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 234th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 9, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,263,680 minutes 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 ‘dihectatriacontatetragon’ day.
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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 179 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 4,627 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 22 Historical Events
- 1770 –James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, Queensland and claims the east coast of Australia as New South Wales in the name of King George III.
- 1798 –French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone’s United Irishmen’s Irish Rebellion.
- 1848 –The United States annexes New Mexico.
- 1902 –Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
- 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.
- 1926 –Gold is discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 1934 –Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
- 1952 –The penal colony on Devil’s Island is permanently closed.
- 2004 –A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
- 2007 –The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day
Who were born on August 22?
- 1771 –Henry Maudslay, English inventor (d. 1831)
- 1928 –Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate
- 1932 –Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
- 1934 –Sir Donald McIntyre, English bass-baritone
- 1947 –Donna Godchaux, American singer (Grateful Dead)
- 1958 –Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour)
- 1971 –Craig Finn, American musician (The Hold Steady)
- 1972 –Steve Kline, American baseball player
- 1984 –Lee Camp, English footballer
- 1991 –Brayden Schenn, Canadian hockey player
Who died on August 22?
- 408 –Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
- 1188 –Ferdinand II, King of León (b. 1137)
- 1350 –Philip VI, King of France (b. 1293)
- 1680 –John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
- 1940 –Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851)
- 1953 –Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
- 1973 –Louise Huff, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1980 –James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1899)
- 2003 –Generosa Ammon, American widow of Ted Ammon (b. 1956)
- 2004 –Sir Angus Bethune, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
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