X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)). Date: August 22, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)

Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, strikes John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the head with a bat, sparking a 14-minute brawl, one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history. Date: August 22, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on…

Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers. Date: August 22, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)

Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America. Date: August 22, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)

J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28. Date: August 22, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies. Date: August 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections. Date: August 22, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day…

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. Date: August 22, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)

Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages. Date: August 22, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: August 22, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)