Historical Events on 22nd August ◀ Jul August Sep ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Events 1 - 163 of 163 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. 476 - Odoacer is named Rex italiae by his troop. 565 - St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness 851 - Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. 1138 - English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard 1454 - Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus 1485 - Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry Tudors forces defeat English King Richard III during last battle War of the Roses 1543 - Emperor Charles Vs army occupies Duren 1559 - Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic 1572 - Failed assassination on Gaspard de Coligny, a French nobleman and admiral, a Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion 1582 - King James IV of Scotland captured 1603 - 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam 1614 - Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase & plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt 1632 - Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht 1639 - Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers. 1642 - Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one ot the first Jewish colonists 1707 - Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon 1707 - Sweden & Prussia sign military treaty 1717 - Spanish troops lands on Sardinia 1762 - 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury Captain/Explorer James CookCaptain/Explorer James Cook 1770 - James Cooks expedition lands on the east coast of Australia. 1775 - King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion 1780 - Resolution, without Captain Cook, returns to England 1787 - John Fitchs steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton 1788 - Sierra Leone settled by British as a haven for former slaves 1791 - Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman 1798 - French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tones United Irishmens Irish Rebellion. 1826 - Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah 1827 - José de La Mar becomes President of Peru. 1848 - The United States annexes New Mexico 1849 - The first air raid in history; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice. 1851 - Gold fields discovered in Australia 1851 - Yacht America wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (Americas Cup) 1862 - Battle of Catletts Station, VA 1862 - Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely 1864 - Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations 1864 - International Red Cross forms 1867 - Fisk University forms, 1867 1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands. 1877 - Nez Perce-indians flee into Yellowstone National Park 1894 - Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC)in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal 1901 - Cadillac Motor Company is founded. 1902 - Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car 1906 - 1st Victor Victrola manufactured 1907 - Colin Buchanan, town planner 1907 - Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist 1910 - Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate 1911 - Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913) 1912 - England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament 1912 - Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya) 1913 - Robert Martineau, bishop of Blackburn 1914 - Battle at Charleroi begins: Gen von Bulows troops beat French 1914 - 1st encounter between British & German troops (in Belgium) 1914 - Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny & Virton 1914 - Canadas Finance Act, 1914, receives assent 1914 - General Martos troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia 1914 - German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium 1914 - Von Ludendorff & von Hindenburg move into East Prussia enroute to Russia 1917 - Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers First Director of the FBI J. Edgar HooverFirst Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover 1921 - J. Edgar Hoover becomes Assistant Director of the FBI 1923 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4) 1926 - Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa 1926 - Greek dictator Gen Pangulos driven out 1927 - Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers 1930 - Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test 1932 - BBC begins experimental regular TV broadcasts 1933 - Bill Veeck urges midsummer inter-league games & a split season 1933 - International Zionists Congress opens in Prague 1934 - Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes 1934 - Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12 Baseball Legend Babe RuthBaseball Legend Babe Ruth 1939 - Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion 1939 - Premier De Geer recalls Dutch holidaymakers in Black Forest 1941 - Nazi troops reach Lenningrad 1942 - Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy 1943 - Soviet troops free Karkov 1944 - Hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd] 1944 - Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany 1945 - Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Aust Services at Old Trafford 1945 - England defeat Aust Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket 1945 - Noel Cowards revue Sigh no More premieres in London Vietnamese Communist Revolutionary Ho Chi MinhVietnamese Communist Revolutionary Ho Chi Minh 1945 - Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup 1946 - Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it 1946 - Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55) 1947 - 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840) 1950 - Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) 1950 - Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in a US national tennis competition 1950 - Rotterdam dock strike ends 1951 - Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 1952 - The penal colony on Devils Island is permanently closed. 1953 - John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union 1953 - Shah of Iran returns to Teheran 1954 - WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis PresleySinger & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley 1956 - Elvis Presley begins filming The Reno Brothers (Love Me Tender) 1956 - Pres Eisenhower & VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF 1957 - Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title 1958 - Argos Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return 1958 - Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1959 - Cin Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs 1960 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open 1960 - Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352 1961 - Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers French President Charles de GaulleFrench President Charles de Gaulle 1962 - Failed assassination on French president Charles de Gaulle 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1962 - Savannah, worlds 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga 1963 - NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km) 1964 - Guinee, Liberia & Ivory Coast form joint market 1964 - Supremes Where Did Our Love Go reaches #1 1965 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open 1965 - San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marachal hits LA Dodger catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl 1966 - Beatles arrive in NYC 1968 - 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) 1968 - Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota 1969 - Beatles record a video for Long & Winding Road 1969 - Gloria O Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America 1969 - Hurricane Camille strikes US Gulf Coast kills 255 1971 - Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, pres Torres driven out 1971 - Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open 1971 - J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28. 1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the International Olympic Committee for its racist policies. 1973 - Chilean parliament accuses pres Allende violating laws Politician, statesman Henry KissingerPolitician, statesman Henry Kissinger 1973 - Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as min of Foreign affairs 1975 - McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens 1976 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic 1978 - Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua, Nicaragua 1979 - 200 black leaders meet in NY to support Andrew Young 1980 - Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale 1980 - Leaders of Port Elizabeths Black secondary school children in South Africa decided to end a four month boycott of classes 1982 - Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence 1982 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Womens Golf 1984 - Evelyn Ashford of US ties world womens mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec 1984 - Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced 1984 - Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200 US President & Actor Ronald ReaganUS President & Actor Ronald Reagan 1984 - Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan & VP Bush 1984 - The United Democratic Front, an internal coalition of anti-apartheid groups in South Africa, organizes a highly successful boycotts of the Colored and Indian elections to parliament 1985 - 30th Walker Cup: US wins 13-11 1985 - Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed 1986 - Gas from Volcano Chamberoen kills 1,734 (Cameroon) 1986 - NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics 1987 - Madonnas Whos That Girl single goes #1 1988 - Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala) Pop Star MadonnaPop Star Madonna 1988 - NBC premieres Later with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee) 1988 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1989 - 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered 1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) 1990 - President Bush calls up military reserves 1991 - Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100 m backstroke (1:00.31) 1992 - Matthews & Warne spin Australia to a famous win v Sri Lanka 1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. US President George H. W. BushUS President George H. W. Bush 1993 - In the Summer House closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 25 perfs 1993 - Hiromi Kobayash wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic 1994 - DNA testing links OJ Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman 1994 - Wim Cook government forms in Netherlands 1995 - FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weavers cabin in Idaho 1996 - ANC makes its first submission to Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 2003 - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is 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. NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal OJ SimpsonNFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal OJ Simpson 2004 - A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. 2007 - The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history. 2007 - The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day 2012 - 47 people are killed in the Syrian civil war 2012 - 48 people are killed in Kenyan tribal wars between the Pokomo and Orma 2012 - Russia and Vanuatu become members of the World Trade Organization 2013 - 14 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Western Iraq
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