History for August 22 - On-This-Day.com
Samuel Langley 1834, Dorothy Parker 1893, Deng Xiaoping 1904
Ray Bradbury 1920, Dr. Denton Cooley 1920, H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1934 - United States General
1485 - The War of the Roses ended with the death of England's King Richard III. He was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field. His successor was Henry V II.
1642 - The English Civil War began when Charles I called Parliament and its soldiers traitors.
1775 - The American colonies were proclaimed to be in a state of open rebellion by England's King George III.
1851 - The schooner America outraced the Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America's Cup.
1906 - The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, NJ began to manufacture the Victrola. The hand-cranked unit, with horn cabinet, sold for $200.
1910 - Japan formally annexed Korea.
1941 - Nazi troops reached the outskirts of Leningrad during World War II.
1973 - Henry Kissinger was named Secretary of State by U.S. President Nixon. Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year.
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