Today In History – August 22 – King Richard III Is Last English Monarch To Die In Battle

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.

1639 Madras (now Chennai), India, founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers

1642 English Civil War begins between Royalists and Parliament

1864 First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva “for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field” signed by 12 nations

1945 Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup

Aug 22 in Film & TV
1932 BBC begins experimental regular TV broadcasts

Aug 22 in Music
1987 Madonna’s “Who’s That Girl” single goes #1

Aug 22 in Sport
1851 100 Guineas Cup is raced around Isle of Wight; US schooner ‘America’ beats British cutter ‘Aurora’ by 24 minutes; first competition for the America’s Cup yachting trophy

Do you know this fact about today?Did You Know?
The first air raid in history; Austria launches pilotless balloons against

Famous Weddings

1848 Soldier and later US President Ulysses S. Grant (26) marries Julia Dent

1925 Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson (28) weds teacher Maryon Elspeth Moody (23)

Famous Divorce
1927 Actor Charlie Chaplin divorces his 2nd wife Lita Grey after 3 years of marriage in the largest divorce settlement at the time (US$600,000, plus trusts for children)