August 22
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.
1846
The United States annexed New Mexico.
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.
1902
Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States president to ride in an automobile.
1910
Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.
1989
Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, Calif.
2003
Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for refusing to move 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.
Birthdays
Pronunciation: [dung syowping] 1904–1997, Chinese revolutionary and government leader, born in Sichuan prov., China.
Claude Debussy
composer (1862)
Jacques Lipchitz
sculptor (1891)
Dorothy Parker
writer (1893)
Henri Cartier-Bresson
photojournalist (1908)
John Lee Hooker
blues musician (1917)
Ray Bradbury
writer (1920)
Norman Schwarzkopf
general (1934)
E. Annie Proulx
writer (1935)
Bill Parcells
football coach (1941)
Tori Amos
musician (1963)