August 22nd (2014) was a Friday. It's the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days left to the end of the year.
August 22nd Famous Deaths for 2014
» U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
» Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)
» Pete Ladygo, American football player (b. 1928)
» Noella Leduc, American baseball player (b. 1933)
» John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (b. 1921)
» John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (b. 1929)
August 22nd Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
» Immaculate Heart of Mary
» Queen of Heaven Feast of Queenship called Queenship of Mary