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It happened on a… August 22

Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

2019

Russia launches Fedor, the first life-sized robot, into space to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

2004

“The Scream” (1910 painted version) and “Madonna”, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.

1994

DNA testing links O.J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman.

1964

Beatles give their first Canadian concert in Empire Stadium before 20,000 fans.

1945

Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup.

1901

Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

1872

Alfred Bessette takes vows; becomes Frère André.

1865

A patent for liquid soap was received by William Sheppard.

1775

The American colonies were proclaimed to be in a state of open rebellion by England’s King George III.

0565

St Columba reports seeing monster in Loch Ness.