Historical Events In August - 22

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  

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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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1530  Bartolomeo Spontone, composer was born on August - 22.  

1601  On this day in history birth of georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)  

1615  On August - 22 birth of christopher Gibbons, composer  

1624  Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701) was born on August - 22.  

1647  On August - 22 birth of denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine)  

1679  On this day in history birth of pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)  

1681  On this day in history birth of pierre Danican Philidor, composer  

1753  On August - 22 birth of christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer  

0408  On August - 22 flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48  

0634  On August - 22 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  On this day in history death of ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)  

1241  Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies on August - 22.  

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

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

1304  On August - 22 death of john II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)