Historical Events In August - 22
Sunday, 09 May 2021
1933 On this day in history adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62
1934 Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes on this day in history.
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 Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion on August - 22.
1941 Nazi troops reach Lenningrad on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy
1942 On this day in history henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72
1943 On this day in history soviet troops free Karkov
1944 On August - 22 hMS Nabob (Cdn. manned aircraft carrier) severely damaged by torpedo off Norway
1944 On August - 22 hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd]
1944 On this day in history raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55
1945 Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Aust Services at Old Trafford on August - 22.
1946 On this day in history baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it
1947 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840) on this day in history.
1949 On August - 22 in the Queen Charlotte Island a 8.1 earthquake was Canada's largest historic earthquake.
1950 On this day in history abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
1951 On August - 22 harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
1952 On this day in history cBC tele-cine projectionist inserts a slide upside down; Canada's first known TV gaffe.
1952 On this day in history the penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
1953 John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union on August - 22.
1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting on August - 22.
1956 On this day in history pres Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF
1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender) on August - 22.
1958 Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies on August - 22.
1963 On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)
1963 William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies on August - 22.
1965 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies on August - 22.
1966 On this day in history apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82
1967 On August - 22 tom Conway, actor (Mrs Minerva), dies of liver ailment at 63
1968 On August - 22 cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry
1968 The first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) on August - 22.
1969 Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255 on August - 22.
1970 On this day in history richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78
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