Today in History.....August 22

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1485, England's King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the War of the Roses

1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress

1846, the United States annexed the Territory of New Mexico

1851, the U.S.-built schooner America bests a fleet of Britain's finest ships in a race around England's Isle of Wight. The ornate silver trophy won by the America was later donated to the New York Yacht Club on condition that it be forever placed in international competition. Today, the "America's Cup" is the world's oldest continually contested sporting trophy and represents the pinnacle of international sailing yacht competition

1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. chief executive to ride in a car

1910, Japan annexed Korea, which remained under Japanese colonial rule until 1945

1944, Soviet forces break through to Jassy, in northeastern Romania, convincing Romania's king to sign an armistice with the Allies and concede control of his country to the USSR

1962, Kennedy administration officials quoted in The New York Times the Viet Cong had grown in numbers and U.S. officials felt that the war had reached a point of stalemate

1992, in the second day of a standoff at Randy Weaver's remote northern Idaho cabin, FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi wounds Randy Weaver, Kevin Harrison, and kills Weaver's wife, Vicki

2005, the last Jewish residents were forced out of their Gaza homes. A multi-million dollar agriculture infrastructure was bought from them by "do-gooder" Jews as a gift for the incoming Muslims. Within days, it was destroyed and Jewish houses of worship were burned to the ground by practitioners of that "religion of peace"