Historical Events In August - 22
Monday, 19 April 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 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 August - 22.
1939 On this day in history dutch border guards take positions for German invasion
1941 On August - 22 nazi troops reach Lenningrad
1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy on this day in history.
1942 Henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72 on August - 22.
1943 Soviet troops free Karkov on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history hMS Nabob (Cdn. manned aircraft carrier) severely damaged by torpedo off Norway
1944 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1946 Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it on this day in history.
1947 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840) on August - 22.
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 this day in history.
1951 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1952 The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed on this day in history.
1953 On August - 22 john Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union
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 August - 22.
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 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 this day in history.
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 Tom Conway, actor (Mrs Minerva), dies of liver ailment at 63 on this day in history.
1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry on August - 22.
1968 On this day in history the first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
1969 Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255 on August - 22.
1970 Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
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