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August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 131 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 392 – ...
5 August: 1960 [22] Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July and creation of the independent Republic of Upper Volta. [15] Burundi: Independence Day: 1 July: 1962 Belgium: Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Ruanda-Urundi Trusteeship. [23] [24] Cambodia: Independence Day: 9 ...
August 22: Madras Day in Chennai, India Reconstruction of Fort Stanwix 1777 – American Revolutionary War : Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured) .
1779 – Francis Scott Key, author of the lyrics to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", is born.; 1842 – The Lombard Street Riot erupts when white Irish Catholics attack 1,000 African-American members of the Young Men's Vigilant Association who were parading in celebration of the end of slavery in the British West Indies.
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16 August: Saint Stephen of Hungary – optional memorial; 19 August: Saint John Eudes, Priest – optional memorial; 20 August: Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church – memorial; 21 August: Saint Pius X, Pope – memorial; 22 August: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary – memorial; 23 August: Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin ...
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