Discover what happened on August 22 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

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Discover what happened on August 22 with HISTORY&#8217;s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

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The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.

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Crime has been a dark and powerful undercurrent in human society throughout history. Uncover the facts behind some of the most daring robberies, brazen scams and brutal murders ever committed.&nbsp;

The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.

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Sports and recreation are an integral part of human history, from the ancient Olympics to the Kentucky Derby, Jackie Robinson, Negro League Baseball, the Super Bowl and more.

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The Revolutionary War waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas and revolutions around the globe, as a small fledgling nation won its freedom from the greatest military force of its time.

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Art history tells the complex story of human civilization through art and design. It ranges from prehistoric art of the Neolithic period through Renaissance masterpieces, Impressionism, Modernism, the Bauhaus and contemporary art.

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<a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history">World War II</a> was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.

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Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.

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The history of sports is the history of power, politics and progress. From ancient origins to groundbreaking firsts: Sometimes sports makes history, sometimes sports is history.

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Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. From Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad to the Montgomery Bus Boycott to Selma to Montgomery March to the Black Lives Matter movement, Black leaders, artists and writers have helped shaped the character and identity of a nation.

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Though the 19th century saw the rise of populism, the labor movement and Jacksonian democracy, it also ushered in the Gilded Age, when men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. P. Morgan wielded control over politics and business.

This Day In History: August 22

Althea Gibson becomes first African American on U.S. tennis tour

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Juan Marichal hits catcher with bat, instigating epic MLB brawl

Michael Collins assassinated

Zager and Evans end a six‑week run at #1 with their smash‑hit “In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)”

U.S. wins first America’s Cup

International Red Cross founded

Shootings at Ruby Ridge

Battle of Bosworth Field

Demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention in Miami Beach

Nolan Ryan registers 5,000th strikeout

Pulitzer Prize‑winning author Annie Proulx is born

The Barker clan kills an officer in their fruitless robbery

Czechs protest against Soviet invasion

President Lincoln replies to Horace Greeley

Citroen helps de Gaulle survive assassination attempt

Redcoats land at Long Island

Romania occupied by Soviet troops

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