Historical Events In August - 22

1933  Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62 on August - 22.  

1934  On August - 22 australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes  

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

1937  David C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies on this day in history.  

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 August - 22.  

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

1943  On August - 22 soviet troops free Karkov  

1944  On this day in history 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 August - 22.  

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

1946  On August - 22 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  In the Queen Charlotte Island a 8.1 earthquake was Canada's largest historic earthquake on this day in history.  

1950  Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) on this day in history.  

1951  Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 on August - 22.  

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

1952  The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed on August - 22.  

1953  John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union on this day in history.  

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 August - 22.  

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 this day in history.  

1963  William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies  

1966  Apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1969  Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1679  Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.  

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

1753  Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer was born on this day in history.  

0408  On August - 22 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  Death of Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) on this day in history.  

1188  On August - 22 death of ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)  

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

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

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

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