On This Day ... August 22

… in 565, St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland

… Richard III dies in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485

… The English Civil War begins after Charles I accuses Parliament of treason in 1642

… in 1780, James Cook’s ship HMS Resolution returns to England after Cook is killed on Hawaii during the voyage

… in 1831, Nat Turner’s slave rebellion begins in Southampton, VA. In the revolt, more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans are killed

… in 1848, the U.S. annexes New Mexico

… the Red Cross if formed in 1864

… Cadillac Motor Company is founded in 1902

… in 1932, the BBC experiments with TV broadcasting

… in 1941, German troops reach Leningrad, leading to its siege

… Pope Paul VI visits Bogota, Columbia, marking the first visit of a Pope to Latin America, in 1968

… in 1989, Nolan Ryan records 5,000 strikeouts, the first Major League Baseball pitcher to do so

… in 1996, welfare reform becomes law, signed by President Bill Clinton

… in 2007, the Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history

… French composer Claude Debussy was born in 1862 … writer Dorothy Parker was born in 1893 … bluesman John Lee Hooker was born in 1912 … writer Ray Bradbury was born in 1920 … U.S. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf was born in 1934 … football coach Bill Parcells was born in 1941 … actress Cindy Williams was born in 1947 … pro wrestling manager Paul Ellering was born in 1953 … actor Colm Feore was born in 1958 … pro wrestler Lane Huffman was born in 1958 … musician Vernon Reid was born in 1958 … singer Tori Amos was born in 1963 … rapper GZA of Wu-Tang Clan was born in 1966 … musician Layne Staley was born in 1967 … actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (“LOST”) was born in 1967 … actor Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”) was born in 1967 … TV chef Giada De Laurentiis was born in 1970 … comedian Kristen Wiig was born in 1973 … singer Howie Dorough was born in 1973 …

… King Richard III of England died in 1485 … American activist Huey Newton died in 1989 …