On this day: 22 August

Selected events and births on 22 August, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1639 – The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company. Read more: Vijayanagara Empire Chennai Tamil Nadu
• 1851 – The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England. Read more: America (yacht) 1851 America's Cup America's Cup
• 1984 – The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party. Read more: Constitution of Singapore Non-constituency Member of Parliament Parliament of Singapore
• 2003 – Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building. Read more: Roy Moore Ten Commandments Supreme Court of Alabama
• 2006 – Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal. Read more: Grigori Perelman Fields Medal Poincaré conjecture

Born on this day

• 1936 – Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster Read more: Werner Stengel Maverick (roller coaster)
• 1943 – Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales Read more: Alun Michael First Minister of Wales
• 1943 – Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004 Read more: Masatoshi Shima Intel 4004
• 1950 – Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States Read more: Scooter Libby Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
• 1959 – Pia Gjellerup, Danish lawyer and politician, Danish Minister of Finance Read more: Pia Gjellerup List of ministers for finance (Denmark)
• 1996 – Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer Read more: Jessica-Jane Applegate
• 1997 – Maxx Crosby, American football player Read more: Maxx Crosby
• 1997 – Fanum, American streamer Read more: Fanum (streamer)
• 1997 – Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer Read more: Lautaro Martínez
• 2001 – LaMelo Ball, American basketball player Read more: LaMelo Ball
• 2003 – Cooper Connolly, Australian cricketer Read more: Cooper Connolly
• 2005 – Stiliana Nikolova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast Read more: Stiliana Nikolova

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