August 22
Today is the 234th day of 2017, there are 131 days left in the year.
1485 - England's King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the War of the Roses.
1642 - The English Civil War began between supporters of King Charles I (Royalists or Cavaliers) and those of Oliver Cromwell (Roundheads).
1775 - King George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
1787 - Inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
1846 - The United States annexed New Mexico.
1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to ride in an automobile.
1910 - Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.
1932 - The British Broadcasting Corp. conducted its first experimental television broadcast, using a 30-line mechanical system.
1956 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon were nominated for second terms by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
1968 - Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota, Colombia, for the start of the first papal visit to South America.
1986 - Kerr-McGee Corp. agreed to pay the estate of Karen Silkwood $1.38 million, settling a 10-year-old nuclear contamination lawsuit.
1989 - Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, California.
1992 - On the second day of the Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho, an FBI sharpshooter killed Vicki Weaver, the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver.
2003 - Alabama's chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.
2004 - A version of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" was stolen in Norway. Another version had been stolen in 1994.
2005 - The last Jewish settlers left the Gaza Strip, ending decades of Israel's turbulent occupation.
Birthdays
21 - Shannon Flynn (actress)
22 - Lulu Antariksa (actress)
27 - Randall Cobb (football player)
28 - Model Roz (model)
31 - Neville (professional wrestler)
32 - Jey Uso (professional wrestler)
32 - Jimmy Uso (professional wrestler)
39 - James Corden (comedian)
42 - Rodrigo Santoro (actor)
44 - Kristen Wiig (actress)
46 - Richard Armitage (actor)
47 - Giada De Lauerntiis (chef)
50 - Ty Burrell (actor)
54 - Tori Amos (singer)
70 - Cindy Williams (actress)
78 - Valerie Harper (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 22
1851 - The U.S. yacht America outraced the British Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America's Cup.
1947 - A team of college football All-Stars defeat the Chicago Bears 16-0.
1950 - Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to be accepted into a national competition.
1951 - 75,052 people watched the Harlem Globetrotters perform in Berlin. It was the largest crowd to see a basketball game.
1959 - Cincinnati Reds' Frank Robinson hits three consecutive home runs.
1965 - San Francisco Giants' pitcher Juan Marachal hits Los Angeles Dodgers' catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14-minute brawl.
1972 - Due to its racial policies, Rhodesia was asked to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games.
1984 - American Evelyn Ashford ties the women's world record in the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.76 seconds.
1984 - New York Mets' pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes the 11th rookie to strikeout 200.
1989 - Nolan Ryan records his 5,000th career strikeout.
2001 - Brett Hull signed a 2 year deal for $9 million with the Detroit Red Wings.
2003 - Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals) went 0-5 to end a 30-game hitting streak.
2007 - The Texas Rangers became the first major league baseball team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game after a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles.
2008 - Usain Bolt captures a third gold medal and a third world record at the Beijing Olympic Games, as Jamaica wins the men's 4x100m relay gold in world record of 37.10 seconds.
Today is the 234th day of 2017, there are 131 days left in the year.
1485 - England's King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the War of the Roses.
1642 - The English Civil War began between supporters of King Charles I (Royalists or Cavaliers) and those of Oliver Cromwell (Roundheads).
1775 - King George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
1787 - Inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
1846 - The United States annexed New Mexico.
1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to ride in an automobile.
1910 - Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.
1932 - The British Broadcasting Corp. conducted its first experimental television broadcast, using a 30-line mechanical system.
1956 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon were nominated for second terms by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
1968 - Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota, Colombia, for the start of the first papal visit to South America.
1986 - Kerr-McGee Corp. agreed to pay the estate of Karen Silkwood $1.38 million, settling a 10-year-old nuclear contamination lawsuit.
1989 - Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, California.
1992 - On the second day of the Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho, an FBI sharpshooter killed Vicki Weaver, the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver.
2003 - Alabama's chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.
2004 - A version of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" was stolen in Norway. Another version had been stolen in 1994.
2005 - The last Jewish settlers left the Gaza Strip, ending decades of Israel's turbulent occupation.
Birthdays
21 - Shannon Flynn (actress)
22 - Lulu Antariksa (actress)
27 - Randall Cobb (football player)
28 - Model Roz (model)
31 - Neville (professional wrestler)
32 - Jey Uso (professional wrestler)
32 - Jimmy Uso (professional wrestler)
39 - James Corden (comedian)
42 - Rodrigo Santoro (actor)
44 - Kristen Wiig (actress)
46 - Richard Armitage (actor)
47 - Giada De Lauerntiis (chef)
50 - Ty Burrell (actor)
54 - Tori Amos (singer)
70 - Cindy Williams (actress)
78 - Valerie Harper (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 22
1851 - The U.S. yacht America outraced the British Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America's Cup.
1947 - A team of college football All-Stars defeat the Chicago Bears 16-0.
1950 - Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to be accepted into a national competition.
1951 - 75,052 people watched the Harlem Globetrotters perform in Berlin. It was the largest crowd to see a basketball game.
1959 - Cincinnati Reds' Frank Robinson hits three consecutive home runs.
1965 - San Francisco Giants' pitcher Juan Marachal hits Los Angeles Dodgers' catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14-minute brawl.
1972 - Due to its racial policies, Rhodesia was asked to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games.
1984 - American Evelyn Ashford ties the women's world record in the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.76 seconds.
1984 - New York Mets' pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes the 11th rookie to strikeout 200.
1989 - Nolan Ryan records his 5,000th career strikeout.
2001 - Brett Hull signed a 2 year deal for $9 million with the Detroit Red Wings.
2003 - Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals) went 0-5 to end a 30-game hitting streak.
2007 - The Texas Rangers became the first major league baseball team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game after a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles.
2008 - Usain Bolt captures a third gold medal and a third world record at the Beijing Olympic Games, as Jamaica wins the men's 4x100m relay gold in world record of 37.10 seconds.
