August 22
1624 - The English Civil War began between supporters of Kin Charles I (the Royalists, or Cavaliers) and those of Oliver Cromwell (Roundheads).
1775 - King George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
1791 - The Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up against French colonizers.
1846 - The United States annexed New Mexico.
1851 - The U.S. yacht America outraced the British ship Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup.
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, which remained under Japanese control until the end of World War II.
1922 - Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was shot to death, apparently by Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed.
1968 - Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota, Colombia, for the start of the first papal visit to South America.
1972 - John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile took seven employees hostage at a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn, New York, during a botched robbery; the siege, which ended with Wojtowicz’s arrest and Naturile’s killing by the FBI, inspired the 1975 movie “Dog Day Afternoon.”
1989 - Black Panthers 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.
1996 - President Bill Clinton signed welfare legislation that ended guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanded work from recipients.
2003 - Alabama 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.
2007 - A Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard.
Birthdays
29 - Dua Lipa (singer)
38 - Liane Valenzuela (model)
39 - Jey Uso (professional wrestler)
39 - Jimmy Uso (professional wrestler)
46 - James Corden (TV host)
51 - Kristen Wiig (actress/comedian)
53 - Rick Yune (actor)
54 - Giada De Laurentiis (chef)
57 - Ty Burrell (actor)
61 - Tori Amos (singer)
64 - Collin Raye (singer)
68 - Paul Molitor (baseball player)
75 - Diana Nyad (swimmer)
79 - Steve Kroft (TV news anchor)
83 - Bill Parcells (football coach)
85 - Carl Yastrzemski (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - August 22
1950 - Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to be accepted into a national competition.
1959 - The American Football League is officially formed at a meeting in Dallas; charter members are Dallas, New York, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
1965 - A fourteen-minute brawl ensued between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers after Giants pitcher Juan Marichal stuck Dodgers catcher John Roseboro in the head with a baseball bat. (Marichal and Roseboro would later reconcile and become lifelong friends.)
1972 - Due to its racial policies, Rhodesia was asked to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games.
1989 - Nolan Ryan became the first MLB pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters.
2007 - The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.
1624 - The English Civil War began between supporters of Kin Charles I (the Royalists, or Cavaliers) and those of Oliver Cromwell (Roundheads).
1775 - King George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
1791 - The Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up against French colonizers.
1846 - The United States annexed New Mexico.
1851 - The U.S. yacht America outraced the British ship Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup.
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, which remained under Japanese control until the end of World War II.
1922 - Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was shot to death, apparently by Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed.
1968 - Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota, Colombia, for the start of the first papal visit to South America.
1972 - John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile took seven employees hostage at a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn, New York, during a botched robbery; the siege, which ended with Wojtowicz’s arrest and Naturile’s killing by the FBI, inspired the 1975 movie “Dog Day Afternoon.”
1989 - Black Panthers 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.
1996 - President Bill Clinton signed welfare legislation that ended guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanded work from recipients.
2003 - Alabama 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.
2007 - A Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard.
Birthdays
29 - Dua Lipa (singer)
38 - Liane Valenzuela (model)
39 - Jey Uso (professional wrestler)
39 - Jimmy Uso (professional wrestler)
46 - James Corden (TV host)
51 - Kristen Wiig (actress/comedian)
53 - Rick Yune (actor)
54 - Giada De Laurentiis (chef)
57 - Ty Burrell (actor)
61 - Tori Amos (singer)
64 - Collin Raye (singer)
68 - Paul Molitor (baseball player)
75 - Diana Nyad (swimmer)
79 - Steve Kroft (TV news anchor)
83 - Bill Parcells (football coach)
85 - Carl Yastrzemski (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - August 22
1950 - Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to be accepted into a national competition.
1959 - The American Football League is officially formed at a meeting in Dallas; charter members are Dallas, New York, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
1965 - A fourteen-minute brawl ensued between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers after Giants pitcher Juan Marichal stuck Dodgers catcher John Roseboro in the head with a baseball bat. (Marichal and Roseboro would later reconcile and become lifelong friends.)
1972 - Due to its racial policies, Rhodesia was asked to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games.
1989 - Nolan Ryan became the first MLB pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters.
2007 - The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.