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What happened in history on this day: August 22?
On August 22 in ...
- 1988 - NBC premieres Later with Bob Costas (first guest Linda Ellerbee).
Births on August 22
- 1900 - Birth of Elizabeth Bergner in Vienna, Austria; actress (Catherine the Great).
- 1922 - Birth of Micheline Presle in Paris, France; actress (Nea, Donkey Skin).
- 1926 - Birth of Honor Blackman in London, England; actress (Pussy Galore - Goldfinger).
- 1928 - Birth of John Lupton in Highland Park, Illinois, USA; actor (Tom - Broken Arrow).
- 1933 - Birth of Sylvia Koscina; actress (Jessica, Hercules).
- 1934 - Birth of Diana Sands; actress (Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife).
- 1940 - Birth of George Reinholt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Another World, One Life to Live).
- 1940 - Birth of Valerie Harper in Sufferin, New York, USA; actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie).
- 1945 - Birth of James G Richardson in Gainesville, Florida, USA; actor (Tim Cassidy - Sierra).
- 1947 - Birth of Cindy Williams in Van Nuys, California, USA; actress (Shirley - Laverne and Shirley).
Deaths on August 22
- 1977 - Death of Sebastian Cabot at age 59 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Mr. French - Family Affair TV show, regular panelist on game show Stump the Stars, host of TV show Suspense).
- 1991 - Death of Colleen Dewhurst of cervical cancer at age 67; actress (Between Two Women (Emmy Award 1986), Those She Left Behind (Emmy Award 1989), Murphy Brown (Emmy Award 1991), Maggie Geyser - The Blue and the Gray, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea), president of Actor's Equity (1985-1991).
- 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).
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