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Today In History - August 22 |
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On This Date in History |
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565 St. Columba reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness 1454 The Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus 1485 Richard III is slain at Bosworth Field 1762 The first female (Ann Franklin) became a US newspaper editor 1775 King George III proclaims the colonies to be in open rebellion 1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, many years before Fulton's Clermont visit 1791 The Haitian Revolution begins 1846 The US annexes New Mexico 1851 Gold fields are discovered in Australia 1864 The Geneva Convention is signed by 12 nations 1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became the first US chief executive to ride in a car 1906 The first Victor Victrola was manufactured 1910 Japan annexes Korea 1911 The Mona Lisa is stolen from Louvre 1927 Babe Ruth hits the 40th of 60 home runs 1932 The BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts 1950 Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in national tennis competition 1951 The Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium in Berlin 1956 President Eisenhower and VP Nixon are re-nominated by the Republican convention 1961 Roger Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers 1968 The first papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI visits Bogota) 1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultery charges 1969 Hurricane Camille strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast and kills 255 people 1979 200 black leaders meet in NY to support Andrew Young 1982 General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss a peaceful coexistence 1984 Republican convention in Dallas re-nominates President Reagan and VP Bush 1988 Australia unveils first platinum coin – with a Koala on it 1988 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas. The first guest is Linda Ellerbee 1989 The first complete ring around Neptune is discovered 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter 1990 President Bush calls up the US military reserves |
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Famous Persons Born on This Date in History |
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1530 Bartolomeo Spontone 1601 Georges de Scudery 1615 Christopher Gibbons 1647 Denis Papin 1681 Pierre Danican Philidor 1753 Christian Friedrich Ruppe 1822 George Stoneman 1827 Edouard Silas, composer 1827 Josef Strauss 1827 Joseph Anthony Mower 1834 Nathaniel Harrison Harris 1836 Archibald M. Willard 1846 B. Amalie Skram-Alver 1847 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie 1852 Alfredo Oriani 1854 Milan I, King of Serbia 1856 Friedrich Kustner 1860 Gustaf Froding 1860 Paul G. Nipkow 1862 Claude Debussy 1865 Piet A. W. Hopmans 1873 Karl Nef 1874 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow 1874 Max Scheler 1882 Harry Makepeace 1888 Violet Farebrother 1890 Floyd Henri Allport 1891 Francis McDonald 1891 Jacques Lipchitz 1893 Dorothy Parker 1894 Cecil Kellaway 1895 Paul White 1900 Elizabeth Bergner 1902 Leni Riefenstahl 1902 Roy Armstrong 1903 Rene Wellek 1904 Deng Xiaoping 1905 Wade Crosby 1907 Oliver F. McGowan 1908 Henri Cartier-Bresson 1909 Mel Hein 1909 Sergius Kagen 1909 Stojan T. Daskalov 1911 Edith Atwater 1911 Somerset de Chair 1912 Edith Porada 1913 Robert Schollum 1916 John Slater 1917 John Lee Hooker 1919 Earl Cathcart 1919 Leo Pliatzky 1920 Anthony Tuke 1920 Denton Cooley 1920 Pierre A. Lauffer 1920 Ray Bradbury 1920 W. Schnurre 1921 James Menter 1922 Micheline Presle 1923 Gerald Long 1924 Andrzej Markowski 1924 James Kirkwood 1924 Peter Allsop 1926 Bob Flannigan 1926 Honor Blackman 1926 Marc Bohan 1927 Aleksandar Obradovic 1928 John Lupton 1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen 1929 Baroness Ewart-Biggs 1932 Gerald P. Carr 1934 Diana Sands 1934 H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1934 John M. Chowning 1934 Margaret Douglas 1935 Morton Dean 1935 Richard W. Howard 1936 Anne Downey 1936 Lex P. Humphries 1937 Donald MacLeary 1937 Max Hebditch 1938 Dale Hawkins 1939 Candido Lima 1939 Carl Yastrzemski 1940 John Banham 1940 Valerie Harper 1941 Bill Parcells 1942 Kathy Lennon 1943 Alun Michael 1944 Henk Veldhoen 1945 Derek Fatchett 1945 James G. Richardson 1945 Ron Dante 1945 Steve Kroft 1946 Felix Meurders 1947 Bud Cramer 1947 Cindy Williams 1947 Donna Godchaux 1948 Rob Buckman 1949 Diana Nyad 1956 Jeff Lloyd 1956 Paul Molitor 1956 Peter Taylor 1957 Holly Dunn 1957 Randy Romero 1957 Steve Davis 1958 Elhadjdia Ba 1959 Denise Curry 1959 Juan Croucier 1961 Debbi Peterson 1961 Jay Ashton 1961 John Kidd 1961 Roland Orzabal 1962 Gene Craig Sauers 1962 James Debarge 1962 Marie Laurie Mahabir 1964 Dean Evason 1964 Mats Wilander 1965 Patricia Hy-Boulais 1966 Mark Michaels 1966 Rob Witschge 1967 Curt Bourque 1967 Layne Staley 1968 Henrik Holm 1968 Horst Skoff 1968 Michael Curry 1968 Paul Ereng 1969 Hipolito Pichardo 1969 Maurice Graef 1970 Jean-Michel Bombardier 1971 Bernard Carter 1972 Marliece Andrada 1972 Stephen Boyd 1973 Jennifer Makris 1975 Charles C. Smith 1975 Mbali Gasa 1975 Robert Enes 1976 Jim Weaver 1976 Lia Victoria Borrero |
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