Here is a list of things which happened on the 22nd of August over the years:
Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America. (1654)
King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion. (1775)
Nat Turner’s slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation for the uprising. (1831)
The United States annexes New Mexico. (1848)
The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice. (1849)
Cadillac Motor Company is founded. (1901)
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile. (1902)
German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad. (1941)
Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy. (1942)
Romania is captured by the Soviet Union. (1944)
An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails. (1962)
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. (2003)
The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day (2007)