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August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 131 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 392Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
  • 851Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
  • 1138Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.[1]
  • 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
  • 1559Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
  • 1614Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
  • 1639 – Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
  • 1642Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
  • 1654Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
  • 1711 – Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
  • 1717 – Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
  • 1770James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
  • 1777 – British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
  • 1780 – James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
  • 1791 – Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
  • 1798 – French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.
  • 1827José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
  • 1846 – The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
  • 1849 – The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.
  • 1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
  • 1864 – Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.[2]
  • 1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
  • 1894Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
  • 1902Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
  • 1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  • 1922Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
  • 1934Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
  • 1941World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
  • 1942Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
  • 1944 – World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
  • 1949 – The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
  • 1953 – The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
  • 1962 – The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
  • 1963X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).
  • 1966 – Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
  • 1968Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
  • 1971J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
  • 1972Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
  • 1973 – The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
  • 1978Nicaraguan Revolution: The FLSN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.
  • 1978 – The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
  • 1981Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.[3]
  • 1985British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
  • 1989Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
  • 1991Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
  • 1992FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
  • 2003Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is 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 – Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
  • 2006Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
  • 2006 – Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
  • 2007 – The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
  • 2012Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.

Births[]

  • 1412Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1464)[4]
  • 1570Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (d. 1636)[5]
  • 1599Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman (d. 1636)
  • 1601Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1667)
  • 1624Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (d. 1701)
  • 1647Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (d. 1712)
  • 1679Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
  • 1760Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
  • 1764Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (d. 1838)
  • 1771Henry Maudslay, English engineer (d. 1831)
  • 1773Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
  • 1778James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1860)
  • 1788Thomas Tredgold, English engineer and author (d. 1829)
  • 1800William S. Harney, American general (d. 1889)
  • 1800 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1865)
  • 1827Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1906)
  • 1834Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906)
  • 1836Archibald Willard, American soldier and painter (d. 1918)
  • 1844George W. De Long, American Naval officer and explorer (d. 1881)
  • 1845William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
  • 1847John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (d. 1918)
  • 1848Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (d. 1929)
  • 1854Milan I of Serbia (d. 1901)
  • 1857Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
  • 1860Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (d. 1940)
  • 1860 – Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940)
  • 1862Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer (d. 1918)
  • 1867Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
  • 1867 – Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor (d. 1934)
  • 1868Willis R. Whitney, American chemist (d. 1958)
  • 1873Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
  • 1874Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (d. 1928)
  • 1880Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
  • 1880 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
  • 1881James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (d. 1949)[6]
  • 1882Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot (d. 1919)
  • 1887Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1977)
  • 1890Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (d. 1973)
  • 1891Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (d. 1983)
  • 1891 – Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (d. 1973)
  • 1893Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1977)
  • 1893 – Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (d. 1967)
  • 1893 – Ernest H. Volwiler, American chemist (d. 1992)
  • 1895László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (d. 1951)
  • 1895 – Paul Comtois, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1966)
  • 1896Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (d. 1995)
  • 1897Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1965)
  • 1900Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (d. 1999)
  • 1902Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (d. 1973)
  • 1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist (d. 2003)
  • 1902 – Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (d. 1982)
  • 1903Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (d. 1990)
  • 1904Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
  • 1908Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (d. 2004)
  • 1908 – Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
  • 1909Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
  • 1909 – Mel Hein, American football player and coach (d. 1992)
  • 1913Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (d. 2008)
  • 1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1993)
  • 1914Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright (d. 1992)
  • 1914 – Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (d. 1989)
  • 1915David Dellinger, American activist (d. 2004)
  • 1915 – James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (d. 2007)
  • 1915 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (d. 2005)
  • 1917John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
  • 1918Mary McGrory, American journalist and author (d. 2004)
  • 1920Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1920 – Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (d. 2016)[7]
