first name commonly anglicised to Heidar) is an Icelandic footballer Keren Cytter, (b 1977 is an Israeli visual artist Biography Cytter spent her childhood in Israel where she went on to study visual art in Avni Institute for Art Jenna Leigh Green (born August 22, 1974) is an American actress known for her performances on the television show Sabrina the Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Jean-François "Jeff" Stinco (born 22 August 1978) is a French Canadian musician who is best known as the Lead guitarist for Simple Plan is a French Canadian Pop punk band based in Montreal, Quebec. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Christi Shake (born August 22, 1980 in the Sparrows Point / Essex area of Baltimore Maryland) is an American model Roland Benschneider (born August 22, 1980 in Neuruppin) is a German footballer. Nicolas Macrozonaris (born August 22, 1980) is a Canadian 100 m sprinter Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Alex Holmes (born August 22, 1981 in San Diego, California) was a National Football League Tight end. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Heather Anne Campbell is an editor at Dave Halverson 's Play Magazine and Jeff Bond's Geek Monthly, as well as a contributing writer for Action Button and The Gamer's Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Theo Bos (born 22 August 1983 in Hierden) is a Dutch Track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion Laura Breckenridge (born August 22 1983) is an American actress born in Flourtown, Pennsylvania Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Lee Michael John Camp (born 22 August 1984 in Derby, England) is a Goalkeeper for QPR who has also played for the For the area code see Area code 408. Events By Place Western Roman Empire In the summer of this year Flavius Stilicho (occasionally written as Stilico) (ca 359 &ndash August 22, 408) was a high-ranking general ( Magister militum 359)
• 1155 - Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. Events By Place Roman Empire Battle of Amida: Shapur II of Persia conquers Amida from the Romans. Emperor Konoe (近衛天皇 Konoe-tennō) ( June 16, 1139 &ndash August 22, 1155) was the 76th emperor of 1139)
• 1188 - Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. Ferdinand II (1137 in Toledo, Castile – January 22 1188 was King of León from 1157 to his death 1137)
• 1241 - Gregory IX, Italian religious leader, 178th Pope (b. Pope Gregory IX, born Ugolino di Conti, was Pope from March 19, 1227 to August c. 1143)
• 1280 - Nicholas III, Italian religious leader, 188th Pope (b. Pope Nicholas III ( Rome, 1210/1220 &ndash August 22, 1280) born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, Pope from November 25, c. 1216)
• 1304 - John II, Count of Hainaut (b. John II of Avesnes (1247 &ndash August 22 1304) was the oldest son of John I of Avesnes and Adelaide of Holland. 1247)
• 1350 - Philip VI, King of France (b. Philip VI (1293 &ndash 22 August 1350) known as the Fortunate ( French: le Fortuné) and of Valois, was the 1293)
• 1358 - Isabella, Queen of England (b. Isabella of France (c 1295 &ndash August 22, 1358) known as the She-Wolf of France, was the Queen consort of Edward II of circa 1295)
• 1485 - Richard III, King of England (b. Richard III ( 2 October 1452 &ndash 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death 1452)
• 1553 - John Dudley, English admiral and politician (b. Lord John Dudley (1501 &ndash 22 August, 1553) was a Tudor general admiral and politician who de facto ruled England in the latter half of King 1501)
• 1572 - Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland (b. Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland KG ( 1528 - 22 August 1572) led the Rising of the North and was executed for treason 1528)
• 1584 - Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. Life Kochanowski was born at Sycyna, near Radom, Poland. Little is known of his early education 1530)
• 1599 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
• 1599 - Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. Luca Marenzio (also Marentio) ( October 18 ? 1553? &ndash August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance c. 1553)
• 1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. Bartholomew Gosnold (1572&ndash August 22, 1607) was an English lawyer explorer and Privateer, instrumental in founding the Virginia 1572)
• 1609 - Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. Judah Loew ben Bezalel ("Judah Loewe son of Bezalel" also written as Yehudah ben Bezalel Levai '''Loewe''' '''Löwe''' 1525 &ndash Thursday 7 September 1525)
• 1652 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie ( Reval, 20 June 1583 - Stockholm, 22 August 1652) was a Statesman 1583)
• 1680 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. Johann Georg IIjpg|thumb|210px|Johann Georg II picture from 1658 1613)
• 1701 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. John Granville 1st Earl of Bath ( 29 August 1628 &ndash 22 August 1701) was an English royalist statesman whose highest position 1628)
• 1711 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis François duc de Boufflers comte de Cagny ( January 10 1644 - August 22 1711) was a Marshal of France. 1644)
