Page 7: Historical Events In August - 22

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

1974  Jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian, dies at 66 on August - 22.   

1976  Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, pres of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1977  Sebastian Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), dies at 59 on August - 22.   

1978  On this day in history tear gas used to quell riot by 150 prisoners in Sydney's Long Bay Jail who set fire to their cells   

1978  Ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78 on August - 22.   

1979  Henry Beernink, politician, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1982  On August - 22 gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence   

1984  Rep convention in Dallas renominates Pres Reagan and VP Bush on this day in history.   

1984  Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1985  On August - 22 ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quickie of 30's), dies   

1986  NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics on August - 22.   

1987  Madonna's "Who's "That Girl," single goes #1 on August - 22.   

1988  On this day in history australia unveils first platinum coin (Koala)   

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

1989  On this day in history the first complete ring around Neptune discovered   

1990  Pres Bush calls up military reserves on this day in history.   

1990  Scores of angry smokers block street near Moscow's Red Square for hours to protest summer-long cigarette shortage on this day in history.   

1990  On August - 22 merlin Marston, actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 45   

1991  Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide on this day in history.   

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

1994  Canadian icebreaker Louis St-Laurent reaches the North Magnetic Pole on August - 22.   

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

2005  A 4.1-kg (9-pound) meteorite crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe, leaving a 15-cm (6-inch) crater on August - 22.   

2006  Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing 171 people, including 45 children on August - 22.   

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 August - 22.   

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

2013  On August - 22 14 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Western Iraq   

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 this day in history.   

2017  On August - 22 missouri Governor Eric Greitens grants stay of execution for Marcellus Williams in light of possible new DNA eividence   

2018  On this day in history 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%)   

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 this day in history birth of bartolomeo Spontone, composer   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1753  Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)   

1188  On August - 22 death of ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)   

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  Death of Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 22.   

1304  Death of John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247) on August - 22.