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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_22" title="August 22">August 22</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qixi_Festival" title="Qixi Festival">Qixi Festival</a></b> in China (2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Day" title="Madras Day">Madras Day</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, India
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1639" title="1639">1639</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire" title="Vijayanagara Empire">Vijayanagara Empire</a> leased a small strip of land in present-day <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a></b>, the capital of the present-day Indian state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1642" title="1642">1642</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">King Charles I</a> raised the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_standards_of_England" title="Royal standards of England">royal standard</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a>, marking the beginning of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_English_Civil_War" title="First English Civil War">First English Civil War</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>: A squadron of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Royal_Irish_Dragoon_Guards" title="4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards">4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards</a> attacked a German scout party, the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_shot_memorial" title="First shot memorial">first engagement of British forces</a></b> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stephens_(editor)" title="Ian Stephens (editor)">Ian Stephens</a>, editor of on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Calcutta</a>'s streets, informing the world of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Singapore" title="Constitution of Singapore">constitution of Singapore</a> was amended to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-constituency_Member_of_Parliament" title="Non-constituency Member of Parliament">apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Singapore" title="Parliament of Singapore">Parliament</a>, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Action_Party" title="People's Action Party">People's Action Party</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy" title="Claude Debussy">Claude Debussy</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1862); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herriman" title="George Herriman">George Herriman</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1880); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandros_Kontoulis" title="Alexandros Kontoulis">Alexandros Kontoulis</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1933); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birger_Nerman" title="Birger Nerman">Birger Nerman</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1971)</p>
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