August, 22nd in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 22, 2004:
The Scream, the painting by Edvard Munch, is stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Wednesday 22, 2001:
the Trojan room coffee pot is switched off for the last time.

Saturday 22, 1992:
FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.

Tuesday 22, 1989:
Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first major league baseball pitcher to record 5000 strikeouts.

Monday 22, 1988:
The Australian koala, the first platinum coin, is issued

Tuesday 22, 1972:
Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies

Thursday 22, 1968:
Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America

Wednesday 22, 1962:
The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered ship, completes its maiden voyage

Saturday 22, 1953:
The jail on Devil's Island is closed

Tuesday 22, 1950:
Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis

Tuesday 22, 1944:
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.

Saturday 22, 1942:
World War II: Brazil declares war on the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan)

Friday 22, 1941:
World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad

Sunday 22, 1926:
Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa

Tuesday 22, 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.

Saturday 22, 1914:
World War I: In Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.

Tuesday 22, 1911:
Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered

Monday 22, 1910:
Japan annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon.

Friday 22, 1902:
Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile

Thursday 22, 1901:
Cadillac Motor Company founded

Monday 22, 1864:
Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.

Sunday 22, 1875:
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

Friday 22, 1851:
The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.

Saturday 22, 1846:
The United States annexes New Mexico

Wednesday 22, 1798:
French troops land in County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion

Monday 22, 1791:
Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue

Tuesday 22, 1780:
James Cook's ship Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage)

Tuesday 22, 1775:
King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion

Wednesday 22, 1770:
James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia

Sunday 22, 1717:
Spanish troops land on Sardinia

Saturday 22, 1654:
Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immigrant to what is later the United States

Friday 22, 1642:
Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War

Saturday 22, 1559:
Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy

Saturday 22, 1485:
The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-august/on-this-day.html


People born on August 22

1973:
Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys) (b: August 22, 1973) (Biography of Howie Dorough)

1970:
Charlie Connelly, English writer (b: August 22, 1970) (Biography of Charlie Connelly)

1967:
Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b: August 22, 1967 ; d: April 19, 2002) (Biography of Layne Staley)

1966:
GZA, American rapper (b: August 22, 1966) (Biography of GZA)

1964:
Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player (b: August 22, 1964) (Biography of Mats Wilander)

1963:
Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (b: August 22, 1963) (Biography of Tori Amos)

1961:
Roland Orzabal, singer and guitarist (Tears for Fears) (b: August 22, 1961) (Biography of Roland Orzabal)

1958:
Colm Feore, American-born actor (b: August 22, 1958) (Biography of Colm Feore)
Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour) (b: August 22, 1958) (Biography of Vernon Reid)

1957:
Steve Davis, English snooker player (b: August 22, 1957) (Biography of Steve Davis)

1956:
Paul Molitor, baseball player (b: August 22, 1956) (Biography of Paul Molitor)

1955:
Will Shetterly, writer (b: August 22, 1955) (Biography of Will Shetterly)

1947:
Cindy Williams, American actress (b: August 22, 1947) (Biography of Cindy Williams)

1942:
Kathy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters) (b: August 22, 1942) (Biography of The Lennon Sisters)

1941:
Bill Parcells, American football coach (b: August 22, 1941) (Biography of Bill Parcells)

1940:
Valerie Harper, American actress (b: August 22, 1940) (Biography of Valerie Harper)

1939:
George Reinholt, American actor (b: August 22, 1939) (Biography of George Reinholt)
Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player (b: August 22, 1939) (Biography of Carl Yastrzemski)

1938:
Paul Maguire, American football player (b: August 22, 1938) (Biography of Paul Maguire)

1935:
E. Annie Proulx, American author (b: August 22, 1935) (Biography of E. Annie Proulx)

1934:
Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general (b: August 22, 1934) (Biography of Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.)

1928:
Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b: August 22, 1928) (Biography of Karlheinz Stockhausen)

1920:
Ray Bradbury, American writer (b: August 22, 1920) (Biography of Ray Bradbury)
Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (b: August 22, 1920) (Biography of Denton Cooley)

1917:
John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (b: August 22, 1917 ; d: June 21, 2001) (Biography of John Lee Hooker)

1915:
Hugh Paddick, British actor (b: August 22, 1915 ; d: November 9, 2000) (Biography of Hugh Paddick)

1908:
Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b: August 22, 1908 ; d: August 3, 2004) (Biography of Henri Cartier-Bresson)

1904:
Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (b: August 22, 1904 ; d: February 19, 1997) (Biography of Deng Xiaoping)

1902:
Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b: August 22, 1902 ; d: September 8, 2003) (Biography of Leni Riefenstahl)

1900:
Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (b: August 22, 1900) (Biography of Sergei Ozhegov)

1893:
Dorothy Parker, American writer (b: August 22, 1893 ; d: June 7, 1967) (Biography of Dorothy Parker)

1880:
George Herriman, American cartoonist (b: August 22, 1880) (Biography of George Herriman)

1874:
Max Scheler, German philosopher (b: August 22, 1874) (Biography of Max Scheler)

1867:
Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b: August 22, 1867 ; d: January 24, 1939) (Biography of Maximilian Bircher-Benner)

1862:
Claude Debussy, French composer (b: August 22, 1862 ; d: March 25, 1918) (Biography of Claude Debussy)

1860:
Paul Nipkow, German inventor and television pioneer (b: August 22, 1860) (Biography of Paul Nipkow)

1854:
King Milan I of Serbia (b: August 22, 1854) (Biography of Milan I of Serbia)

1834:
Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (died in 1906) (b: August 22, 1834) (Biography of Samuel Pierpont Langley)

1802:
Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (b: August 22, 1802 ; d: September 14, 1886) (Biography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard)

1800:
William S. Harney, U.S. general (b: August 22, 1800 ; d: May 9, 1889) (Biography of William S. Harney)

1771:
Henry Maudslay, English inventor and tool-maker (b: August 22, 1771 ; d: February 14, 1831) (Biography of Henry Maudslay)

1764:
Charles Percier, French architect (b: August 22, 1764 ; d: September 5, 1838) (Biography of Charles Percier)

1760:
Pope Leo XII (b: August 22, 1760 ; d: February 10, 1829) (Biography of Pope Leo XII)

1679:
Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b: August 22, 1679 ; d: March 2, 1758) (Biography of Pierre Guérin de Tencin)

1647:
Denis Papin, French physicist, mathematician, and inventor (b: August 22, 1647) (Biography of Denis Papin)

1624:
Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (b: August 22, 1624 ; d: March 15, 1701) (Biography of Jean Renaud de Segrais)

1601:
Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b: August 22, 1601 ; d: May 14, 1669) (Biography of Georges de Scudéry)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-august/births.html