1788: Sierra Leone settled by British as a haven for former slaves
1894: Natal Indian Congress
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Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in the British Colony of Natal in South Africa
1958: Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
1962: France’s President Charles De Gaulle Survives an Assasination Attempt
The Organisation de l’armée secrète (OAS), a French far-right organization tried to machine gun Charles De Gaulle while he was riding to the airport with his wife. The assassination attempt was led by Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry, an officer in the French Air Force. Bastien-Thiry and the OAS were unhappy about De Gaulle’s role in allowing Algeria’s independence. It is thought that the car De Gaulle was riding in, a Citroen DS 19, was partially responsible for saving his and his wife’s life. After being caught, Bastien-Thiry was the last person in France to be executed by a firing squad
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1963: First Person to Enter Space Twice
The record was set by Joseph A. Walker, a United States Air Force Captain, and a fighter pilot while flying the X-15, an experimental hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft. The X-15 was a joint venture between the US Air Force and the NASA. Not only did Walker become the first person to enter space twice, he was the first person to take a spaceflight to an altitude of 67 miles (108 kilometers) in the 12-minute long flight.
1968: Cynthia Lennon sues Beatle member John Lennon for divorce on grounds of adultery.
2003: Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended for refusing to comply with federal court order to remove the Ten Commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court building’s lobby.
2005: Art heist: a version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY: August 22
Olukayode Ariwoola, 70 years
Olukayode Ariwoola GCON is a Nigerian jurist and justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria who served as the chief justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2022 to 2024. He was born on 22 August 1954.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, 57 years
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English-American actor born on 22 August 1967 in Islington, London. He is known for his roles as Simon Adebisi in Oz, Mr. Eko in Lost, Lock-Nah in The Mummy Returns, Nykwana Wombosi in The Bourne Identity, Heavy Duty in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Kurse in Thor: The Dark World, Killer Croc in Suicide Squad (The Mummy Returns).
Honor Blackman (22 August 1925 – 5 April 2020)
Honor Blackman was an English actress was born on 22 August 1925. Known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers, Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, Julia Daggett in Shalako, and Hera in Jason and the Argonauts, she is also known for her role as Laura West in the ITV sitcom The Upper Hand. She was aged 84.
