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On August the 22nd
2006 
A Pulkovo Airlines passenger flight crashed in the Ukraine, resulting in the death of all 170 people onboard.
2004 
The fourth version of the painting, The Scream by Edvard Munch was stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
1989 
American activist, Huey P. Newton, died at the age of 46. He was the co-founder as well as inspirational leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defence, most commonly known simply as The Black Panthers.
1963 
American musician, Tori Amos, was born in Newton, North Carolina.
1962 
An assassination attempt took place against French president Charles de Gaulle.
1944 
During the course of the Second World War Soviet troops invaded Romania.
1941 
During the course of the Second World War the siege of Leningrad began. The siege was lifted on January 27, 1944 after one of the bloodiest sieges in world history.
1934 
American general, Norman Schwarzkopf, was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the commander of the coalition forces in the Gulf War of 1991.
1926 
Gold was discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa for the first time. South Africa is one of the biggest producers of gold in the world.
1922 
Irish revolutionary, Michael Collins, died at the age of 31. He was one of the most important figures in the efforts to create a modern free Ireland. He was shot and killed in August 1922, during the Irish Civil War.
1904 
Chinese politician, Deng Xiaoping, was born in the village of Xixian in Paifang. He was the de facto leader of the People's Republic of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
1901 
The Cadillac Motor company was founded. It was named after the 17th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, who founded the city of Detroit, Michigan in 1701.
1862 
French composer, Claude Debussy, was born in St. Germain-en-Laye. He is widely seen as one of the most important musical figures of the turn on the 20th century.
1851 
The first America's Cup yachting competition was won by the yacht America. It wasn't until 1983 when the Unites States lost the first place to the ship and crew, Australia II from Australia. The 1983 loss signalled the end of the longest winning streak by a country in a competitive sport.
1770 
British explorer, James Cook, became the first European to reach the coast of Australia.
1639 
The city of Madras, India, was founded by the British East India Company. The city was renamed Chennai in August, 1996.
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