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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 22
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Diana Sands; actress (Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Norman Schwartzkopf in New Jersey, USA; US General (Liberated Kuwait from Iraq).
- 90th: 1934 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits two home runs to beat Chicago White Sox 3-2 in 12.
- 80th: 1944 - In Normandy, France, the Falaise Gap is declared officially closed.
- 80th: 1944 - Adolf Hitler issues a directive to the German commander of Paris, France, to destroy the city.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mats Wilander in Sweden; tennis player (1988 US Open).
- 40th: 1984 - Evelyn Ashford of US ties world women's mark for 100m, 10.76 seconds.
- 40th: 1984 - In Tomiya, Japan, two buildings are hit by falling meteorites.
- 40th: 1984 - New York Mets' pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes the 11th rookie to strikeout 200.
- 40th: 1984 - Republican convention in Dallas, Texas, renominates President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush.
- 25th: 1999 - Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 crashes in Hong Kong.
- 20th: 2004 - Armed robbers steal Edvard Munch's The Scream, Madonna, and other paintings from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Daniel Petrie at age 83 of cancer; TV and stage director/actor (50 years, won 8 Emmy awards, Joe and Mabel TV show, The Hidden Room TV show, Stud's Place TV show, Eleanor & Franklin TV show, The Dollmaker TV show, Studio 1 TV show).
- 15th: 2009 - The Italian state lottery draw, Superenalotto, is won on a single ticket worth 146.9 million euros (US$211.8 million). The draw of 10, 11, 27, 45, 79, 88 broke the losing streak of 87 consecutive draws.
- 10th: 2014 - The Republic of Transnistria replaces its metal coinage with plastic coins, in denominations of 1, 3, 5, and 10 rubles.
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