Historical Events In August - 22

1973  Louise Huff, actress (Sea Waif, Caprice, Disraeli), dies at 77 on August - 22.   

1974  On August - 22 jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian, dies at 66   

1976  Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, pres of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73 on August - 22.   

1977  On this day in history sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59   

1978  Tear gas used to quell riot by 150 prisoners in Sydney's Long Bay Jail who set fire to their cells on this day in history.   

1978  Ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1979  Henry Beernink, politician, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1982  Gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence on August - 22.   

1984  On August - 22 rep convention in Dallas renominates Pres Reagan and VP Bush   

1984  Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57 on August - 22.   

1985  Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quickie of 30's), dies on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history nASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics   

1987  On August - 22 madonna's "Who's "That Girl," single goes #1   

1988  Australia unveils first platinum coin (Koala) on this day in history.   

1988  NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee) on August - 22.   

1989  The first complete ring around Neptune discovered on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history pres Bush calls up military reserves   

1990  Scores of angry smokers block street near Moscow's Red Square for hours to protest summer-long cigarette shortage on this day in history.   

1990  Merlin Marston, actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 45 on this day in history.   

1991  Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1993  Don Getz, US filmer (Playpoint) on this day in history.   

1994  Canadian icebreaker Louis St-Laurent reaches the North Magnetic Pole on August - 22.   

1994  On August - 22 leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80   

2005  A 4.1-kg (9-pound) meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe, leaving a 15-cm (6-inch) crater on August - 22.   

2006  Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing 171 people, including 45 children on this day in history.   

2006  The ICM awards Grigori Perelman the Fields Medal for proving the Poincare conjecture, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems. Perelman refuses the medal on this day in history.   

2007  On August - 22 the Texas Rangers score thirty runs in one game, setting the modern (post-1900) MLB record for most runs by one team in a single game, in a 30-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.   

2012  47 people are killed in the Syrian civil war on August - 22.   

2013  14 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Western Iraq on August - 22.   

2014  2nd Ebola death in Nigera, Africa’s most populated country on this day in history.   

2017  On August - 22 india's highest court outlaws instant divorce for Muslim men (talaq, talaq, talaq)   

2017  Missouri Governor Eric Greitens grants stay of execution for Marcellus Williams in light of possible new DNA eividence on August - 22.   

2018  Longest ever bull market for Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index at 3,453 days (using 19.9 percent decline in 1990 as the start, usually 20%) on this day in history.   

2018  Discovery of a bone of a 90,000 hybrid human, half Neanderthal, half Denisovan from Anuy River, Siberia published in "Nature" on August - 22.   

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1530  On August - 22 birth of bartolomeo Spontone, composer   

1601  Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667) was born on August - 22.   

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

1624  Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701) was born on August - 22.   

1647  On this day in history birth of denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine)   

1679  Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758) was born on August - 22.   

1681  Pierre Danican Philidor, composer was born on August - 22.   

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

0408  On this day in history flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48   

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  On this day in history death of ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)   

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

1280  On August - 22 nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies   

1286  Death of Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered on this day in history.   

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