On This Day - Back in time on 22 August
In 565, St Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness.
In 1485, the War of the Roses ends with the death of England's King Richard III. He is killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field. His successor is Henry V II.
In 1572, the Earl of Northumberland is executed for treason in York, England.
In 1642, the English Civil War begins when Charles I calls Parliament and its soldiers traitors and raises his standard against the Parliamentarian Army in Nottingham.
In 1770, Australia is claimed under the British crown when Captain James Cook lands there.
In 1862, composer Achille-Claude Debussy is born in St Germain-en-Laye.
In 1865, a patent for liquid soap is received by William Sheppard.
In 1902, President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt becomes the first American president to ride in an automobile. He is driven around in a Columbia Electric Victoria for a tour of Hartford, Connecticut. Twenty carriages follow behind.
In 1910, Japan formally annexes Korea.
In 1917, John Lee Hooker, blues musician, is born in Mississippi.
In 1920, Dr. Denton Cooley, heart surgeon who performs the first artificial heart transplant, is born.
In 1950, Althea Gibson becomes the first black tennis player to be accepted into a national competition.
In 1956, Elvis Presley begins work on his first movie, "Love Me Tender." The film was originally entitled "The Reno Brothers."
In 1963, Tori Amos, Singer-songwriter is born.
In 1970, Elton John signs to MCA Records.
In 1972, due to its racial policies, Rhodesia is asked to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games.
In 1978, Jomo Kenyatta president of Kenya, dies at 83.
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