This Day In History
August 22
Battle of Bosworth Field Redcoats land at Long Island Ulysses S. Grant marries U.S. wins first America's Cup Lincoln replies to Horace Greeley International Red Cross founded Hired killer Jim Miller joins Texas Rangers Heavy casualties suffered in the Battles of the Frontiers Michael Collins assassinated The Barker clan kills an officer in their fruitless robbery Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. Annie Proulx is born Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers grace Life cover Romania captured by the Soviet Union Althea Gibson becomes first African-American on U.S. tennis tour Citroen helps De Gaulle survive assassination attempt Kennedy reports stalemate in Vietnam Graduated bombing policy condemned Czechs protest against Soviet invasion VC repudiates Johnson's peace overture Zager and Evans end a six-week run at #1 with their smash-hit "In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" Demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention in Miami Beach Nolan Ryan registers 5,000th strikeout Hurricane Andrew pounds Bahamas Incident at Ruby Ridge
Battle of Bosworth Field Redcoats land at Long Island Ulysses S. Grant marries U.S. wins first America's Cup Lincoln replies to Horace Greeley International Red Cross founded Hired killer Jim Miller joins Texas Rangers Heavy casualties suffered in the Battles of the Frontiers Michael Collins assassinated The Barker clan kills an officer in their fruitless robbery Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. Annie Proulx is born Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers grace Life cover Romania captured by the Soviet Union Althea Gibson becomes first African-American on U.S. tennis tour Citroen helps De Gaulle survive assassination attempt Kennedy reports stalemate in Vietnam Graduated bombing policy condemned Czechs protest against Soviet invasion VC repudiates Johnson's peace overture Zager and Evans end a six-week run at #1 with their smash-hit "In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" Demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention in Miami Beach Nolan Ryan registers 5,000th strikeout Hurricane Andrew pounds Bahamas Incident at Ruby Ridge
