August 22

Events

Pre-1600

* 392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
* 851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
* 1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
* 1153 – 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.
* 1485 – 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.
* 1559 – Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy.

1601–1900

* 1614 – Fettmilch 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.
*1642 – Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
*1654 – Jacob 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.
*1770 – James 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 returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
* 1791 – The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
*1798 – French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.
*1827 – José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
*1846 – The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
*1849 – 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.
*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.
* 1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
* 1894 – Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.

1901–present

* 1902 – The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
* 1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
* 1902 – At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.
* 1922 – Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
*1934 – Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
*1942 – Brazil 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.
*1963 – X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program ( (354,200 feet)).
*1965 – 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.
*1966 – Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
*1968 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
*1971 – J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
*1972 – Rhodesia 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.
*1978 – Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN 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.
*1981 – 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.
*1985 – 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.
*1989 – Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
*1991 – Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
*1992 – FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
*1999 – China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport, killing three people and injuring 208 more.
*2003 – Alabama 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.
*2006 – Pulkovo 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.
*2012 – Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.

Births

Pre-1600

*1412 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (died 1464)
* 1570 – Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (died 1636)
* 1599 – Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman (died 1636)

1601–1900

*1601 – Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1667)
* 1624 – Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (died 1701)
*1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (died 1712)
* 1679 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (died 1758)
*1760 – Pope Leo XII (died 1829)
*1764 – Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (died 1838)
* 1771 – Henry Maudslay, English engineer (died 1831)
*1773 – Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (died 1858)
*1778 – James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1860)
*1800 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (died 1865)
*1818 – Rudolf von Jhering, German jurist (died 1892)
*1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1906)
*1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (died 1906)
*1836 – Archibald Willard, American soldier and painter (died 1918)
*1844 – George W. De Long, American Naval officer and explorer (died 1881)
*1845 – William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1924)
* 1847 – John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (died 1918)
* 1848 – Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the '' Chicago Daily News'' (died 1929)
* 1854 – Milan I of Serbia (died 1901)
*1857 – Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (died 1937)
*1860 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (died 1940)
* 1860 – Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (died 1940)
*1862 – Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer (died 1918)
*1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (died 1939)
* 1867 – Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor (died 1934)
* 1868 – Willis R. Whitney, American chemist (died 1958)
*1873 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (died 1928)
* 1874 – Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (died 1928)
*1880 – Gorch Fock, German author and poet (died 1916)
* 1880 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (died 1944)
* 1881 – Bede Jarrett, English Dominican priest (died 1934)
* 1881 – James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949)
* 1882 – Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot (died 1919)
* 1887 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1977)
*1890 – Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (died 1973)
* 1891 – Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (died 1983)
* 1891 – Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (died 1973)
* 1893 – Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (died 1977)
* 1893 – Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (died 1967)
* 1893 – Ernest H. Volwiler, American chemist (died 1992)
* 1895 – László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (died 1951)
* 1895 – Paul Comtois, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1966)
* 1896 – Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (died 1995)
*1897 – Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (died 1965)
*1900 – Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (died 1999)

