Born on August 22
August 22 birthdays & history
If you were born on August 22, you share a birthday with Deng Xiaoping, Claude Debussy and Ray Bradbury. August 22 babies are Leo, with peridot as their birthstone and the gladiolus as their birth flower. August 22 is the 235th day of the year in leap years (234th in other years).
Famous people born on August 22
- 1904Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
- 1862Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer
- 1920Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter
- 1995Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
- 1902Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist
- 1760Pope Leo XII, Head of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829
- 1893Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist
- 1874Max Scheler, German philosopher and author
- 1997Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
- 1963Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
What happened on August 22
- 1639The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.
- 1827José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
- 1846The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
- 1851The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns, later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.
- 1851The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
- 1875The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
- 1894Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
- 1902Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
- 1934Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
- 1963X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).
- 2003Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.
- 2006Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.
Also observed on August 22
- Flag Day (Russia)
- Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India)
Questions, answered
What star sign is August 22?
People born on August 22 are Leo. Their birthstone is peridot and their birth flower is the gladiolus.
Which famous people were born on August 22?
Deng Xiaoping (1904), Claude Debussy (1862), Ray Bradbury (1920), Dua Lipa (1995), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Pope Leo XII (1760) were all born on August 22.
What happened on August 22 in history?
Among other things: in 1963, X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)); in 2003, Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building; in 2006, Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.
Can I get a newspaper front page from August 22?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any August 22 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “August 22”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.