• 1752 - William Whiston, English mathematician (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of William Whiston ( 9 December 1667 &ndash 22 August 1752) was as English Theologian, Historian, and 1667)
• 1773 - George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Lyttelton may be George Lyttelton 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709&ndash1773 English politician George Lyttelton 4th Baron Lyttelton 1709)
• 1793 - Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (b. Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Louis 4th duc de Noailles ( 21 April 1713 at Versailles &ndash 22 August 1793 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France 1713)
• 1797 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dagobert Sigismund Count de Wurmser ( May 7, 1724 &ndash August 22, 1797 in Vienna) was an Austrian Field marshal 1724)
• 1806 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean-Honoré Fragonard ( April 5, 1732 &ndash August 22, 1806) was a French painter and Printmaker whose late Rococo 1732)
• 1818 - Warren Hastings, British Governor-General of India (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Warren Hastings ( December 6 1732 - August 22 1818) was the first Governor-General of Bengal, from 1773 to 1785 1732)
• 1828 - Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroscientist (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Franz Joseph Gall ( March 9, 1758 - August 22, 1828) was a Neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the 1758)
• 1850 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Nikolaus Lenau was the Nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau ( August 25, 1802, Schadat 1802)
• 1861 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Xianfeng Emperor, born Yizhu, ( July 17, 1831 - August 22, 1861) was the eighth Emperor of the Manchu 1831)
• 1891 - Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jan Nepomuk Neruda (ˈjan ˈnɛpomuk ˈnɛruda ( July 9, 1834 – August 22, 1891) was a Czech journalist writer and poet one of 1834)
• 1903 - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting "Lord Salisbury" redirects here For other holders of the title see Marquess of Salisbury. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1830)
• 1914 - Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi bishop of Bergamo
• 1918 - Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi ( 12 July 1859 - 22 August 1914, was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Korbinian Brodmann ( November 17, 1868 - August 22, 1918) was a German Neurologist who became famous for his definition 1868)
• 1922 - Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael John ("Mick" Collins (Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin 16 October 1890 &ndash 22 August 1922 was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for 1890)
• 1926 - Charles W. Eliot, American President of Harvard University (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles William Eliot ( March 20 1834 &ndash August 22 1926) was an American Academic who was selected as Harvard's 1834)
• 1940 - Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist, spiritualist, pioneer in wireless telegraphy (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS ( June 12, 1851 - August 22, 1940) born at Penkhull in Stoke-on-Trent and educated 1851)
• 1942 - Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Michel Fokine (a French transliteration English transliteration Mikhail Fokin; from Михаил Михайлович Фокин, Mikhaíl Mikháylovich 1880)
• 1950 - Kirk Bryan, American geologist (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kirk Bryan ( 22 July, 1888 in Albuquerque, New Mexico - 22 August, 1950 in Cody, Wyoming) was an 1888)
• 1953 - Jim Tabor, baseball player (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Reubin Tabor ( November 5, 1916 &ndash August 22, 1953) also nicknamed "Rawhide" was a Major League Baseball 1916)
• 1958 - Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Martin du Gard ( March 23, 1881 - August 22, 1958) was a French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature. 1881)
• 1960 - Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and Olympic medalist (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eduard Pütsep ( October 21, 1898 - August 22, 1960) was an Estonian wrestler who won a Gold Medal in the Bantamweight division 1898)
• 1965 - Ellen Church, First American airline stewardess (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Ellen Church ( September 22, 1904 - August 22, 1965) was the first airline stewardess ( Flight attendant) Flight attendants or cabin crew (historically known as stewards air hosts/hostesses or stewardesses) are members of an Aircrew 1904)
• 1967 - Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American endocrinologist (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Gregory Goodwin Pincus ( April 9, 1903 - August 22, 1967) American biologist and researcher was co-inventor of the Combined 1903)
• 1970 - Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (Владимир Яковлевич Пропп &mdash 22 August 1970) was a Russian formalist scholar who Russian formalism was an influential school of literary criticism in Russia from the 1910s to the 1930s 1895)
• 1973 - Louise Huff, American actress (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Louise Huff ( November 14, 1895 – August 22, 1973) was an American silent film actress from Columbus Georgia. 1895)
• 1974 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Jacob Bronowski ( January 18 1908 – August 22 1974) was a British mathematician and biologist of Polish-Jewish origin 1908)
• 1976 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (JK ( September 12, 1902 – August 22, 1976) was a prominent Brazilian politician who was 1902)
• 1976 - Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Gina Bachauer, (Greek Τζίνα Μπαχάουερ ( May 21, 1913 - August 22, 1976) was a Greek classical Pianist 1913)
• 1977 - Sebastian Cabot, English-born actor (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Sebastian Cabot ( July 6, 1918  &ndash August 22, 1977) was an English Film and Television actor best 1918)
• 1978 - Jomo Kenyatta, first President of Kenya (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Jomo Kenyatta ( October 20, 1894 &ndash August 22, 1978) served as the first Prime Minister (1963&ndash1964 and President c. 1892)
• 1979 - James T. Farrell, American novelist (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) James Thomas Farrell ( February 27, 1904 - August 22, 1979) was an American Novelist. 1904)
• 1980 - James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) James Smith McDonnell ( April 9, 1899 - August 22, 1980) was an Aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation 1899)
• 1980 - Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz) (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfred Neubauer ( March 29, 1891 in Maehrisch-Ostrau – August 22, 1980 in Stuttgart) was the racing manager of the Throughout its long history Mercedes-Benz has been involved in a range of Motorsport activities including Sportscar racing and rallying 1891)
• 1989 - Huey P. Newton, American activist (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Huey Percy Newton ( February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense 1942)
• 1991 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Colleen Dewhurst ( June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian actress whose distinguished stage career also encompassed significant 1924)
• 1994 - Gilles Groulx, French Canadian film director (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Gilles Groulx ( 30 May 1931, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 22 August 1994) was a Canadian film director 1931)
• 2003 - Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss-born figure skating trainer (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Arnold Gerschwiler OBE ( 28 May 1914 in Arbon, Switzerland – 22 August 2003 in Cheam, Surrey 1914)
• 2003 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Generosa Rand Ammon-Pelosi ( March 22, 1956 in Laguna Beach, California - August 22, 2003 in New York City) was Robert Theodore Ammon ( 30 August 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 20 October 2001 in East Hampton, New 1956)
• 2003 - Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (b. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Magdalena Nile del Río ( December 26 1906 &ndash August 22 2003) was a professional singer and movie actress who was better known as Imperio 1906)
• 2004 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Konstantin Aseev ( October 20 1960 &ndash August 22 2004) was a Russian Chess Grandmaster and trainer 1960)
• 2004 - Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel M Petrie ( November 26, 1920, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada - August 22, 2004, Los Angeles California 1920)
• 2004 - Al Dvorin, American announcer on Elvis Presley's shows (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Albert Dvorin (18 November 1922 in Chicago, Illinois - 22 August 2004 near Ivanpah, California) was an American Bandleader and c. 1923)
• 2005 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luc Ferrari, French composer born on February 5, 1929 in Paris - deceased on August 22, 2005 in Arezzo in Italy 1929)
• 2006 - Bruce Gary, American rock drummer, producer (The Knack) (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Bruce Gary ( 7 April 1951 – 22 August 2006) was best known as the drummer for the music group The Knack. The Knack are a Los Angeles -based rock band that rose to fame with their first single " My Sharona " an international hit in 1979 (see 1951)

Holidays and observances

• RC feasts - Mary Queen of angels, Immaculate Heart

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints An angel is a Spiritual Supernatural being found in many Religions Although the nature of angels and the tasks given to them vary from tradition to tradition The Immaculate Heart of Mary originally The Sacred Heart of Mary is a devotional name used by Roman Catholics and some Anglo-Catholics to refer

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