August 22 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 22
In the headlines today:

2004	Armed thieves steal the famous Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and Madonna from the Munch museum in Oslo, Norway.
2004	Film director Daniel Petrie (A Raisin in the Sun; Fort Apache, The Bronx) dies of cancer in Los Angeles at age 83.
1999	Three people die and more than 200 are injured when a China Airlines jetliner catches fire at the new Hong Kong airport.
1995	Illinois Congressman Mel Reynolds is found guilty of sexual misconduct with an underage campaign worker.
1991	Actress Colleen Dewhurst dies of cancer in South Salem, New York, at age 67.
1989	Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther movement, is shot and killed in Oakland, California.
1977	Actor Sebastian Cabot dies of a stroke in British Columbia, Canada, at age 59.
1968	Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota, Colombia, becoming the first pope to visit Latin America.
1926	Gold is discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1910	Japanese and Korean representatives sign a treaty to annex Korea to Japan.
1902	During a visit to Hartford, Connecticut, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first US president to ride in an automobile.
1846	New Mexico is annexed by the US.
1485	King Richard III of England is killed at the Battle of Bosworth, ending the War of the Roes.