  • 1921Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
  • 1921 – Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (d. 2012)
  • 1922Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
  • 1922 – Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (d. 2011)
  • 1924James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
  • 1924 – Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (d. 1995)
  • 1925Honor Blackman, English actress and republican (d. 2020)[8]
  • 1926Bob Flanigan, American pop singer (d. 2011)
  • 1928Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (d.2015)
  • 1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (d. 2007)
  • 1929Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (d. 1991)
  • 1929 – Ulrich Wegener, German police officer and general (d. 2017)
  • 1930Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1932Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (d. 2020)
  • 1933Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (d. 1994)
  • 1934Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (d. 2012)
  • 1935Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist
  • 1936Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
  • 1936 – John Callaway, American journalist and producer (d. 2009)
  • 1936 – Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
  • 1936 – Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster
  • 1938Jean Berkey, American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1939Valerie Harper, American actress (d. 2019)
  • 1939 – Fred Milano, American doo-wop singer (d. 2012)
  • 1939 – Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
  • 1940Bill McCartney, American football player and coach, founded Promise Keepers
  • 1941Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
  • 1942Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and author (d. 1993)
  • 1943Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales
  • 1943 – Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004
  • 1944Roger Cashmore, English physicist and academic
  • 1945David Chase, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1945 – Ron Dante, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1947Donna Jean Godchaux, American singer-songwriter
  • 1947 – Cindy Williams, American actress and producer
  • 1948David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1949Doug Bair, American baseball player and coach
  • 1949 – Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author
  • 1950Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
  • 1950 – Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
  • 1952Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
  • 1953Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
  • 1955Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor, producer and politician
  • 1956Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
  • 1956 – Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer
  • 1957Steve Davis, English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
  • 1957 – Holly Dunn, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1958Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor
  • 1958 – Stevie Ray, American semi-retired wrestler
  • 1958 – Vernon Reid, English-born American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1959Juan Croucier, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1959 – Pia Gjellerup, Danish lawyer and politician, Danish Minister of Finance
  • 1959 – Mark Williams, English actor
  • 1960Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager
  • 1960 – Collin Raye, American country music singer
  • 1961Andrés Calamaro, Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1961 – Iain Coucher, English businessman
  • 1961 – Roland Orzabal, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1961 – Debbi Peterson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
  • 1962Stefano Tilli, Italian sprinter
  • 1963Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 1963 – James DeBarge, American R&B/soul singer
  • 1963 – Terry Catledge, American basketball player
  • 1964Trey Gowdy, American lawyer and U.S. Representative
  • 1964 – Mats Wilander, Swedish-American tennis player and coach
  • 1965Wendy Botha, South African-Australian surfer
  • 1965 – David Reimer, Canadian victim of a botched circumcision and transgender reassignment surgery (d. 2004)[9]
  • 1966GZA, American rapper and producer
  • 1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1967Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian
  • 1967 – Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1967 – Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1967 – Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
  • 1968Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  • 1968 – Rich Lowry, American writer and magazine editor (National Review)
  • 1968 – Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer
  • 1968 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman
  • 1968 – Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
  • 1970Charlie Connelly, English author and broadcaster
  • 1970 – Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author
  • 1970 – Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer[10]
  • 1971Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1972Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
  • 1972 – Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
  • 1972 – Steve Kline, American baseball player and coach
  • 1972 – Max Wilson, German-Brazilian race car driver
  • 1973Roslina Bakar, Malaysian sport shooter[11]
  • 1973 – Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter and dancer
  • 1973 – Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
  • 1973 – Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 1974Cory Gardner, American politician
  • 1974 – Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player
  • 1975Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
  • 1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
  • 1976Marius Bezykornovas, Lithuanian footballer
  • 1976 – Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist
  • 1976 – Laurent Hernu, French decathlete
  • 1976 – Randy Wolf, American baseball player
  • 1977Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
  • 1977 – Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist and writer
  • 1978James Corden, English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter
  • 1978 – Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
  • 1979Matt Walters, American football player
  • 1980Roland Benschneider, German footballer
  • 1980 – Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter
  • 1980 – Seiko Yamamoto, Japanese wrestler
  • 1981Alex Holmes, American football player
  • 1981 – Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
  • 1981 – Christina Obergföll, German athlete
  • 1983Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
  • 1983 – Jahri Evans, American football player
  • 1984Lee Camp, English footballer
  • 1984 – Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
  • 1985Luke Russert, American journalist
  • 1985 – Jey Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
  • 1985 – Jimmy Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
  • 1986Stephen Ireland, Irish footballer
  • 1986 – Neville, English wrestler
  • 1986 – Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • 1987Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
  • 1987 – Apollo Crews, American wrestler
  • 1989Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
  • 1990Randall Cobb, American football player
  • 1990 – Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
  • 1990 – Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
  • 1991Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
  • 1991 – Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1992Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
  • 1994Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 1995Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
  • 1996Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer[12]

