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Events [ ] 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor .476 - Odoacer is named Rex italiae by his troop.565 - St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness , Scotland .1138 - Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field death of Richard III and end of the House of Plantagenet .1559 - Bartolomé Carranza , Spanish archbishop , is arrested for heresy .1639 - Madras (now Chennai ), India , is founded by the British East India Company after buying a sliver of land from local Nayak rulers.1642 - Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War .1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam . He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.1717 - Spanish troops land on Sardinia .1770 - James Cook 's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia .1775 - King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.1780 - James Cook 's ship HMS Resolution England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).1791 - Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue .1798 - French troops land in Kilcummin harbour , County Mayo , Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion .1827 - José de La Mar becomes President of Peru .1831 - Nat Turner's slave rebellion revolt commences just after midnight in Southampton , leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who were killed in retaliation for the uprising.1848 - The United States annexes New Mexico .1849 - First air raid in history. Austria launched pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice .1851 - The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America 1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands .1864 - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention . The Red Cross is formed.1901 - Cadillac Motor Company founded.1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.1910 - Japan illicitly annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty . The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon 1911 - Theft of the Mona Lisa 1914 - World War I : In Belgium , British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.1922 - Michael Collins , Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Beal na mBlath , County Cork , during the Irish Civil War .1926 - Gold discovered in Johannesburg , South Africa .1932 - The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. See also Timeline of the BBC 1941 - World War II : German troops reach Leningrad , leading to the siege of Leningrad .1942 - World War II : Brazil declares war on the Axis powers (Germany , Italy and Japan ).1944 - World War II : Thirty-two Spaniards & four French Maquis tackle a German column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with 6 tanks & 2 self-propelled guns), at La Madeiline , France . Three Maquis are wounded, with 110 Germans killed and 200 wounded.
1944 - World War II : Romania captured by the Soviet Union .
1950 - Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis .1952 - The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.1955 - 11 schoolchildren were killed, when their school bus was hit by a freight train, in Spring City .1962 - An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.1962 - The NS Savannah , the world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage .
1963 - Joe Walker in X-15 test plane reaches altitude of 106 km (67 miles).1964 - Match Of The Day hits the air on BBC Two .1966 - Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC ), predecessor of the United Farm Workers .1968 - Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá , Colombia . It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America .1971 - J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28 .1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State .1978 - The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua .1988 - The Perth Mint issues the first platinum coin, the koala .1989 - The first ring of Neptune is discovered.1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts .
1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge , Idaho .2003 - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.2004 - A version of The Scream Madonna Edvard Munch , are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo , Norway .2006 - Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashes, killing 170 people.2007 - The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.Births [ ] 1601 - Georges de Scudéry , French writer (d. 1667 )1624 - Jean Renaud de Segrais , French writer (d. 1701 )1647 - Denis Papin , French physicist and inventor (d. c. 1712 )1679 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin , French cardinal (d. 1758 )1760 - Pope Leo XII (d. 1829 )1764 - Charles Percier , French architect (d. 1838 )1771 - Henry Maudslay , English inventor (d. 1831 )1773 - Aimé Bonpland , French explorer (d. 1858 )1779 - James Kirke Paulding , American author (d. 1860 )1800 - William S. Harney , U.S. general (d. 1889 )1800 - Samuel David Luzzatto , Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865 )
