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FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

100 famous birthdays born on this day

Chiranjeevi

🇮🇳Chiranjeevi

Indian actor and philanthropist

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

🇬🇧Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

British actor

Carl Yastrzemski

🇺🇸Carl Yastrzemski

American baseball player

Bill Parcells

🇺🇸Bill Parcells

American football coach

Brayden Schenn

🇨🇦Brayden Schenn

Canadian ice hockey player

Annie Proulx

🇺🇸Annie Proulx

American novelist, short story and non-fiction author

Adam Thielen

🇺🇸Adam Thielen

American football player

Cecil Kellaway

🇿🇦Cecil Kellaway

South African actor

Apollo Crews

🇺🇸Apollo Crews

American professional wrestler

Alexander Bogdanov

1873🐓Rooster

🇷🇺Alexander Bogdanov

Russian physician, philosopher, and revolutionary

Cory Gardner

🇺🇸Cory Gardner

American politician and attorney

Chuck Brown

🇺🇸Chuck Brown

American go-go musician

Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

Elector of Saxony from 1428 to 1464

Aleksandr Mostovoi

🇷🇺Aleksandr Mostovoi

Russian footballer

Andrés Calamaro

🇦🇷Andrés Calamaro

Argentine musician and composer

Denis Papin

🇫🇷Denis Papin

French physicist, mathematician and inventor

Bruno Pontecorvo

🇮🇹Bruno Pontecorvo

Italian nuclear physicist

Alun Michael

🇬🇧Alun Michael

Welsh politician

Archibald Willard

🇺🇸Archibald Willard

American painter

Aimé Bonpland

🇫🇷Aimé Bonpland

French explorer and botanist

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📅 On This Day

Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.

Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.

Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

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Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (born c. 1484)

Ashford & Simpson

Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)

Delano family

🌍Holidays & Observances

August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Christian feast day: Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960)

Queen of Heaven

Christian feast day: Queenship of Mary

PeridotBirthstone

♌LeoSun Sign

🌺GladiolusBirth Flower

📅 On This Day

Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.

Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.

🕊️Remembering

Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (born c. 1484)

Ashford & Simpson

Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)

Delano family

🌍Holidays & Observances

August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Christian feast day: Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960)

Queen of Heaven

Christian feast day: Queenship of Mary

Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)

1681

Celâl Bayar

Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (born 1883)

Anders Zorn

Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (born 1860)

Abulfaz Elchibey

Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (born 1938)

Charles William Eliot

Charles William Eliot, American academic (born 1834)

Bartholomew Gosnold

Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (born 1572)

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

National Heroes Day (Philippines)

Earliest day on which National Heroes' Day (Philippines) can fall, while August 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August.

Public holidays in Russia

Flag Day (Russia)

Madras Day

Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India)

Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)

1681

Celâl Bayar

Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (born 1883)

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief