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Events on the 22nd of August in history

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22 Aug 0565 St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
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22 Aug 1138 English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard
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22 Aug 1454 Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus
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22 Aug 1485 Richard III slain at Bosworth Field-last of Plantagenets
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22 Aug 1572 Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny
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22 Aug 1582 King James IV of Scotland captured
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22 Aug 1603 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam
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22 Aug 1614 Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase and plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt
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22 Aug 1632 Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht
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22 Aug 1642 Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament
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22 Aug 1654 1st Jewish immigrant to US, Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam
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22 Aug 1707 Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon
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22 Aug 1707 Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty
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22 Aug 1717 Spanish troops lands on Sardinia
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22 Aug 1762 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury
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22 Aug 1775 King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion
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22 Aug 1780 Resolution, without Captain Cook, returns to England
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22 Aug 1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
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22 Aug 1788 Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves
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22 Aug 1791 Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman
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22 Aug 1791 Haitian Revolution begins
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22 Aug 1818 Grand duchy of Bathe forms
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22 Aug 1826 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake City, Utah
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22 Aug 1846 US annexes New Mexico
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22 Aug 1851 Gold fields discovered in Australia
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22 Aug 1851 Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)
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22 Aug 1862 Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely
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22 Aug 1864 International Red Cross forms
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22 Aug 1864 Geneva Convention signed, by 12 nations
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22 Aug 1867 Fisk University forms, 1867
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22 Aug 1901 Cadillac Co forms
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22 Aug 1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
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22 Aug 1906 1st Victor Victrola manufactured
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22 Aug 1907 Colin Buchanan, town planner
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22 Aug 1907 Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist
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22 Aug 1908 Henri Cartier-Bresson, France, photographer (Decisive Moment)
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22 Aug 1910 Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate
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22 Aug 1910 Japan annexes Korea
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22 Aug 1911 Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre (Recovered in 1913)
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22 Aug 1911 Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris
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22 Aug 1911 Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre
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22 Aug 1912 England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament
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22 Aug 1912 Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya)
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22 Aug 1913 Robert Martineau, Bishop of Blackburn
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22 Aug 1914 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium)
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22 Aug 1914 Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny and Virton
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22 Aug 1914 German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium
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22 Aug 1914 Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia
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22 Aug 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers
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22 Aug 1921 J Edgar Hoover becomes Assistant Director of FBI
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22 Aug 1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4)
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22 Aug 1926 Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa
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22 Aug 1927 Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers
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22 Aug 1932 BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
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22 Aug 1933 Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season
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22 Aug 1933 International Zionists Congress opens in Prague
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22 Aug 1934 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12
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22 Aug 1939 Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion
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22 Aug 1939 Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest
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22 Aug 1941 Nazi troops reach Lenningrad
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22 Aug 1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy
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22 Aug 1943 Soviet troops free Karkov
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22 Aug 1944 Last transport of French Jews to Nazi-Germany
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22 Aug 1945 Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Aust Services at Old Trafford
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22 Aug 1945 Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup
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22 Aug 1946 Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it
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22 Aug 1946 Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55)
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22 Aug 1947 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840)
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22 Aug 1947 1st college team to beat an NFL team (All Stars-16, Bears-0)
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22 Aug 1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
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22 Aug 1950 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in National tennis competition
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22 Aug 1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end
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22 Aug 1951 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
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22 Aug 1953 France closes jail on Devil Island
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22 Aug 1953 John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union
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22 Aug 1953 Shah of Persia returns to Teheran
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22 Aug 1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting
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22 Aug 1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)
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22 Aug 1956 President Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Republican Convention in San Francisco
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22 Aug 1956 Pres Eisenhower & VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF
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22 Aug 1957 Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
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22 Aug 1958 Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return
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22 Aug 1959 Cin Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs
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22 Aug 1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open
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22 Aug 1960 Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352
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22 Aug 1961 Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers
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22 Aug 1962 Failed assassination on President De Gaulle
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22 Aug 1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)
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22 Aug 1965 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open
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22 Aug 1965 SF Giant pitcher Juan Marachal hits LA Dodger catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl
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22 Aug 1966 Beatles arrive in New York City
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22 Aug 1968 Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic Congress in Bogota
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22 Aug 1968 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
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22 Aug 1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry
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22 Aug 1969 Beatles record a video for "Long & Winding Road"
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22 Aug 1969 Gloria O Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America
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22 Aug 1969 Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255
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22 Aug 1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out
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22 Aug 1971 Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open
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22 Aug 1972 International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia
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22 Aug 1973 Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws
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22 Aug 1973 Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as Minister of Foreign Affairs
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22 Aug 1975 Assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford
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22 Aug 1975 McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens
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22 Aug 1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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22 Aug 1978 Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua
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22 Aug 1979 200 black leaders, meet in NY, to support Andrew Young
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22 Aug 1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale
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22 Aug 1982 Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace
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22 Aug 1982 Gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence
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22 Aug 1984 Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
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22 Aug 1984 Republican Convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and VP Bush
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22 Aug 1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted
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22 Aug 1984 Evelyn Ashford of US ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
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22 Aug 1984 Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes the 11th rookie to strikeout 200
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22 Aug 1985 30th Walker Cup: US wins 13-11
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22 Aug 1985 Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed
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22 Aug 1986 Gas from Volcano Chamberoen kills 1,734 (Cameroon)
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22 Aug 1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics
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22 Aug 1987 Madonna's "Who's "That Girl," single goes #1
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22 Aug 1988 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee)
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22 Aug 1988 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
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22 Aug 1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
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22 Aug 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter
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22 Aug 1990 President Bush calls up military reserves
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22 Aug 1991 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100 m backstroke (1:00.31)
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22 Aug 1992 Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka
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22 Aug 1993 "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 25 performances
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22 Aug 1993 Hiromi Kobayash wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic
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22 Aug 1994 DNA testing links OJ Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman
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22 Aug 1994 Wim Cook government forms in Neth
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