Historical Events In August - 22

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

1939  On this day in history dutch border guards take positions for German invasion  

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  Soviet troops free Karkov on August - 22.  

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  On this day in history baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it  

1947  On this day in history 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840)  

1949  In the Queen Charlotte Island a 8.1 earthquake was Canada's largest historic earthquake on this day in history.  

1950  On August - 22 abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)  

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

1952  On this day in history cBC tele-cine projectionist inserts a slide upside down; Canada's first known TV gaffe.  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

1965  Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies on August - 22.  

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

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  On this day in history the first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)  

1969  On this day in history hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255  

1970  Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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1530  On August - 22 birth of bartolomeo Spontone, composer  

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

1615  On this day in history birth of christopher Gibbons, composer  

1624  On August - 22 birth of jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)  

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

1679  Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758) was born on August - 22.  

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

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

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

0634  Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies on this day in history.  

1155  On August - 22 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 this day in history gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies  

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

1286  On this day in history death of erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered  

1304  Death of John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247) on this day in history.