1811 - William Kelly , American inventor (d. 1888 )1822 - Virginia Clemm Poe , wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1847 )1827 - Ezra Butler Eddy , Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d. 1906 )1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley , American astronomer (d. 1906 )1836 - Archibald MacNeal Willard , American artist (d. 1918 )1848 - Melville E. Stone , American newspaper publisher (d. 1929 )1854 - Milan I , King of Serbia (d. 1901 )1860 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , German inventor (d. 1940 )1862 - Claude Debussy , French composer (d. 1918 )1867 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939 )1873 - Alexander Bogdanov , Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928 )1874 - Max Scheler , German philosopher (d. 1928 )1880 - George Herriman , American cartoonist (d. 1944 )1880 - Gorch Fock , German author and poet (d. 1916 )
1887 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk , German minister of finance (d. 1977 )1891 - Jacques Lipchitz , Lithuanian-born American sculptor (d. 1973 )1893 - Dorothy Parker , American writer (d. 1967 )1893 - Wilfred Kitching , British Salvation Army general (d. 1977 )
1895 - Paul Comtois , French Canadian politician (d. 1966 )1900 - Sergei Ozhegov , Russian lexicographer (d. 1964 )1902 - Leni Riefenstahl , German film director (d. 2003 )1902 - Thomas Pelly , American politician (d. 1973 )
1904 - Deng Xiaoping , Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997 )1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson , French photographer (d. 2004 )1909 - Julius J. Epstein , American screenwriter (d. 2000 )1909 - Mel Hein , American football player (d. 1992 )
1910 - Lucille Ricksen , American actress (d. 1925 )
1913 - Bruno Pontecorvo , Italian physicist (d. 1993 )1915 - Hugh Paddick , British actor (d. 2000 )1915 - James Hillier , Co-inventor of the electron microscope (d. 2007 )1915 - Edward Szczepanik , former Polish Prime Minister (d. 2005 )
1917 - John Lee Hooker , American guitarist and singer (d. 2001 )1918 - Mary McGrory , American journalist (d. 2004 )1920 - Ray Bradbury , American writer1920 - Denton Cooley , American heart surgeon
1922 - Micheline Presle , French actress1924 - James Kirkwood , American playwright and author (d. 1989 )1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen , German composer1930 - Gilmar , Brazilian football player1932 - Gerald P. Carr , American astronaut1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf , U.S. general1934 - Sir Donald McIntyre , English bass-baritone
1935 - E. Annie Proulx , American author1936 - Dale Hawkins , American singer and songwriter1938 - Paul Maguire , American football commentator1939 - Carl Yastrzemski , baseball player
1939 - Valerie Harper , American actress1940 - George Reinholt , American actor1940 - Bill McCartney , former college football coach
1941 - Bill Parcells , American football coach1943 - Masatoshi Shima , Japanese computer scientist 1945 - Ron Dante , American songwriter and record producer (The Archies )1945 - Erol Gelenbe , Turkish computer scientist, electrical engineer and applied mathematician
1947 - Cindy Williams , American actress1947 - Donna Godchaux , singer (Grateful Dead )
1948 - Eleonora Brown , Italian actress1949 - Diana Nyad , American swimmer, world record holder1949 - Doug Bair , baseball player
1949 - Þórarinn Eldjárn , an Icelandic writer
1949 - Alfred Musema , Rwandan genocidaire
1950 - Ray Burris , baseball player1952 - Peter Laughner , American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs , Pere Ubu ) (d. 1977 )1953 - Paul Ellering , American wrestling manager1955 - Will Shetterly , writer1955 - Chiranjeevi , Telugu film actor
1956 - Paul Molitor , baseball player1957 - Steve Davis , English snooker player1958 - Colm Feore , American-born actor1958 - Lane Huffman , American professional wrestler
1958 - Vernon Reid , American musician (Living Colour )
1959 - Juan Croucier , American musician1959 - Pia Gjellerup , Danish politician
1961 - Roland Orzabal , British musician (Tears for Fears )1961 - Debbi Peterson , American singer (The Bangles )
1963 - Tori Amos , American singer/songwriter1963 - Terry Catledge , American basketball player
1964 - Mats Wilander , Swedish tennis player1965 - Tom Gibis , American voice actor1966 - GZA , American rapper1966 - Eric Andolsek , American football player (d. 1992 )
1967 - Layne Staley , American musician (Alice in Chains ) (d. 2002 )1967 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje , British actor
1967 - Ant , American comedian
1967 - Ty Burrell , American actor
1967 - Alfred Gough , American screenwriter
1967 - Yukiko Okada , Japanese singer (d. 1986 )
1968 - Paul Colman , Australian guitarist (Newsboys )1968 - Alexander Mostovoi , Russian footballer
1968 - Horst Skoff , Austrian tennis player
1970 - Charlie Connelly , English writer1970 - Giada De Laurentiis , chef and television host
