What are the important events that happened on August 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 22 is the 235th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 9, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 478,968 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontapentagon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 160 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,262 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 22 Historical Events
- 1639 –Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
- 1831 –Nat Turner’s slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation for the uprising.
- 1851 –The first America’s Cup is won by the yacht America.
- 1864 –12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
- 1910 –Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
- 1941 –World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
- 1949 –Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada’s largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
- 1952 –The penal colony on Devil’s Island is permanently closed.
- 1968 –Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
Who were born on August 22?
- 1764 –Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
- 1848 –Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
- 1908 –Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
- 1932 –Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
- 1961 –Andres Calamaro, Argentine musician
- 1964 –Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
- 1967 –Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
- 1970 –Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-born American chef and television host
- 1975 –Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
- 1981 –Alex Holmes, American football player
Who died on August 22?
- 1828 –Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroscientist (b. 1758)
- 1888 –Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian politician (b. 1817)
- 1904 –Kate Chopin, American author (b. 1850)
- 1965 –Ellen Church, American airline stewardess (b. 1904)
- 1970 –Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895)
- 1976 –Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (b. 1902)
- 1978 –Jomo Kenyatta, first President of Kenya (b. c.1892)
- 2004 –Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
- 2005 –Ernest Kirkendall, American scientist (b. 1914)
- 2009 –Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (b. 1926)
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