Page 6: Historical Events In August - 22

1933  On August - 22 adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62   

1934  Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes on August - 22.   

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

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

1939  Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history soviet troops free Karkov   

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

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

1944  On this day in history 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  On August - 22 baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it   

1947  On August - 22 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840)   

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

1950  On this day in history abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1954  WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, FL (NBC) begins broadcasting on August - 22.   

1956  On this day in history pres Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF   

1956  Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender) on August - 22.   

1958  On this day in history roger Martin du Gard, novelist/playwright, dies   

1963  On August - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history apolinary Szeluto, composer, dies at 82   

1967  On August - 22 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  Richard Frank Donovan, composer, dies at 78 on August - 22.   

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1530  On August - 22 birth of bartolomeo Spontone, composer   

1601  On this day in history birth of georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)   

1615  Christopher Gibbons, composer was born on August - 22.   

1624  On this day in history 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 August - 22.   

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  On this day in history flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48   

0634  On August - 22 abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies   

1155  On this day in history death of konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)   

1188  Death of Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137) on August - 22.   

1241  Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1280  On August - 22 nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies   

1286  On this day in history death of erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered   

1304  On this day in history death of john II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)