1901–present

* 1902 – Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (died 1973)
* 1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist (died 2003)
* 1902 – Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (died 1982)
* 1903 – Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (died 1990)
* 1904 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997)
* 1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (died 2004)
* 1908 – Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (died 1993)
* 1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (died 2000)
* 1909 – Mel Hein, American football player and coach (died 1992)
*1913 – Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (died 2008)
* 1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (died 1993)
*1914 – Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright (died 1992)
* 1914 – Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (died 1989)
* 1915 – David Dellinger, American activist (died 2004)
* 1915 – James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (died 2007)
* 1915 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (died 2005)
*1917 – John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
*1918 – Mary McGrory, American journalist and author (died 2004)
*1920 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (died 2012)
* 1920 – Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (died 2016)
*1921 – Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (died 2003)
* 1921 – Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (died 2012)
* 1922 – Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (died 1996)
* 1922 – Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (died 2011)
* 1922 – Frank Kelly Freas, American science fiction and fantasy artist (died 2005)
* 1924 – James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (died 1989)
* 1924 – Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (died 1995)
*1925 – Honor Blackman, English actress and republican (died 2020)
*1926 – Marc Bohan, French fashion designer (died 2023)
* 1926 – Bob Flanigan, American pop singer (died 2011)
*1928 – Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (died 2015)
* 1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (died 2007)
* 1929 – Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (died 1991)
*1929 – Roy Clay, American computer scientist (died 2024)
* 1929 – Ulrich Wegener, German police officer and general (died 2017)
* 1930 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
*1932 – Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (died 2020)
*1933 – Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (died 1994)
*1934 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (died 2012)
*1935 – Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist
*1936 – Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
* 1936 – John Callaway, American journalist and producer (died 2009)
* 1936 – Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
* 1936 – Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster
*1938 – Jean Berkey, American businesswoman and politician (died 2013)
*1939 – Valerie Harper, American actress (died 2019)
* 1939 – Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
* 1940 – Bill McCartney, American football player and coach (died 2025)
*1941 – Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
*1943 – Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales
* 1943 – Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004
*1944 – Roger Cashmore, English physicist and academic
*1945 – David Chase, American screenwriter and producer
* 1945 – Ron Dante, American singer-songwriter and producer
*1947 – Cindy Williams, American actress and producer (died 2023)
*1948 – David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1949 – Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author
*1949 – Joop Donkervoort, Dutch businessman
*1950 – Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
* 1950 – Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
*1952 – Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
*1953 – Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
* 1955 – Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor, producer and politician
*1956 – Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
* 1956 – Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer
*1957 – Steve Davis, English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
* 1957 – Holly Dunn, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2016)
* 1958 – Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor
* 1958 – Stevie Ray, American wrestler
* 1958 – Vernon Reid, English-born American guitarist and songwriter
*1959 – Juan 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
* 1960 – Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager
* 1960 – Collin Raye, American country music singer
* 1960 – Regina Taylor, American actress and playwright
* 1961 – Andrés Calamaro, Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1961 – Roland Orzabal, English singer and musician
* 1961 – Debbi Peterson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
*1962 – Stefano Tilli, Italian sprinter
*1963 – Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
* 1963 – James DeBarge, American R&B/soul singer
*1964 – Mats Wilander, Swedish-American tennis player and coach
*1965 – Wendy Botha, South African-Australian surfer
* 1965 – David Reimer, Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (died 2004)
*1966 – GZA, American rapper and producer
* 1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager
*1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor
* 1967 – Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian
* 1967 – Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1967 – Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (died 2002)
*1968 – Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
* 1968 – Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer
* 1968 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman
* 1968 – Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (died 2008)
*1970 – Charlie Connelly, English author and broadcaster
* 1970 – Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author
* 1970 – Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer
*1971 – Richard Armitage, English actor
* 1971 – Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1971 – Rick Yune, American actor
*1972 – Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
* 1972 – Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
* 1972 – Max Wilson, German-Brazilian race car driver
*1973 – Roslina Bakar, Malaysian sport shooter
* 1973 – Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter and dancer
* 1973 – Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
* 1973 – Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
* 1974 – Cory Gardner, American politician
* 1974 – Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer
* 1974 – Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player
*1975 – Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
* 1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
*1976 – Marius Bezykornovas, Lithuanian footballer
* 1976 – Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist
* 1976 – Laurent Hernu, French decathlete
* 1976 – Jeff Weaver, American baseball player
* 1976 – Randy Wolf, American baseball player
*1977 – Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
* 1977 – Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist and writer
*1978 – James Corden, English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter
* 1978 – Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
*1979 – Brandon Adams, American actor
* 1979 – Matt Walters, American football player
*1980 – Roland Benschneider, German footballer
* 1980 – Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter
* 1980 – Seiko Yamamoto, Japanese wrestler
*1981 – Alex Holmes, American football player
* 1981 – Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer (died 2012)
* 1981 – Christina Obergföll, German athlete
*1983 – Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
* 1983 – Jahri Evans, American football player
*1984 – Lee Camp, English footballer
* 1984 – Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
*1985 – Luke Russert, American journalist
* 1985 – Jey Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
* 1985 – Jimmy Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
* 1985 – Salih Yoluç, Turkish race car driver
* 1986 – Stephen Ireland, Irish footballer
* 1986 – Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler
*1987 – Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
* 1987 – Apollo Crews, American wrestler
*1989 – Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
*1990 – Randall Cobb, American football player
* 1990 – Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
* 1990 – Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
* 1990 – Adam Thielen, American football player
*1991 – Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
* 1991 – Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
*1992 – Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
*1993 – Dillon Danis, American mixed martial artist
*1994 – Israel Broussard, American actor
* 1994 – Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
*1995 – Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
*1996 – Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer
* 1996 – Jeon So-min, South Korean singer-songwriter
*1997 – Maxx Crosby, American football player
* 1997 – Fanum, American streamer
* 1997 – Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
*2001 – LaMelo Ball, American basketball player
*2003 – Cooper Connolly, Australian cricketer
*2005 – Stiliana Nikolova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 408 – Stilicho, Roman general (born 359)
*1155 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (born 1139)
*1241 – Pope Gregory IX, (born 1143)
* 1280 – Pope Nicholas III (born 1225)
* 1304 – John II, Count of Holland (born 1247)
*1338 – William II, Duke of Athens (born 1312)
* 1350 – Philip VI of France (born 1293)
* 1358 – Isabella of France (born 1295)
*1425 – Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (born 1423)
* 1456 – Vladislav II of Wallachia
* 1485 – Richard III of England (born 1452)
* 1485 – James Harrington, Yorkist knight
* 1485 – John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (born 1430)
* 1485 – Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III
* 1485 – William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (born 1426)
*1532 – William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1450)
* 1545 – Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (born c. 1484)
* 1553 – John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1504)
* 1572 – Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (born 1528)
*1584 – Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1530)
* 1599 – Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1553)

