Page 6: 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 August - 22.   

1937  On August - 22 david C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies   

1939  Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion on August - 22.   

1941  Nazi troops reach Lenningrad on this day in history.   

1942  Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy on August - 22.   

1942  On August - 22 henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72   

1943  On August - 22 soviet troops free Karkov   

1944  HMS Nabob (Cdn. manned aircraft carrier) severely damaged by torpedo off Norway on this day in history.   

1944  Hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd] on this day in history.   

1944  On August - 22 raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55   

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 August - 22.   

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

1949  On August - 22 in the Queen Charlotte Island a 8.1 earthquake was Canada's largest historic earthquake.   

1950  Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) on August - 22.   

1951  Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On August - 22 pres Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF   

1956  Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1963  William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies on August - 22.   

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

1966  On August - 22 apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82   

1967  On this day in history tom Conway, actor (Mrs Minerva), dies of liver ailment at 63   

1968  Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry on August - 22.   

1968  The first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) on this day in history.   

1969  On August - 22 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  Bartolomeo Spontone, composer was born on August - 22.   

1601  On August - 22 birth of georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)   

1615  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer   

0408  On August - 22 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  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  On August - 22 death of erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered   

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