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August 22 this is the 234th day of the Gregorian calendar and there are 131 days left until the end of the year: here is an almanac with saints of the day, repetitions and anniversaries.

What is celebrated on August 22

The Catholic Church celebrates August 22 Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen, a real holiday for Christians. It was originally celebrated on 31 May; then it was decided to change the date and choose the eighth day of the Dormition in order to “emphasize the connection between Mary’s royalty and her bodily glorification.” The Church also commemorates the martyrs Fabriziano (Fabrizio) and Philibert, San Filippo Benisi, San Cinforiano di Oten and Blessed Thomas Percy.

Plus today is International Day of Remembrance. victims of acts of violence based on religious beliefs. Finally the day vegetable milk.

Birthdays, anniversaries and anniversaries

There are several people born on August 22 who celebrate their birthday on this day. Among them: Ray Douglas Bradbury, famous science fiction writer; Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer who died in 2004; Dua Lipa, singer; Lautaro Martinez, football player; Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player Lazza (pseudonym Jacopo Lazzarini), rapper.

Birthday Anniversaries

• Claude-Achille Debussy, French composer and pianist;
• Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer and poet; Dorothy Parker, New York writer;
• Ray Douglas Bradbury, American writer;
• Deng Xixian (better known as Deng Xiaoping), Chinese leader who died in 1997;
• Dorothy Parker, American writer;
• Carlo Piscane, Italian patriot and socialist revolutionary.

death anniversaries

• Maria Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Queen of Spain;
• Sandro Mazingi, boxer;
• Ignazio Silone, pseudonym of Secondo Trancilli, Italian writer.

This happened today, August 22.

1485: Richard III dies at the Battle of Bosworth, marking the end of the Wars of the Roses and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty.

1642: The civil war in England begins, ending on September 3, 1651 with the victory of the parliamentarians.

1791: Slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.

1845: Birth of the Second Federal Republic of Mexico.

1864: With the adoption of the Geneva Convention, the Red Cross was born.

1902: Theodore Roosevelt is the first President of the United States to travel by car.

1910: According to the treaty between Japan and Korea, Korea is annexed by Japan. The situation will change only after the end of World War II.

1941: World War II – The blockade of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) by the Germans begins.

1951: Evita Peron is running for Vice President of Argentina. She would remain one of the most famous figures in Argentine politics and, together with her husband, introduced numerous economic reforms in the socialist sense.

1978: On August 25, Ignazio Silone, Italian politician and writer, dies.

1978: In Nicaragua, the Sandinista National Liberation Front occupies the National Palace.

1989: Neptune’s first ring discovered.

2004: Two paintings by Edvard Munch “The Scream” and “Madonna” are stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo; will be found in the city on August 31, 2006.