British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation. Date: August 22, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This…
Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts. Date: August 22, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states. Date: August 22, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Date: August 22, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport, killing three people and injuring 208 more. Date: August 22, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama 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. Date: August 22, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅…
Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. Date: August 22, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal. Date: August 22, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board. Date: August 22, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history. Date: August 22, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)