1971 - Richard Armitage , English actor1971 - Rick Yune , Korean American actor
1972 - Steve Kline , baseball player1972 - Okkert Brits , South African pole vaulter
1972 - Max Wilson , Brazilian racing driver
1973 - Howie Dorough , American singer (Backstreet Boys )1974 - William Kucmierowski , American professional wrestler1974 - Agustín Pichot , Argentine rugby player
1974 - Stefano Verderi , Italian guitarman
1975 - Clint Bolton , Australian footballer1975 - Sheree Murphy , British actress
1975 - Rodrigo Santoro , Brazilian actor
1977 - Heiðar Helguson , Icelandic footballer1977 - Keren Cytter , artist, filmmaker, and writer
1978 - Jeff Stinco , Canadian musician (Simple Plan )1980 - Christi Shake , American model and actress1980 - Roland Benschneider , German footballer
1980 - Nicolas Macrozonaris , Quebec 100m sprinter
1981 - Alex Holmes , American football player1982 - Heather Campbell , Canadian writer1983 - Theo Bos , Dutch cyclist1983 - Laura Breckenridge , American actress Deaths [ ] 408 - Stilicho , Roman general (b. 359 )1155 - Konoe , Emperor of Japan (b. 1139 )1188 - Ferdinand II , King of Leon (b. 1137 )1241 - Gregory IX , Italian religious leader, 178th Pope (b. c. 1143 )1280 - Nicholas III , Italian religious leader, 188th Pope (b. c. 1216 )1304 - John II (b. 1247 )1350 - Philip VI , King of France (b. 1293 )1485 - Richard III , King of England (b. 1452 )1553 - John Dudley , English admiral and politician (b. 1501 )1572 - Thomas Percy , Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528 )1584 - Jan Kochanowski , Polish writer (b. 1530 )1599 - Beatrice Cenci , Italian noblewoman (b. 1577 )1599 - Luca Marenzio , Italian composer (b. c. 1553 )
1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold , English explorer and privateer (b. 1572 )1609 - Maharal of Prague , Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525 )1652 - Jacob De la Gardie , Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583 )1680 - John George II (b. 1613 )1701 - John Granville , English royalist statesman (b. 1628 )1711 - Louis François , French marshal (b. 1644 )1752 - William Whiston , English mathematician (b. 1667 )1773 - George Lyttelton , English writer and politician (b. 1709 )1793 - Louis , Marshal of France (b. 1713 )1797 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser , Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724 )1806 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard , French artist (b. 1732 )1818 - Warren Hastings , British Governor-General of India (b. 1732 )1828 - Franz Joseph Gall , Austrian neuroscientist (b. 1758 )1850 - Nikolaus Lenau , Austrian poet (b. 1802 )1861 - Xianfeng , Emperor of China (b. 1831 )1891 - Jan Neruda , Czech author (b. 1834 )1903 - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830 )1914 - Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi bishop of Bergamo1918 - Korbinian Brodmann , German neurologist (b. 1868 )1922 - Michael Collins , Irish revolutionary (b. 1890 )1926 - Charles W. Eliot , American President of Harvard University (b. 1834 )1940 - Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge , English physicist, spiritualist, pioneer in wireless telegraphy (b. 1851 )1942 - Michel Fokine , Russian choreographer and dancer (b. 1880 )1950 - Kirk Bryan , American geologist (b. 1888 )1953 - Jim Tabor , baseball player (b. 1916 )1958 - Roger Martin du Gard , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881 )1965 - Ellen Church , First American airline stewardess (b. 1904 )1967 - Gregory Goodwin Pincus , American endocrinologist (b. 1903 )1970 - Vladimir Propp , Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895 )1974 - Jacob Bronowski , Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (b. 1908 )1976 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira , President of Brazil (b. 1902 )1976 - Gina Bachauer , Greek pianist (b. 1913 )
1977 - Sebastian Cabot , English-born actor (b. 1918 )1978 - Jomo Kenyatta , first Prime Minister of Kenya (b. c. 1892 )1979 - James T. Farrell , American novelist (b. 1904 )1980 - James Smith McDonnell , American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1899 )1989 - Huey P. Newton , American activist (b. 1942 )1991 - Colleen Dewhurst , Canadian actress (b. 1924 )1994 - Gilles Groulx , French Canadian film director (b. 1931 )2003 - Arnold Gerschwiler , Swiss-born figure skating trainer (b. 1914 )2003 - Generosa Ammon , widow of Ted Ammon (b. 1956 )
2003 - Imperio Argentina , Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906 )
2004 - Konstantin Aseev , Russian chess player (b. 1960 )2004 - Daniel Petrie , Canadian-born television and movie director (b. 1920 )
2004 - Al Dvorin , American announcer on Elvis Presley's shows (b. c.1923 )
2005 - Luc Ferrari , French composer (b. 1929 )2006 - Bruce Gary , American rock drummer, producer (The Knack ) (b. 1951 )Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
159 Familypedia people were born on August 22
187 Familypedia people died on August 22
103 Familypedia people were first married on August 22