Historical Events In August - 22

1933  On August - 22 adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62   

1934  On this day in history australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes   

1936  On this day in history juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at 99   

1937  On this day in history david C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies   

1939  On August - 22 dutch border guards take positions for German invasion   

1941  On August - 22 nazi troops reach Lenningrad   

1942  On August - 22 brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy   

1942  Henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history soviet troops free Karkov   

1944  HMS Nabob (Cdn. manned aircraft carrier) severely damaged by torpedo off Norway on August - 22.   

1944  On this day in history hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd]   

1944  On August - 22 raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55   

1945  On August - 22 bob Cristofani scores 110 for Aust Services at Old Trafford   

1946  Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it on August - 22.   

1947  On this day in history 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840)   

1949  In the Queen Charlotte Island a 8.1 earthquake was Canada's largest historic earthquake on August - 22.   

1950  On August - 22 abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)   

1951  Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 on this day in history.   

1952  CBC tele-cine projectionist inserts a slide upside down; Canada's first known TV gaffe on August - 22.   

1952  On this day in history the penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.   

1953  On August - 22 john Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union   

1954  WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1956  Pres Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF on August - 22.   

1956  Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender) on August - 22.   

1958  Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)   

1963  On August - 22 william Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies   

1965  Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies on this day in history.   

1966  On August - 22 apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82   

1967  Tom Conway, actor (Mrs Minerva), dies of liver ailment at 63 on this day in history.   

1968  Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry on August - 22.   

1968  On this day in history the first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)   

1969  On this day in history hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255   

1970  Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78 on August - 22.   

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1530  Bartolomeo Spontone, composer was born on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)   

1615  Christopher Gibbons, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  On August - 22 birth of jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)   

1647  Denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine) was born on August - 22.   

1679  On this day in history birth of pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)   

1681  Pierre Danican Philidor, composer was born on this day in history.   

1753  Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer was born on August - 22.   

0408  Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

0634  On August - 22 abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies   

1155  Death of Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) on this day in history.   

1188  Death of Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137) on this day in history.   

1241  Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1280  On this day in history nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies   

1286  Death of Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 22.   

1304  On this day in history death of john II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)