Page 6: Historical Events In August - 22

1933  On this day in history adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62   

1934  On August - 22 australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes   

1936  On this day in history juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at 99   

1937  On this day in history david C Salas, Antillian writer (Josephina), dies   

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  On this day in history brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy   

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

1943  On this day in history soviet troops free Karkov   

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

1944  On August - 22 hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd]   

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

1945  Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Aust Services at Old Trafford on August - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

1951  On August - 22 harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052   

1952  CBC tele-cine projectionist inserts a slide upside down; Canada's first known TV gaffe on August - 22.   

1952  On this day in history the penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.   

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  On this day in history pres Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF   

1956  On this day in history elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)   

1958  Roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies on August - 22.   

1963  On this day in history nASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)   

1963  On August - 22 william Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies   

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  On August - 22 cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry   

1968  The first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) on August - 22.   

1969  On August - 22 hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255   

1970  On August - 22 richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78   

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1530  Bartolomeo Spontone, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1615  On August - 22 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 this day in history.   

1681  Pierre Danican Philidor, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies   

1155  Death of Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) on this day in history.   

1188  Death of Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137) on this day in history.   

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 August - 22.   

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)