August 22
August 22nd is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining.
Events:
- 1485: The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses and leads to the start of the Tudor. dynasty in England, Henry VII being the first Tudor king.
- 1559: Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
- 1642: Charles I calls the Parliament traitors. Begin of the English Civil War.
- 1654: Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immigrant in what is later the United States.
- 1717: Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
- 1770: James Cook lands on the east coast of Australia.
- 1775: King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
- 1780: James Cook's ship Resolution returns to England (Cook himself having killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
- 1791: Begin of the Haitian Slave Revolution.
- 1846: The United States annex New Mexico.
- 1851: Gold is discovered in Australia.
- 1851: The first America's Cup is won by the America.
- 1864: Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
- 1902: Theodore Roosevelt is the first US president to ride in an automobile.
- 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen.
- 1914: In Belgium, British and German troops meet for the first time in World War I.
- 1926: Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 1941: German troops reach Leningrad.
- 1943: Kharkov is liberated.
- 1944: Last transport of French Jews to concentration camps in Germany.
- 1950: Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
- 1953: The jail on Devil Island is closed.
- 1956: Begin of the shooting of Elvis Presley's first movie Love Me Tender.
- 1962: An attempt to assassinate French president De Gaulle fails.
- 1962: The Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered ship, completes its maiden voyage.
- 1968: Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
- 1975: An attempt to assassinate president Gerald Ford fails.
- 1988: The Australian koala, the first platinum coin, is brought out.
- 1989: The first ring of Neptune is discovered.
- 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev returns to Moscow after a failed coup by communist hardliners.
- 2000: The crew members of the submarine Kursk, that had sunk 2&12frac; weeks earlier, are announced dead.
Births:
- 1862: Claude Debussy, composer
- 1874: Max Scheler, philosopher
- 1880: George Herriman, cartoonist (Krazy Kat)
- 1893: Dorothy Parker, author
- 1902: Leni Riefenstahl, Geman film director
- 1904: Den Xiaoping, party leader of the Peoples Republic of China (1976-1983)
- 1917: John Lee Hooker, blues guitarist/singer
- 1920: Ray Bradbury, science-fiction author (Fahrenheit 451)
- 1934: Norman Schwarzkopf, US general (Gulf War)
- 1940: Valery Harper, actress
- 1958: Vernon Reid, musician (Living Colour)
- 1960: Debbi Peterson, drummer (Bangles)
- 1961: Roland Orzabal, singer/guitarist (Tears for Fears)
- 1963: Tori Amos, singer/pianist
- 1964: Mats Wilander, tennis player
Deaths:
- 1188: Ferdinand II, king of Castilia, Leon, Asturia and Galicia
- 1280: Nicholas III, pope
- 1286: Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark (murder)
- 1350: Philips VI, king of France (1328-1350)
- 1485: Richard III, king of England (1483-1485) (battle of Bosworth Field)
- 1553: John Dudley, English admiral/politician (beheaded)
- 1818: Warren Hastings, governor-general of India (1773-1784)
- 1903: Robert Salisbury, UK prime minister
- 1912: Gregory IX, pope
- 1922: Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary (killed in an ambush)
- 1978: Jomo Kenyatta, first prime minister of Kenya (1963-1978)
Holidays:
- Roman Catholic Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
August 21 - August 23 - July 22 - September 22 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December