All About August 22nd

Holidays, Horoscope and Trivia

August 22nd Holidays

National Bao Day
National Be an Angel Day
National Eat a Peach Day
National Pecan Torte Day
National Tooth Fairy Day
Never Bean Better Day
Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day

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August 22nd Horoscope Sign is Leo

Date range: July 23 – August 22
Element: Fire
Quality: Fixed
Color: Gold, Yellow, Orange
Day: Sunday
Ruler: Sun
Lucky Numbers: 1, 3, 10, 19
Traits: Leos are compassionate, caring, warmhearted people but also be arrogant, self centered and stubborn.
Famous Leos: Jennifer Lopez, Barack Obama, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Radcliffe, Alfred Hitchcock, Ben Affleck, Mila Kunis. Shaun Mendes, Kylie Jenner, Cole Sprouse, Demi Lovato, Jennifer Lawrence, Tom Brady, Dua Lipa, Olivia Holt and Maia Mitchell, Paul Wesley, Chris Hemsworth.

August 22nd Trivia

1894 – Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
1949 – The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada’s strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
1971 – J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
1978 – James Corden, Host of the Late Late Night Show, was born in Hillingdon, Uxbridge, United Kingdom.
1992 – FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.