This Day in History Aug. 22

blue water massey · Aug 21, 2015

Aug. 22

565 St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
1485 Richard III slain at Bosworth Field-last of Plantagenets
1762 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury
1775 King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion
1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
1791 Haitian Revolution begins
1846 US annexes New Mexico
1851 Gold fields discovered in Australia
1864 Geneva Convention signed, by 12 nations
1902 Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
1906 1st Victor Victrola manufactured
1910 Japan annexes Korea
1911 Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre
1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)
1969 Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast
1982 Gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence
1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics
1988 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
1990 Pres Bush calls up military reserves

john in la · Aug 22, 2015

I think wherever you get your information from just lost all credibility with me.

1969 Camille (the second strongest hurricane to ever hit the U.S.) struck the coast of Mississippi at the town of Waveland on the morning of August 18th.
It push a wall of water estimated to be 24 feet tall (storm surge) inland as it came onshore with 175 mph winds.

By August 22 Camille was already off the east coast in the Atlantic and down graded to a subtropical storm.

This Day in History Aug. 22

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