Historical Events In August - 22
Friday, 03 July 2020
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 August - 22 juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at 99
1937 On August - 22 david C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies
1939 Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion on this day in history.
1941 Nazi troops reach Lenningrad on this day in history.
1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72
1943 On August - 22 soviet troops free Karkov
1944 HMS Nabob (Cdn. manned aircraft carrier) severely damaged by torpedo off Norway on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd]
1944 Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55 on August - 22.
1945 On this day in history 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 On this day in history in the Queen Charlotte Island a 8.1 earthquake was Canada's largest historic earthquake.
1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) on August - 22.
1951 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 on this day in history.
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 Pres Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF on this day in history.
1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender) on this day in history.
1958 Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies on this day in history.
1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km) on August - 22.
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 this day in history.
1966 On this day in history apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82
1967 On this day in history tom Conway, actor (Mrs Minerva), dies of liver ailment at 63
1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry on this day in history.
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 August - 22 richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78
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