Page 6: Historical Events In August - 22

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

1934  Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes on August - 22.   

1936  On this day in history 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 August - 22 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  Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1951  On August - 22 harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052   

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  John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union on August - 22.   

1954  On August - 22 wPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1956  Pres Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)   

1958  On this day in history roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies   

1963  On August - 22 nASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)   

1963  On this day in history william Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies   

1965  On August - 22 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies   

1966  Apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82 on August - 22.   

1967  On August - 22 tom Conway, actor (Mrs Minerva), dies of liver ailment at 63   

1968  On this day in history 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  On this day in history hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255   

1970  On this day in history richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78   

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1530  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo Spontone, composer   

1601  Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

1615  On August - 22 birth of christopher Gibbons, composer   

1624  Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

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

1679  On August - 22 birth of pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)   

1681  On August - 22 birth of pierre Danican Philidor, composer   

1753  On this day in history birth of christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer   

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

0634  On this day in history abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies   

1155  On this day in history death of konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)   

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

1241  On August - 22 gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies   

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 August - 22.   

1304  Death of John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247) on August - 22.