August 2022
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August 2022 is the 8th month of the year 2022.
Events
July 26 to August 9: 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India.
July 28 to August 8: 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England
August 1: Legislative elections in the Cook Islands.
August 2: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, the first visit by a senior US official since 1997 with Newt Gingrich.
August 5: Legislative elections in Saint-Christophe-et-Nevis.
August 7:
in Colombia, Gustavo Petro is sworn in as President of the Republic, the first left-wing personality to take up this post;
in Mali, jihadists attack the Tessit military camp.
August 9: parliamentary elections and presidential election in Kenya.
August 24: general elections in Angola.
August 29 to September 11: US Tennis Open 2022 in New York.
August 31: Legislative elections in Nauru.
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