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Historical Events on August 22

  • Chennai

    1639

    Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

  • Sardinia

    1717

    Spanish troops land on Sardinia.

  • Haiti

    1791

    Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.

  • Mahatma Gandhi

    1894

    Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    1902

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.

  • Rhodesia

    1972

    Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.

  • Sandinista National Liberation Front

    1978

    The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.

  • Alabama

    2003

    Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.

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