Events That Happened on August 22

Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.

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

Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.

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

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama 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.

China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport, killing three people and injuring 208 more.

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

Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.

Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.

British 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.

Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.

Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.

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.

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.

Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.

J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.

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

Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers.

Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, strikes John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the head with a bat, sparking a 14-minute brawl, one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history.

X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).

The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.

The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.

The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.

World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.

Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.

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

Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.

The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.

Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.

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

Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.

The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.

Passaleão incident: João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, the governor of Portuguese Macau, is assassinated by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between China and Portugal at the Battle of Passaleão three days after.

The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.

José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.

French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.

The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.

James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).

British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.

James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

Spanish troops land on Sardinia.

Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.

Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.

Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.

Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.

Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy.

The Battle of Bosworth Field occurs; King Richard III of England's death in battle marks the end of the reigning Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudors under Henry VII.

Crusader–Fatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.

Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.

Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.

Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.

Stiliana Nikolova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

Cooper Connolly, Australian cricketer

LaMelo Ball, American basketball player

Maxx Crosby, American football player

Fanum, American streamer

Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer

Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer

Jeon So-min, South Korean singer-songwriter

Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter

Israel Broussard, American actor

Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player

Dillon Danis, American mixed martial artist

Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player

Federico Macheda, Italian footballer

Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player

Randall Cobb, American football player

Drew Hutchison, American baseball player

Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player

Adam Thielen, American football player

Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer

Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer

Apollo Crews, American wrestler

Stephen Ireland, Irish footballer

Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler

Luke Russert, American journalist

Jey Uso, Samoan-American wrestler

Jimmy Uso, Samoan-American wrestler

Salih Yoluç, Turkish race car driver

Lee Camp, English footballer

Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer

Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist

Jahri Evans, American football player

Alex Holmes, American football player

Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer (died 2012)

Christina Obergföll, German athlete

Roland Benschneider, German footballer

Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter

Seiko Yamamoto, Japanese wrestler

Brandon Adams, American actor

Matt Walters, American football player

James Corden, English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter

Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player

Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer

Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist and writer

Marius Bezykornovas, Lithuanian footballer

Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist

Laurent Hernu, French decathlete

Jeff Weaver, American baseball player

Randy Wolf, American baseball player

Clint Bolton, Australian footballer

Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor

Cory Gardner, American politician

Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer

Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player

Roslina Bakar, Malaysian sport shooter

Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter and dancer

Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter

Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player

Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter

Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer

Max Wilson, German-Brazilian race car driver

Richard Armitage, English actor

Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Rick Yune, American actor

Charlie Connelly, English author and broadcaster

Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author

Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer

Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer

Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman

Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (died 2008)

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor

Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian

Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (died 2002)

GZA, American rapper and producer

Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager

Wendy Botha, South African-Australian surfer

David Reimer, Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (died 2004)

Mats Wilander, Swedish-American tennis player and coach

Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

James DeBarge, American R&B/soul singer

Stefano Tilli, Italian sprinter

Andrés Calamaro, Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Roland Orzabal, English singer and musician

Debbi Peterson, American singer-songwriter and drummer

Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager

Collin Raye, American country music singer

Regina Taylor, American actress and playwright

Juan Croucier, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Pia Gjellerup, Danish lawyer and politician, Danish Minister of Finance

Mark Williams, English actor

Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor

Stevie Ray, American wrestler

Vernon Reid, English-born American guitarist and songwriter

Steve Davis, English snooker player, sportscaster, and author

Holly Dunn, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2016)

Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach

Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer

Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor, producer and politician

Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager

Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)

Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach

Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States

Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author

Joop Donkervoort, Dutch businessman

David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Carolyn L. Mazloomi, American art historian and quilter

Cindy Williams, American actress and producer (died 2023)

David Chase, American screenwriter and producer

Ron Dante, American singer-songwriter and producer

Roger Cashmore, English physicist and academic

Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales

Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004

Bill Parcells, American football player and coach

Bill McCartney, American football player and coach (died 2025)

Valerie Harper, American actress (died 2019)

Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player

Jean Berkey, American businesswoman and politician (died 2013)

Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)

John Callaway, American journalist and producer (died 2009)

Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)

Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster

Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist

Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (died 2012)

Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (died 1994)

Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (died 2020)

Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)

Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (died 1991)

Roy Clay, American computer scientist (died 2024)

Ulrich Wegener, German police officer and general (died 2017)

Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (died 2015)

Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (died 2007)

Marc Bohan, French fashion designer (died 2023)

Bob Flanigan, American pop singer (died 2011)

Honor Blackman, English actress and republican (died 2020)

James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (died 1989)

Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (died 1995)

Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (died 1996)

Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (died 2011)

Frank Kelly Freas, American science fiction and fantasy artist (died 2005)

Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (died 2003)

Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (died 2012)

Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (died 2012)

Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (died 2016)

Mary McGrory, American journalist and author (died 2004)

John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)

David Dellinger, American activist (died 2004)

James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (died 2007)

Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (died 2005)

Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright (died 1992)

Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (died 1989)

Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (died 2008)

Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (died 1993)

Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (died 2000)

Mel Hein, American football player and coach (died 1992)

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (died 2004)

Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (died 1993)

Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997)

Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (died 1990)

Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (died 1973)

Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist (died 2003)

Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (died 1982)

Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (died 1999)

Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (died 1965)

Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (died 1995)

László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (died 1951)

Paul Comtois, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1966)

Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (died 1977)

Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (died 1967)

Ernest H. Volwiler, American chemist (died 1992)

Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (died 1983)

Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (died 1973)

Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (died 1973)

Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1977)

Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot (died 1919)

Bede Jarrett, English Dominican priest (died 1934)

James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949)

Gorch Fock, German author and poet (died 1916)

George Herriman, American cartoonist (died 1944)

Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (died 1928)

Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (died 1928)

Willis R. Whitney, American chemist (died 1958)

Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (died 1939)

Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor (died 1934)

Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer (died 1918)

Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (died 1940)

Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (died 1940)

Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (died 1937)

Milan I of Serbia (died 1901)

Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (died 1929)

John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (died 1918)

William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1924)

George W. De Long, American Naval officer and explorer (died 1881)

Archibald Willard, American soldier and painter (died 1918)

Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (died 1906)

Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1906)

Rudolf von Jhering, German jurist (died 1892)

Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (died 1865)

James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1860)

Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (died 1858)

Henry Maudslay, English engineer (died 1831)

Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (died 1838)

Pope Leo XII (died 1829)

Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (died 1758)

Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (died 1712)

Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (died 1701)

Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1667)

Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman (died 1636)

Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (died 1636)

Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (died 1464)

Arthur J. Gregg, American military officer (born 1928)

Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1941)

Ed King, American musician (born 1949)

Krishna Reddy, Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (born 1925)

Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (born 1948)

S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (born 1924)

Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American jazz musician (born 1922)

Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (born 1922)

Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (born 1932)

Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (born 1919)

U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)

Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (born 1906)

Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (born 1928)

Noella Leduc, American baseball player (born 1933)

John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (born 1921)

John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (born 1929)

Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (born 1921)

Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (born 1984)

Nina Bawden, English author (born 1925)

Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Taiwanese cardinal (born 1923)

Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (born 1926)

Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)

Jack Layton, Canadian academic and politician (born 1950)

Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (born 1922)

Yao Yuanjun, Chinese border police officer (born 1993)

Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1923)

Muriel Duckworth, Canadian pacifist, feminist, and activist (born 1908)

Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (born 1926)

Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (born 1899)

Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (born 1922)

Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (born 1929)

Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (born 1914)

Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (born 1960)

Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1908)

Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (born 1920)

Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (born 1914)

Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (born 1938)

Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (born 1904)

Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (born 1919)

Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1931)

Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (born 1914)

Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (born 1924)

Boris Pugo, Russian soldier and politician, Soviet Minister of Interior (born 1937)

Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (born 1933)

Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (born 1942)

Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (born 1909)

Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (born 1883)

Charles Gibson, historian of Mexico and its Indians, president of the American Historical Association (born 1920)

Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (born 1910)

James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (born 1899)

James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (born 1904)

Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (born 1894)

Sebastian Cabot, English actor (born 1918)

Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (born 1891)

Rex Connor, Australian politician (born 1907)

Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (born 1913)

Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (born 1902)

Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (born 1908)

Birger Nerman, Swedish archaeologist (born 1888)

Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (born 1895)

Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (born 1903)

William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (born 1877)

Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (born 1897)

Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)

Jim Tabor, American baseball player (born 1916)

Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)

Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (born 1888)

Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1883)

Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1880)

Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (born 1851)

Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1861)

Pedro Durruti, Spanish anarchist and Falangist revolutionary (born 1911)

Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (born 1858)

Charles William Eliot, American academic (born 1834)

Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (born 1890)

Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (born 1860)

Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (born 1868)

Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (born 1859)

Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (born 1846)

Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (born 1850)

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1830)

Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (born 1834)

Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1817)

Xianfeng, Emperor of China (born 1831)

Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (born 1802)

Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (born 1758)

Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (born 1732)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (born 1732)

Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (born 1724)

Louis de Noailles, French general (born 1713)

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1709)

William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (born 1667)

Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (born 1644)

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1628)

Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)

John George II, Elector of Saxony (born 1613)

Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (born 1610)

Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (born 1583)

Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (born 1572)

Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1553)

Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1530)

Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (born 1528)

John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1504)

Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (born c. 1484)

William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1450)

Richard III of England (born 1452)

James Harrington, Yorkist knight

John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (born 1430)

Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III

William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (born 1426)

Vladislav II of Wallachia

Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (born 1423)

Isabella of France (born 1295)

Philip VI of France (born 1293)

William II, Duke of Athens (born 1312)

John II, Count of Holland (born 1247)

Pope Nicholas III (born 1225)

Pope Gregory IX, (born 1143)

Emperor Konoe of Japan (born 1139)

Stilicho, Roman general (born 359)

Christian feast day: Guinefort, the holy greyhound, feast day traditionally.

Christian feast day: Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960)

Christian feast day: Queenship of Mary

Christian feast day: August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

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)