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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1978  On August - 22 ignazio Silone, Italian author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78   

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

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

1984  On this day in history rep convention in Dallas renominates Pres Reagan and VP Bush   

1984  Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57 on August - 22.   

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

1986  On August - 22 nASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics   

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

1990  On August - 22 pres Bush calls up military reserves   

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

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 August - 22.   

1993  Don Getz, US filmer (Playpoint) on August - 22.   

1994  On this day in history canadian icebreaker Louis St-Laurent reaches the North Magnetic Pole.   

1994  Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80 on August - 22.   

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

2006  On August - 22 the ICM awards Grigori Perelman the Fields Medal for proving the Poincare conjecture, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems. Perelman refuses the medal.   

2007  On this day in history 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.   

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 August - 22.   

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

2017  On August - 22 india's highest court outlaws instant divorce for Muslim men (talaq, talaq, talaq)   

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

2018  On August - 22 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  Bartolomeo Spontone, composer was born on August - 22.   

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

1615  On this day in history birth of christopher Gibbons, composer   

1624  Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1647  Denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine) was born on this day in history.   

1679  On August - 22 birth of pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)   

1681  On August - 22 birth of pierre Danican Philidor, composer   

1753  On this day in history birth of christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer   

0408  On August - 22 flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48   

0634  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 August - 22 death of john II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)