Deaths[]

  • 408Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
  • 1155Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)
  • 1241Pope Gregory IX, (b. 1143)
  • 1280Pope Nicholas III (b. 1225)[13]
  • 1304John II, Count of Holland (b. 1247)
  • 1338William II, Duke of Athens (b. 1312)
  • 1350Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
  • 1358Isabella of France (b. 1295)
  • 1425Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (b. 1423)
  • 1456Vladislav II of Wallachia
  • 1485Richard III of England (b. 1452)[14]
  • 1485 – James Harrington, Yorkist knight
  • 1485 – John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (b. 1430)
  • 1485 – Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III
  • 1485 – William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (b. 1426)
  • 1532William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1450)
  • 1545Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (b. c. 1484)
  • 1553John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1504)
  • 1572Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (b. 1528)
  • 1584Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1530)
  • 1599Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
  • 1607Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (b. 1572)
  • 1652Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583)
  • 1664Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (b. 1610)
  • 1680John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
  • 1681Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
  • 1701John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628)
  • 1711Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
  • 1752William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
  • 1773George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)[15]
  • 1793Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713)
  • 1797Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)
  • 1806Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (b. 1732)
  • 1818Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)
  • 1828Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)[16]
  • 1850Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
  • 1861Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
  • 1888Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
  • 1891Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
  • 1903Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
  • 1904Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
  • 1909Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
  • 1914Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
  • 1918Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
  • 1920Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
  • 1922Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
  • 1926Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
  • 1933Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
  • 1940Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
  • 1940 – Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
  • 1942Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
  • 1946Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
  • 1950Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)
  • 1951Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
  • 1953Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
  • 1958Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
  • 1960Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897)
  • 1963William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877)
  • 1967Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
  • 1970Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
  • 1974Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
  • 1976Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
  • 1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
  • 1977Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)
  • 1977 – Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
  • 1978Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)
  • 1979James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)
  • 1980James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)
  • 1981Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (b. 1910)
  • 1985Charles Gibson (historian), Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the American Historical Association (b. 1920)
  • 1986Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (b. 1883)
  • 1987Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (b. 1909)
  • 1989Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)
  • 1989 – Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
  • 1991Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924)
  • 1991 – Boris Pugo, Russian soldier and politician, Soviet Minister of Interior (b. 1937)
  • 1994Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
  • 1994 – Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (b. 1914)
  • 1995Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1919)
  • 1996Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (b. 1904)
  • 2000Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
  • 2003Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)
  • 2004Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1960)
  • 2004 – Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
  • 2004 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
  • 2005Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)
  • 2005 – Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
  • 2007Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (b. 1922)
  • 2008Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899)
  • 2009 - Muriel Duckworth, Canadian pacifist, feminist, and activist (b. 1908)[17]
  • 2009Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
  • 2010Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
  • 2011Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
  • 2011 – Jack Layton, Canadian academic and politician (b. 1950)
  • 2011 – Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (b. 1922)
  • 2012Nina Bawden, English author (b. 1925)
  • 2012 – Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Chinese cardinal (b. 1923)
  • 2012 – Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
  • 2013Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (b. 1921)
  • 2013 – Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (b. 1984)
  • 2014U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
  • 2014 – Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)
  • 2014 – Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (b. 1928)
  • 2014 – Noella Leduc, American baseball player (b. 1933)
  • 2014 – John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (b. 1921)
  • 2014 – John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (b. 1929)
  • 2015Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1922)
  • 2015 – Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (b. 1932)
  • 2015 – Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (b. 1919)
  • 2016S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)
  • 2016 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American jazz musician (b. 1922)
  • 2017Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (b. 1948)
  • 2018Ed King, American musician (b. 1949)[18]
  • 2018 – Krishna Reddy Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (b. 1925)[19]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Fabrizio
    • Guinefort
    • Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960)
    • Queenship of Mary
    • Symphorian and Timotheus
    • August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Earliest day on which National Heroes' Day (Philippines) can fall, while August 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August.
  • Flag Day (Russia)
  • Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India)
  • End of Filseta feast in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

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