Religious Observances on August 22

• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Muhammad al-Masūm ق

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On This Day in History — August 22

• 2012 — Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
• 2007 — The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
• 2006 — Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
• 2006 — Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
• 2004 — Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
• 2003 — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.

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Notable Births on August 22

• 1995 — Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
• 1994 — Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1993 — Rajinder Singh Sandhu, Punjabi Poet/Writer
• 1992 — Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
• 1991 — Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
• 1991 — Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player

Notable Deaths on August 22

• 2017 — Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (b. 1948)
• 2016 — S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)
• 2016 — Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American jazz musician (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (b. 1932)
• 2015 — Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (b. 1919)

On This Day in History — August 23

• 2013 — A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
• 2012 — A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
• 2011 — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
• 2011 — A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200 million-$300 million USD.
• 2007 — The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• 2006 — Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.

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Notable Births on August 23

• 1997 — Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer
• 1993 — Iván López Mendoza, Spanish professional footballer
• 1993 — Seo Hye-lin, South Korean girl group EXID member
• 1990 — Seth Curry, American basketball player
• 1989 — Breanna Conrad, American fashion designer
• 1989 — Heiko Schwarz, German footballer

Notable Deaths on August 23

• 2016 — Steven Hill, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Augusta Chiwy, Congolese-Belgian nurse (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Guy Ligier, French rugby player and race car driver (b. 1930)
• 2015 — Enrique Reneau, Honduran footballer (b. 1971)
• 2015 — Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
• 2014 — Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989)