Historical Events In August - 22

1973  On August - 22 louise Huff, actress (Sea Waif, Caprice, Disraeli), dies at 77   

1974  On August - 22 jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian, dies at 66   

1976  On August - 22 juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, pres of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73   

1977  On this day in history sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59   

1978  Tear gas used to quell riot by 150 prisoners in Sydney's Long Bay Jail who set fire to their cells on August - 22.   

1978  On this day in history ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78   

1979  On August - 22 henry Beernink, politician, dies at 69   

1982  Gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence on August - 22.   

1984  On August - 22 rep convention in Dallas renominates Pres Reagan and VP Bush   

1984  On August - 22 charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57   

1985  On this day in history ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quickie of 30's), dies   

1986  NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics on this day in history.   

1987  On August - 22 madonna's "Who's "That Girl," single goes #1   

1988  Australia unveils first platinum coin (Koala) on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 22 nBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee)   

1989  The first complete ring around Neptune discovered on this day in history.   

1990  On August - 22 pres Bush calls up military reserves   

1990  On August - 22 scores of angry smokers block street near Moscow's Red Square for hours to protest summer-long cigarette shortage.   

1990  Merlin Marston, actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 45 on August - 22.   

1991  Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide on August - 22.   

1993  On this day in history don Getz, US filmer (Playpoint)   

1994  On August - 22 canadian icebreaker Louis St-Laurent reaches the North Magnetic Pole.   

1994  On August - 22 leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80   

2005  On this day in history a 4.1-kg (9-pound) meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe, leaving a 15-cm (6-inch) crater.   

2006  On this day in history pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing 171 people, including 45 children.   

2006  The ICM awards Grigori Perelman the Fields Medal for proving the Poincare conjecture, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems. Perelman refuses the medal on this day in history.   

2007  The Texas Rangers score thirty runs in one game, setting the modern (post-1900) MLB record for most runs by one team in a single game, in a 30-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on this day in history.   

2012  On August - 22 47 people are killed in the Syrian civil war   

2013  14 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Western Iraq on this day in history.   

2014  2nd Ebola death in Nigera, Africa’s most populated country on this day in history.   

2017  India's highest court outlaws instant divorce for Muslim men (talaq, talaq, talaq) on August - 22.   

2017  On this day in history missouri Governor Eric Greitens grants stay of execution for Marcellus Williams in light of possible new DNA eividence   

2018  Longest ever bull market for Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index at 3,453 days (using 19.9 percent decline in 1990 as the start, usually 20%) on this day in history.   

2018  Discovery of a bone of a 90,000 hybrid human, half Neanderthal, half Denisovan from Anuy River, Siberia published in "Nature" on August - 22.   

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1530  On August - 22 birth of bartolomeo Spontone, composer   

1601  Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667) was born on August - 22.   

1615  Christopher Gibbons, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1647  Denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine) was born on August - 22.   

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

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

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

0408  Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48 on August - 22.   

0634  Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies on August - 22.   

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  Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.