Republican editor Horace Greeley of the highly influential New York Tribune fell for the ploy, and Lincoln refuted it directly in a shrewd letter of August 22, 1862.

Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 ) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

* The zodiac signs in August are Leo ( until August 22 ) and Virgo ( from August 23 onward ).

** August 22 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

hif: 22 August

pag: August 22

sco: 22 August

simple: August 22

yo: 22 August

* 2006 – Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

On August 22, 2008, Aon announced that it had acquired London-based Benfield Group.

Agostino Carracci ( or Caracci ) ( 16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602 ) was an Italian painter and printmaker.

# Eleanor of Prussia ( 22 August 1583 – 31 March / 9 April 1607 ).

On August 22, 1982, Glenn Brummer stole home in the bottom of the 12th inning of a tie game, thus accomplishing a walk-off straight steal of home, one of the very few in major league history.

" In the mean time, Marlborough invested the elaborate fortress of Menin which, after a costly siege, capitulated on 22 August.

George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).

Facing the Texas Rangers in a doubleheader at Camden Yards on August 22, the Orioles surrendered 30 runs in the first game-a modern-era record for a single game-in a 30 – 3 defeat.

Holly helped win over an all-black audience to rock and roll / rockabilly when the Crickets were booked at New York's Apollo Theater for August 16 – 22, 1957.

Their son, Béla III, was born on August 22, 1910.

In its " Agreement ", on August 22, 1973, the Chamber of Deputies of Chile asserted that Chilean democracy had broken down and called for " redirecting government activity ", to restore constitutional rule.

Charles Martel () ( 23 August 686 – 22 October 741 ), also known as Charles the Hammer, was a Frankish military and political leader, who served as Mayor of the Palace under the Merovingian kings and ruled de facto during an interregnum ( 737 – 43 ) at the end of his life, using the title Duke and Prince of the Franks.

A highlight of the season was a 22 – 0 victory over the New York Yankees on August 31, one of the worst defeats suffered by the Yankees in team history.

On August 22, Lou Piniella, who had already announced his retirement at the end of the season, announced that he would leave the Cubs prematurely to take care of his sick mother.

* August 20 – Dudley D. Watkins, Scottish illustrator for D. C. Thomson & Co. Best known for Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Dandy, The Beano, and The Topper.

Written, directed, and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC's The Wednesday Play anthology series, it caused dismay within the BBC and in government and was withdrawn from television transmission on 6 August 1965 ( the twentieth anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing ).

* August 15 Sherron Watkins, a vice president for corporate development, puts a one-page letter in Lay's suggestion box, questioning Enron's accounting practices.

* August 20 Watkins phones a former co-worker at Arthur Andersen about her worries.

*** Travis E. Watkins ( 31 August, 1, 2 and 3 September 1950 )

Maurine Dallas Watkins ( July 27, 1896 – August 10, 1969 ) was an American journalist and playwright.

In August, Watkins Glen promoter Cameron Argetsinger offered his circuit to the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States ( ACCUS ) to host the Grand Prix.

Edwards was born in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 August 1914, the third of five children to Welsh parents Hugh, a blacksmith and farrier, and his wife Jane ( née Watkins ), who had emigrated to Australia in 1909.

On August 16 Stewart was fined $ 5, 000 for hitting the car of Brian Vickers, after the completion of the Busch Series Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International.

On August 12, 2007, he won the Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen after Jeff Gordon spun his car around after wheel hopping in turn 1 with two laps to go.

Dudley D. Watkins drew Biffo from the character's debut in 1948 to his sudden death on August 20, 1969, after which David Sutherland replaced him.

As of August 2007, Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin are both in the 2007 Chase, with Stewart winning at Chicago, Indianapolis and Watkins Glen and Hamlin winning at New Hampshire.

In August member Ian ' H ' Watkins posted a picture on Twitter confirming the group were in the studio recording.

In March 2008, Glen and Works Progress Administration, which includes Sean and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, finished mixing their " WPA " album, which was released on August 28, 2009.

Maurice Watkins ( born August 29, 1956 ) is a former boxer from Houston, Texas.

Sherron Watkins ( born August 28, 1959 ) was Vice President of Corporate Development at the Enron Corporation.

In August 2001, Watkins blew the whistle internally by alerting then-Enron CEO Kenneth Lay of accounting irregularities in financial reports.

* Sherron Watkins email to Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay, August 2001

Henry Watkins Collier ( January 17, 1801 – August 28, 1855 Bailey's Springs, Alabama ) was the 14th Governor of the U. S. state of Alabama from 1849 to 1853.

Watkins scored in 92 consecutive matches for Salford from 19 August 1972 to 25 April 1974.

There had been considerable doubt about whether the US race would even take place, since the FIA did not grant the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Corporation final approval for the event until August 28.

On August 15, 1990, Secretary Watkins announced plans to increase oil production and decrease consumption to counter Iraqi-Kuwaiti oil losses caused by the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait.

Dudley Dexter Watkins ( 27 February 1907-20 August 1969 ) was a British cartoonist and illustrator.

Wes Watkins Reservoir was constructed in August 1999 and is considered a relatively young reservoir.