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August 22, 1995 FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho August 22, 1994 DNA testing links O. J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman August 22, 1994 Wim Cook government forms in Neth August 22, 1993 "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 25 performances August 22, 1993 Hiromi Kobayash wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic August 22, 1992 Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka August 22, 1991 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100 m backstroke (1:00.31) August 22, 1990 President Bush calls up military reserves August 22, 1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered August 22, 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) August 22, 1988 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala) August 22, 1988 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee) August 22, 1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 22, 1987 Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1 August 22, 1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics August 22, 1985 30th Walker Cup: U.S. wins 13-11 August 22, 1985 Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed August 22, 1984 Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec August 22, 1984 Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced August 22, 1984 Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200 August 22, 1984 Rep convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and VP Bush August 22, 1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted August 22, 1982 Gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence August 22, 1982 Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace August 22, 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf August 22, 1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale August 22, 1979 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young August 22, 1978 Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua August 22, 1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic August 22, 1975 Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford August 22, 1975 McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens August 22, 1973 Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws August 22, 1973 Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as min of Foreign affairs August 22, 1972 International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia August 22, 1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out August 22, 1971 Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open August 22, 1969 Beatles record a video for "Long and Winding Road" August 22, 1969 Gloria O Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America August 22, 1969 Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255 August 22, 1968 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) August 22, 1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry August 22, 1968 Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota August 22, 1966 Beatles arrive in New York City August 22, 1965 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open August 22, 1964 Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market August 22, 1964 Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1 August 22, 1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km) August 22, 1962 Failed assassination on president De Gaulle August 22, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. August 22, 1962 Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga August 22, 1961 Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers August 22, 1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open August 22, 1960 Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352 August 22, 1959 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs August 22, 1958 Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return August 22, 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island August 22, 1957 Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title August 22, 1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender) August 22, 1956 President Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF August 22, 1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting August 22, 1953 France closes jail on Devil Island August 22, 1953 John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union August 22, 1953 Shah of Persia returns to Teheran August 22, 1951 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 August 22, 1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) August 22, 1950 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition August 22, 1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end August 22, 1947 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840) August 22, 1946 Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it August 22, 1946 Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55) August 22, 1945 Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Aust Services at Old Trafford August 22, 1945 England defeat Aust Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket August 22, 1945 Noel Coward's revue "Sigh no More," premieres in London August 22, 1945 Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup August 22, 1944 Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany August 22, 1943 Soviet troops free Karkov August 22, 1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy August 22, 1941 Nazi troops reach Lenningrad August 22, 1939 Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion August 22, 1939 Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest August 22, 1934 Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes August 22, 1934 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12 August 22, 1933 Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season August 22, 1933 International Zionists Congress opens in Prague August 22, 1932 BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts August 22, 1930 Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test August 22, 1927 Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers August 22, 1926 Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa August 22, 1926 Greek dictator Gen Pangulos driven out August 22, 1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4) August 22, 1921 J. Edgar Hoover becomes asst director of FBI August 22, 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers August 22, 1914 Battle at Charleroi: Gen von Bulows troops beat French August 22, 1914 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium) August 22, 1914 Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny and Virton August 22, 1914 Canada's Finance Act, 1914, receives assent August 22, 1914 General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia August 22, 1914 German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium August 22, 1914 Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia August 22, 1913 Robert Martineau, bishop of Blackburn August 22, 1912 England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament August 22, 1912 Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya) August 22, 1911 Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre (Recovered in 1913) August 22, 1911 Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris August 22, 1910 Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate August 22, 1907 Colin Buchanan, town planner August 22, 1907 Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist August 22, 1906 1st Victor Victrola manufactured August 22, 1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car August 22, 1901 Cadillac Co forms August 22, 1900 Gabriel Faures opera "Promethee," premieres in Beziers August 22, 1877 Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park August 22, 1867 Fisk University forms, 1867 August 22, 1864 Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations August 22, 1864 International Red Cross forms August 22, 1862 Battle of Catlett's Station VA August 22, 1862 Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely August 22, 1851 Gold fields discovered in Australia August 22, 1851 Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup) August 22, 1846 U.S. annexes New Mexico August 22, 1826 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah August 22, 1818 Grand duchy of Bathe forms August 22, 1791 Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman August 22, 1788 Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves August 22, 1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton August 22, 1780 Resolution, without Capt Cook, returns to England August 22, 1775 King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion August 22, 1762 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury August 22, 1717 Spanish troops lands on Sardinia August 22, 1715 Handels "Watermusic" premieres on Thames August 22, 1707 Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon August 22, 1707 Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty August 22, 1654 1st Jewish immigrant to U.S., Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam August 22, 1642 Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament August 22, 1632 Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht August 22, 1614 Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase and plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt August 22, 1603 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam August 22, 1582 King James IV of Scotland captured August 22, 1572 Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny August 22, 1559 Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic August 22, 1543 Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren August 22, 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III August 22, 1454 Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus August 22, 1138 English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard August 22, 565 St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness |