TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – AUG 22
1350 John II, also known as John the Good, succeeds Philip VI as king of France.
1485 Battle of Bosworth Field: Henry Tudor’s forces defeat English King Richard III during last battle in the Wars of the Roses. Richard is killed, the last English monarch to die in battle.
1567 The “Council of Blood” was established by the Duke of Alba. This was the beginning of his reign of terror in the Netherlands.
1642 English Civil War begins between Royalists and Parliament
1777 With the approach of General Benedict Arnold’s army, British Colonel Barry St. Ledger abandons Fort Stanwix and returns to Canada.
1846 The United States annexed New Mexico.
1902 The Cadillac Company to sell the Cadillac range of cars is formed. The Cadillac is named after the 17th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701.
1910 Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.
1922 Michael Collins, Irish politician, is killed in an ambush.
1942 Brazil declares war on the Axis powers. She is the only South American country to send combat troops into Europe.
1952 Devil’s Island’s penal colony is permanently closed.
1971 FBI arrests members of The Camden 28, an anti-war group, as the group is raiding a draft office in Camden, NJ.
1975 US President Gerald Ford survives second assassination attempt in 17 days, this one by Sarah Jane Moore in San Francisco, Cal.
1983 Benigno Aquino, the only real opposition on Ferdinand Marcos’ reign as president of the Philippines, is gunned down at Manila Airport.
1984 The last Volkswagen Rabbit rolled off the assembly line in New Stanton, PA.
1989 First complete ring around Neptune discovered.
1990 U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed an order for calling reservists to aid in the build up of troops in the Persian Gulf
1995 During 11-day siege at at Ruby Ridge, Id., FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi kills Vicki Weaver while shooting at another target.
1996 U.S. President Clinton signed legislation that ended guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanded work from recipients.
2003 Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended for refusing to comply with federal court order to remove the Ten Commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court building’s lobby.
2013 US officials admitted that the NSA (National Security Agency) illegally collected tens of thousands of personal emails between US citizens.
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