Aug. 22 in history
In 1864, International Red Cross founded.
In 1910, Japan annexed Korea, which remained under Japanese control until the end of WWII.
In 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Belgium.
In 1950, officials of the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) accept Althea Gibson into their annual championship at Forest Hills, NY, making her the first African American player to compete in a U.S. national tennis competition.
In 1972, demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention in Miami Beach.
In 1989, Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, Calif. (Gunman Tyrone Robinson was later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison.)
In 1989, Nolan Ryan registers 5,000th strike out.
In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed welfare legislation ending guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanding work from recipients.
In 2003, Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for his refusal to obey a federal court order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of his courthouse.
In 2007, A Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard.
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