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August 22nd in History
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August 22nd in History

This Day in History > August 22nd

August 22nd in History
1642: English Civil War begins
1788: British create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves
1864: International Red Cross formed in Geneva, Switzerland
1911: Mona Lisa' stolen from the Louvre art gallery, Paris


August 22nd birthdays
1862: Claude Debussy, French composer of 'Clair de lune'
1893: Dorothy Parker, American writer and humorist
1908: Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer
1920: Ray Bradbury, American author; 'The Martian Chronicles'