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History Events on August 22

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History Events on August 22

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James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

#James_Cook

In 1770

Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.

#Bill_Woodfull

In 1934

J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.

#J._Edgar_Hoover

In 1971

The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.

#Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front

In 1978

The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.

#Texas_Rangers_(baseball)

In 2007

FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.

#Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation

In 1992

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.

#Alabama

In 2003

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

#The_Scream

In 2004

Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.

#Charles_I_of_England

In 1642

Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.

#Haiti

In 1791

The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.

#1949_Queen_Charlotte_Islands_earthquake

In 1949

X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).

#X-15_Flight_91

In 1963

Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.

#Korea

In 1910

James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).

#HMS_Resolution_(1771)

In 1780

Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.

#Mahatma_Gandhi

In 1894

Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.

#Quebec_Expedition

In 1711

Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.

#Brazil

In 1942

Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.

#Far_Eastern_Air_Transport_Flight_103

In 1981

Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.

#Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)

In 1922

The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.

#Battle_of_Bosworth_Field

In 1485

The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.

#Second_Federal_Republic_of_Mexico

In 1846

Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.

#Iceland

In 1991

World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.

#World_War_II

In 1941

Spanish troops land on Sardinia.

#Sardinia

In 1717

The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.

#Airstrike

In 1849

The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.

#District_of_Columbia_Voting_Rights_Amendment

In 1978

The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.

#America's_Cup

In 1851

British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.

#Siege_of_Fort_Stanwix

In 1777

British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.

#British_Airtours_Flight_28M

In 1985

Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

#Chennai

In 1639

Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.

#Pulkovo_Aviation_Enterprise_Flight_612

In 2006

Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.

#Rhodesia

In 1972

Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.

#First_Geneva_Convention

In 1864

Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

#Theodore_Roosevelt

In 1902

Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.

#Bartolomé_Carranza

In 1559

Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.

#Grigori_Perelman

In 2006

The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.

#Penal_colony

In 1953

Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.

#Pope_Paul_VI

In 1968

Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.

#Nolan_Ryan

In 1989

José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.

#José_de_la_Mar

In 1827

The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

#Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(1875)

In 1875

French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.

#Kilcummin

In 1798

Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.

#Battle_of_the_Standard

In 1138

Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.

#2012-13_Tana_River_District_clashes

In 2012

The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.

In 1973

Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.

In 1966

The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.

In 1962

World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.

In 1944

Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

In 1902

Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.

In 1654

Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.

In 1614

Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.

In 851

Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.

In 392

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