August 22nd, 1934

Born on August 22nd, 1934

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What happened on August 22nd, 1934?

August 22nd, 1934

Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.

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What else happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation and bringing about changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race, later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

August 22nd, 1485

Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England at the Battle of Bosworth Field, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

August 22nd, 2007

The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 22nd

Born on August 22nd, 1934

39

Diana Sands

American actress (1934–1973)

*August 22nd, 1934, New York City †September 21st, 1973, New York City

78

Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

United States Army general (1934–2012)

*August 22nd, 1934, Trenton †December 27th, 2012, Tampa

71

Pierre Potier

French chemist and pharmacist (1934-2006)

*August 22nd, 1934, Bois-Colombes †February 3rd, 2006, 18th arrondissement of Paris

63

Hartmut Boockmann

German historian

*August 22nd, 1934, Malbork †June 15th, 1998, Göttingen

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Who's birthday is on August 22nd?

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

*August 22nd, 1912, Manchester †October 20th, 2016, Arcadia

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

86

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)

*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, Olching

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

87

Werner Stengel

German engineer; roller coaster designer

*August 22nd, 1936, Bochum

88

Annie Proulx

American novelist, short story and non-fiction author

*August 22nd, 1935, Norwich

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

92

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

*August 22nd, 1904, Guanganzhou †February 19th, 1997, Beijing

78

Ron Dante

American musician, songwriter, record producer

*August 22nd, 1945, Staten Island

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

79

Karlheinz Stockhausen

German composer

*August 22nd, 1928, Mödrath †December 5th, 2007, Kürten

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

71

Rudy Ricciotti

French architect

*August 22nd, 1952, Kouba

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

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Born in 1934

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

83

Jörg Kuebart

German general (1934-2018)

*September 2nd, 1934, Olsztyn †February 14th, 2018, Bad Honnef

34

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)

*March 9th, 1934, Klushino †March 27th, 1968, Novosyolovo

82

Alois Mock

Austrian politician (1934-2017)

*June 10th, 1934, Euratsfeld †June 1st, 2017, Vienna

82

Leonard Cohen

Canadian poet and singer-songwriter (1934–2016)

*September 21st, 1934, Montreal †November 7th, 2016, Los Angeles

68

Manfred Durniok

German film producer

*May 2nd, 1934, Berlin †March 7th, 2003, Berlin

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

*May 27th, 1934, Altona †April 30th, 2016, Hamburg

62

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

*November 9th, 1934, Brooklyn †December 20th, 1996, Seattle

81

Garry Marshall

American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)

*November 13th, 1934, The Bronx †July 19th, 2016, Burbank

84

Jessy Rameik

German actor, singer and voice actor

*April 18th, 1934, Riga †August 31st, 2018, Berlin

32

Brian Epstein

British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967)

*September 19th, 1934, Liverpool †August 27th, 1967, London

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

82

Roman Herzog

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934-2017)

*April 5th, 1934, Landshut †January 10th, 2017, Bad Mergentheim

89

Sophia Loren

Italian actress

*September 20th, 1934, Rome

88

Bill Russell

American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)

*February 12th, 1934, Monroe †July 31st, 2022, Mercer Island

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

*August 6th, 1934, Krásný Dvůr †February 11th, 2017

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

81

Billy Paul

American singer (1934-2016)

*December 1st, 1934, Philadelphia †April 24th, 2016, Blackwood

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

83

Norbert Kunisch

German classical archaeologist

*December 16th, 1934, Dortmund †May 2nd, 2018, Oxford

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No: With 365 days 1934 is a normal year and no leap year.

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