Historical Events In August - 22
Friday, 18 October 2024
1933 Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62 on August - 22.
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 August - 22.
1937 David C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies on August - 22.
1939 On August - 22 dutch border guards take positions for German invasion
1941 Nazi troops reach Lenningrad on August - 22.
1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy on this day in history.
1942 Henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1943 Soviet troops free Karkov on August - 22.
1944 HMS Nabob (Cdn. manned aircraft carrier) severely damaged by torpedo off Norway on August - 22.
1944 On August - 22 hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd]
1944 Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1945 On August - 22 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 On this day in history 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840)
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 August - 22 harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
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 August - 22.
1953 John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union on August - 22.
1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
1956 Pres Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF on August - 22.
1956 On August - 22 elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)
1958 Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies on this day in history.
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 August - 22.
1965 On August - 22 henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies
1966 On August - 22 apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82
1967 Tom Conway, actor (Mrs Minerva), dies of liver ailment at 63 on August - 22.
1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry on this day in history.
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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