What Happened on this Date in history – August 22nd
1485 – Richard III, last of the Plantagenets, slain at Bosworth Field
1787—John Fitch completes tests of his steamboat, 22 years before Fulton’s first test of his steamboat
1851 – Gold discovered in Australia
1864 – Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations
1964 – International Red Cross founded
1922 – Michael Collins assassinated in an ambush in west County Cork, Ireland
1927 – Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 home runs
1950 – Althea Gibson is the first African American on the US tennis tour
1961 – Roger Maris hits 50th of 61 home runs
1963 – NASA’s X-15 reaches altitude of 67 miles