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This is a list of selected August 22 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

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Blurb Reason
Feast day of the Queenship of Mary (Roman Catholic Church); citation style
1138 – English forces repelled a Scottish army at the Battle of the Standard near Northallerton in Yorkshire. Quote farm
1910 – Japan annexed Korea with the signing of the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II. refimprove
1922Irish Civil War: Irish National Army commander-in-chief Michael Collins was assassinated in an ambush while en route through County Cork at the village of Béal na mBláth. refimprove section
1944World War II: Wehrmacht infantry carried out an assault operation against the civilian residents of nine villages located in the Amari Valley on the Greek island of Crete. Ref issues
1989Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers struck out the Oakland Athletics' Rickey Henderson, becoming the only pitcher in Major League Baseball to record 5,000 strikeouts. appears on May 1 (ironically, in the same blurb as Rickey Henderson)
1996 – President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law, representing a major shift in U.S. welfare policy. original research, expansion
2006Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashed near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board. refimprove sections
2007 – The Storm botnet, which was created by the Trojan horse Storm Worm, sent out a record 57 million e-mails in one day. out of date
Isabella of France |d|1358| Several cn tags
Luca Marenzio |d|1599| Several cn tags
Maria Cunitz |d|1664| Several cn tags
Dorothy Parker |b|1893| Several tags, large pop culture section

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August 22: Madras Day in Chennai, India (1639)

Reconstruction of Fort Stanwix
Reconstruction of Fort Stanwix
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