August 22nd, 1995

Born on August 22nd, 1995

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What happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2006

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

August 22nd, 2003

Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

August 22nd, 1962

An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.

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 at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to 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 race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), 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

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

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

Born on August 22nd, 1995

30

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

30

Jonnu Smith

American football tight end

*August 22nd, 1995, Philadelphia

Same year
Born in 1995

30

Danna

Mexican singer, actress, composer and model

*June 23rd, 1995, Mexico City

30

Doja Cat

American rapper and singer

*October 21st, 1995, Tarzana

31

Melanie Martinez

American singer-songwriter

*April 28th, 1995, Astoria

30

Dominic Fike

American musician

*December 30th, 1995, Naples

30

Setyana Mapasa

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1995, Kawangkoan

30

Sofía Reyes

Mexican singer-songwriter

*September 25th, 1995, Monterrey

31

Shirin David

German rapper, singer and former YouTuber

*April 11th, 1995, Hamburg

26

Marília Mendonça

Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021)

*July 22nd, 1995, Cristianópolis †November 5th, 2021, Piedade de Caratinga

31

Nozomi Okuhara

Japanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1995, Ōmachi

31

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

30

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

30

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

30

Cheryl Seinen

Badminton player

*August 4th, 1995, Roermond

30

Delphine Lansac

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1995, Lyon

31

Mark Caljouw

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1995, Rijswijk

30

Tems

Nigerian singer-songwriter

*June 11th, 1995, Lagos

31

Sasha Alex Sloan

American singer-songwriter

*March 11th, 1995, Boston

31

Fireboy DML

Nigerian singer

*February 5th, 1995, Ogun State

30

Tom Misch

English musician and producer

*June 25th, 1995, London

30

Felipe Araújo

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 2nd, 1995, Goiânia

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1995 is a normal year and no leap year.

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