Various events that happened on August 22

Every day's significant events become history over time. Those events take place there, which are good, which are first, which are the curse-blessing of mankind. The agenda of history has always been important to people. Keeping this importance in mind, Bangladesh regularly organizes 'Today's History' for the readers.

Today is August 22, 2024, Thursday. Take a look at the important events that happened on this day in history, the birth and death dates of famous people and other important things.

Events:

1642 – Civil War begins in England.

1698 – A tripartite treaty is signed between Russia, Denmark and Poland against Sweden.

1910 – Japan annexes Korea by treaty and continues until World War II.

1932 – The BBC begins its first regular TV broadcast.

1942 – Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.

1942 – German Nazi forces lay siege to Stalingrad.

1944 – The Soviet Union occupied Romania during World War II.

1989 – The first rings are observed on Neptune.

Birth:

1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer.

1874 – Max Sachsel, German philosopher and writer.

1877 – AK Kumaraswamy, Sinhalese artist.

1902 – Lini Riefenstahl, German actress and director.

1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer.

1915 – Playwright and director Shambhu Mitra.

1939 – Valerie Harper, American actress and singer.

1955 – Chiranjeevi, Indian actor, producer and politician.

1963 – Tori Ames, American singer, songwriter, pianist and producer.

1971 – Richard Armitage, English actor.

1991 – Federico Macheda, Italian footballer.

Death:

1818 – Warren Hastings, he was the British Governor General of India.

1850 – Nicolas Lenau, Romanian-born Austrian poet.

1904 – Kate Chapin, American author.

1922 – Michael Collins, Irish politician and 2nd Minister.

1958 – Roger Martin du Gard, Nobel Prize-winning French author.

1977 – Sebastian Cabot, English-born Canadian actor and singer.

1978 – Kenyan leader Jomo Kenyatta.

2013 – Andrea Shervi, Italian football player.

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