On This Day August 22

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August 22nd is the 232nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 131 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

1559 – Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy.

1642 – Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.

1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.

1780 – James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook was killed in Hawaii during the voyage).

1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.

1902 – The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

1902 – Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to appear in an automobile publicly.

1949 – The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.

1953 – The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.

1963 – X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet).

1989 – Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.

2004 – Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Birthdays

1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist, and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (d. 1712)

1778 – James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1860)

1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906)

1848 – Melville Elijah Stone, an American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (d. 1929)

1860 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, the Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (d. 1940)

1874 – Max Scheler, German philosopher, and author (d. 1928)

1896 – Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (d. 1995)

1917 – John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)

1920 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

1932 – Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (d. 2020)

1934 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general, and engineer (d. 2012)

1958 – Vernon Reid, English-born American guitarist and songwriter.

1963 – Terry Catledge, American basketball player

1997 – Maxx Crosby, American football player.

Holidays & Observance

World Folk Lore Day

Gather 'round, young ones, and let this old storyteller spin you a tale as old as the hills and as vast as the sky – a story of lore that's been whispered in the winds for generations untold. This be the tale of folklore, the heart, and soul of every village and hamlet, born from the very essence of our ancestors' wisdom and wonder.

 In the beginning, when the world still wore its youthful colors, people sought to make sense of the mysteries surrounding them. They gazed at the stars, and lo, they conjured tales of gods and heroes like mighty Zeus, who held lightning in his strong hand. In Norse lands, the legends of Odin and his kin echoed like distant thunder across the fjords, and the brave Viking spirits stirred.

 But these tales were not just fables – nay, they held the map to a people's heart, woven with threads of culture and time. As days turned into nights and years into epochs, our ancestors carried these tales upon their lips, for stories are the rivers that bind one generation to the next.

 Imagine a moonlit night beneath the Middle Eastern sky, where Scheherazade's tales of Aladdin and Ali Baba wove dreams as intricate as silk. In distant Germany, the Grimm Brothers wandered deep into the woods of imagination, unraveling tales of enchanted forests and magic mirrors, tales that endure even now.

 Ah, but let us not forget the lands of the rising sun, where fox spirits and raccoon dogs frolic in moonlit glades. And in the heart of African savannas, Anansi the Spider, wily and wise, spun his web of stories, leaving laughter and lessons in his wake. Across oceans and mountains, indigenous voices whispered stories of creation, like the Navajo's tale of the world's first people. As the sun dipped below the horizon, the flames of campfires flickered, and elders shared stories of La Llorona's haunting cries and the elusive Chupacabra.

 So, young ones, listen well and open your hearts to the echoes of ages past. Folklore, you see, isn't just tales told in hushed tones; it's the heartbeat of a people, the embers of their spirit. The bond ties us to the ancients, the bridge between yesteryears and the tales yet to be woven. So let the stories wrap around your soul, for in them, the wisdom of countless souls takes root, and the magic of the human spirit forever endures.

Others Include

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

National Surgical Oncologist Day

National Rainbow Baby Day

National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day

World Plant Milk Day

National Tooth Fairy Day

Be An Angel Day