August 22 Events in History

2010	International pledges to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods currently totals $800 million
2010	A U.S. federal investigation results in 47 foreign-born gang members arrested in New England, half are arrested in the state of Maine
2009	Fearing that turkeys contracted swine flu from humans, two turkey farms in Valparaiso, Chile are quarantined
1995	FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho
1994	DNA testing links O. J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman
1994	Wim Cook government forms in Netherlands
1993	"In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 25 performances
1993	Hiromi Kobayash wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic
1992	Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka
1991	Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100 m backstroke (1:00.31)
1990	President Bush calls up military reserves
1989	1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
1989	Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
1988	Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
1988	NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee)
1988	U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987	Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1
1986	NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics
1985	30th Walker Cup: U.S. wins 13-11
1985	Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed
1984	Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
1984	Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
1984	Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200
1984	Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush
1984	South African election for parliament boycvotted
1982	General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence
1982	Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace
1982	Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1980	Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale
1979	200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young
1978	Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua
1976	Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1975	Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford
1975	McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens
1973	Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws
1973	Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as Minister of Foreign affairs
1972	International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia
1971	Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out
1971	Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open
1969	Beatles record a video for "Long and Winding Road"
1969	Gloria O Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America
1968	1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
1968	Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry
1968	Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota
1966	Beatles arrive in New York City
1965	Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open
1964	Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market
1964	Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1
1963	NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)
1962	Failed assassination on president De Gaulle
1962	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1962	Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga
1961	Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers
1960	Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open
1960	Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352
1959	Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive home runs
1958	Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return
1958	Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1957	Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1956	Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)
1956	President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon renominated by Republican convention in San Francisco
1954	WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953	France closes jail on Devil Island
1953	John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union
1953	Shah of Persia returns to Teheran
1951	Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
1950	Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
1950	Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition
1950	Rotterdam harbor strike end
1947	14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840)
1946	Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it
1946	Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55)
1945	Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Australia Services at Old Trafford
1945	England defeat Australia Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket
1945	Noel Coward's revue "Sigh no More," premieres in London
1945	Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup
1944	Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943	Soviet troops free Karkov
1942	Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy
1941	Nazi troops reach Lenningrad
1939	Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion
1939	Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest
1934	Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes
1934	Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12
1933	Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season
1933	International Zionists Congress opens in Prague
1932	BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
1930	Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test
1927	Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers
1926	Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa
1926	Greek dictator General Pangulos driven out
1923	Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4)
1921	J. Edgar Hoover becomes asst director of FBI
1917	Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers
1914	Battle at Charleroi: General von Bulows troops beat French
1914	1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium)
1914	Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny and Virton
1914	Canada's Finance Act, 1914, receives assent
1914	General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia
1914	German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium
1914	Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia
1913	Robert Martineau, bishop of Blackburn
1912	England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament
1912	Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya)
1911	Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre (Recovered in 1913)
1911	Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris
1910	Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate
1907	Colin Buchanan, town planner
1907	Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist
1906	1st Victor Victrola manufactured
1902	President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car
1901	Cadillac Co forms
1900	Gabriel Faures opera "Promethee," premieres in Beziers
1877	Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park
1867	Fisk University forms, 1867
1864	Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations
1864	International Red Cross forms
1862	Battle of Catlett's Station VA
1862	Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely
1851	Gold fields discovered in Australia
1851	Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)
1846	U.S. annexes New Mexico
1826	Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah
1818	Grand duchy of Bathe forms
1791	Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman
1788	Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves
1787	John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
1780	Resolution, without Captain Cook, returns to England
1775	King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion
1762	1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury
1717	Spanish troops lands on Sardinia
1715	Handels "Watermusic" premieres on Thames
1707	Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon
1707	Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty
1654	1st Jewish immigrant to U.S., Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam
1642	Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament
1632	Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht
1614	Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase and plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt
1603	1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam
1582	King James IV of Scotland captured
1572	Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny
1559	Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic
1543	Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren
1485	Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III
1454	Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus
1138	English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard
565	St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness