August 22, hostages taken during botched Brooklyn bank robbery

Today’s Historical Highlights – August 22

Today marks the 234th day of the year, with 131 days remaining in 2025.

On This Day in History:

On August 22, 1972, a botched robbery at a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn led to a hostage situation involving John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. The incident inspired the 1975 movie “Dog Day Afternoon.”

Other Notable Events on August 22:

• In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began against French colonizers.
• In 1851, the schooner America won the first America’s Cup race.
• In 1910, Japan annexed Korea, maintaining control until World War II.
• In 1922, Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was assassinated.
• In 1965, a baseball brawl erupted between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• In 1968, Pope Paul VI began the first papal visit to South America in Bogota, Colombia.
• In 1989, Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton was fatally shot in Oakland, California.
• In 1992, Vicki Weaver was killed during the Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho.
• In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform legislation.
• In 2003, Alabama’s chief justice was suspended for defying a court order.
• In 2007, a Black Hawk helicopter crash in Iraq claimed the lives of 14 U.S. soldiers.

Birthdays on August 22:

• Author Annie Proulx turns 90.
• Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski celebrates his 86th birthday.
• Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells is 84.
• Writer-producer David Chase turns 80.
• Rock guitarist Vernon Reid is 67.
• Singer Tori Amos celebrates her 62nd birthday.
• Actor Ty Burrell turns 58.
• Talk show host James Corden is 47.
• Pop singer Dua Lipa is 30.