August 22
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1978
Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
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Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
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FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
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China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport, killing three people and injuring 208 more.
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Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
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Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
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Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
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The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
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2005Stiliana Nikolova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
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2003Cooper Connolly, Australian cricketer
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2001LaMelo Ball, American basketball player
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1997Maxx Crosby, American football player
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1997Fanum, American streamer
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1997Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
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1996Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer
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1996Jeon So-min, South Korean singer-songwriter
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1995Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
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1994Israel Broussard, American actor
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1994Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
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1993Laura Dahlmeier, German biathlete (died 2025)
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