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Anniversary on the 22nd of August 0617

Anniversary
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100 years anniversary
22 Aug 1924   Andrzej Markowski: Composer
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22 Aug 1924   James Kirkwood: Los Angeles, California -- Actor / writer (Hired Wife)
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22 Aug 1924   Peter Allsop: Publisher
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75 years anniversary
22 Aug 1949   Diana Nyad: Swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979)
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22 Aug 1949   Diana Nyad swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979)
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50 years anniversary
22 Aug 1974   Jacob Bronowsky: British Mathematician / cultural historian, dies at 66
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22 Aug 1974   death
Jacob Bronowski
Died 22 Aug 1974 at age 66 (born 18 Jan 1908).

Polish-British mathematician and science writer who eloquently presented the case for the humanistic aspects of science as the writer and presenter of the BBC television series, The Ascent of Man. Bronowski, who had a Ph.D. in algebraic geometry, spent WW II in Operations Research, and was an official observer of the after-effects of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings. After this experience, he turned to biology, to better understand the nature of violence.
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Jacob Bronowski   Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born British scientific polymath (b. 1908)
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25 years anniversary
22 Aug 1999   Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell scored her first UK No.1 solo single with 'Mi Chico Latino' the second single from her debut solo album Schizophonic.
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20 years anniversary
22 Aug 2004   Al Dvorin the announcer who popularised the phrase "Elvis has left the building" died in a car crash, on his way home from an Elvis convention in California. Dvorin aged 81, was in a car driven by Elvis photographer Ed Bonja. Dvorin was never paid for recordings of his words, and was bitter towards the multimillion pound Elvis Presley Enterprises. In the early 1970s, Colonel Parker asked Dvorin to inform fans at a gig that Presley would not be appearing for an encore. He took the stage and announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building. Thank you and goodnight."
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22 Aug 2004   Natasha Bedingfield started a two week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'These Words.' The sister of singer and producer Daniel Bedingfield.
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15 years anniversary
22 Aug 2009   Soul singer Johnny Carter, who was a member of doo-wop groups The Dells and The Flamingos, died aged 75. Carter who was famed for his falsetto vocals, was one of the few artists to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with two acts.
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