1601–1900

*1607 – Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (born 1572)
*1652 – Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (born 1583)
*1664 – Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (born 1610)
*1680 – John George II, Elector of Saxony (born 1613)
*1681 – Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)
*1701 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1628)
* 1711 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (born 1644)
*1752 – William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (born 1667)
*1773 – George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1709)
*1793 – Louis de Noailles, French general (born 1713)
*1797 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (born 1724)
*1806 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (born 1732)
*1818 – Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (born 1732)
*1828 – Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (born 1758)
*1850 – Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (born 1802)
*1861 – Xianfeng Emperor, Xianfeng, Emperor of China (born 1831)
*1888 – Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Minister of Education (Hungary), Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1817)
* 1891 – Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (born 1834)

1901–present

* 1903 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1830)
* 1904 – Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (born 1850)
* 1909 – Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (born 1846)
*1914 – Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (born 1859)
*1918 – Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (born 1868)
*1920 – Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (born 1860)
* 1922 – Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Minister for Finance (Ireland), Irish Minister of Finance (born 1890)
*1926 – Charles William Eliot, American academic (born 1834)
*1933 – Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (born 1858)
*1940 – Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (born 1851)
* 1940 – Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1861)
*1942 – Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1880)
*1946 – Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1883)
*1950 – Kirk Bryan (geologist), Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (born 1888)
*1951 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)
*1953 – Jim Tabor, American baseball player (born 1916)
* 1958 – Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize for Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
* 1960 – Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (born 1897)
*1963 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (born 1877)
*1967 – Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the Combined oral contraceptive pill, birth-control pill (born 1903)
*1970 – Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (born 1895)
*1971 – Birger Nerman, Swedish archaeologist (born 1888)
* 1974 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (born 1908)
*1976 – Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (born 1913)
* 1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (born 1902)
*1977 – Sebastian Cabot (actor), Sebastian Cabot, English actor (born 1918)
* 1977 – Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (born 1891)
* 1977 – Rex Connor, Australian politician (born 1907)
*1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (born 1894)
*1979 – James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (born 1904)
*1980 – James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (born 1899)
*1981 – Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (born 1910)
*1985 – Charles Gibson (historian), Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the American Historical Association (born 1920)
* 1986 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (born 1883)
*1987 – Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (born 1909)
*1989 – Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (born 1933)
* 1989 – Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (born 1942)
*1991 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (born 1924)
* 1991 – Boris Pugo, Russian soldier and politician, Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), Soviet Minister of Interior (born 1937)
*1994 – Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1931)
* 1994 – Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (born 1914)
*1995 – Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (born 1919)
*1996 – Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (born 1904)
*2000 – Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (born 1938)
*2003 – Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (born 1914)
*2004 – Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (born 1960)
* 2004 – Angus Bethune (politician), Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1908)
* 2004 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (born 1920)
*2005 – Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (born 1929)
* 2005 – Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (born 1914)
*2007 – Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (born 1922)
*2008 – Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (born 1899)
*2009 – Muriel Duckworth, Canadian Pacifism, pacifist, Feminism, feminist, and activist (born 1908)
* 2009 – Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (born 1926)
*2010 – Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1923)
*2011 – Ashford & Simpson, Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
* 2011 – Jack Layton, Canadian academic and politician (born 1950)
* 2011 – Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (born 1922)
* 2011 – Yao Yuanjun, Chinese border police officer (born 1993)
*2012 – Nina Bawden, English author (born 1925)
* 2012 – Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Chinese cardinal (born 1923)
* 2012 – Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
*2013 – Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (born 1921)
* 2013 – Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (born 1984)
*2014 – U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
* 2014 – Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (born 1906)
* 2014 – Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (born 1928)
* 2014 – Noella Leduc, American baseball player (born 1933)
* 2014 – John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (born 1921)
* 2014 – John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (born 1929)
*2015 – Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (born 1922)
* 2015 – Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (born 1932)
* 2015 – Eric Thompson (racing driver), Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (born 1919)
*2016 – S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (born 1924)
* 2016 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American Jazz in Belgium, jazz musician (born 1922)
*2017 – Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (born 1948)
*2018 – Ed King, American musician (born 1949)
* 2018 – Krishna Reddy (artist), Krishna Reddy, Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (born 1925)
*2021 – Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1941)
*2024 – Arthur J. Gregg, American military officer (born 1928)

Holidays and observances

* Christian Calendar of saints, feast day:
**Saint Guinefort, Guinefort, the holy greyhound, feast day traditionally.Saint Guinefort: The Holy Greyhound
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**Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of General Roman Calendar of 1960, 1960)
**Queen of Heaven#Feast of Queenship of Mary, Queenship of Mary
**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)

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