22 Aug, 1992 U.S.A. Hurricane Andrew
1992 : Hurricane Andrew strikes the Bahamas and two days later makes landfall in South Florida followed by Southern Louisiana, Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane and had some of the highest winds ever recorded of 175 MPH. The hurricane was the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history at that moment in time ( surpassed later by Hurricane Katrina in 2005) and caused the death of 65.
22 Aug, 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt
1902 : President Theodore Roosevelt during his tour of New England became the first President to ride in an automobile in public when he was driven round Hartford in a Victoria automobile.
22 Aug, 1902 Cadillac Started In Detroit
1902 : The Cadillac Company to sell the Cadillac range of cars is formed. The Cadillac is named after the 17th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701.
22 Aug, 1911 Germany Morocco
1911 : Germany and France were having a standoff over Morocco and the German War Office was getting more aggressive. It was rumored that the Kaiser’s government was planning to occupy the west coast of Morocco, cutting off Britain’s two principal trade routes. The English government was trying to cope with riots and strikes at home it was felt that the Kaiser was taking advantage of the unrest.
22 Aug, 1948 Charles Theodore Henri Antoine Meinrad
1948 : In Belgium Charles Theodore Henri Antoine Meinrad acted as regent of the kingdom on behalf of his exiled brother, Leopold who was exiled in Switzerland. Leopold was banned due to allegations that he was too friendly to the Germans during the occupation of Belgium. Charles has never moved into his brother’s suites in the palace and does not dip into the 30,000,000 million Belgium francs that he is allowed as king. He seldom leaves his apartments and keeps a low profile.
22 Aug, 1954 South Korea American Withdraw
1954 : A build up of red air power made the American army withdraw four out of six U.S. military units from South Korea. After President Syngman Ree leaked the information to the south, protests erupted in the streets of the capitalist nation. The U.S. tried to restrain Ree from trying to liberate communist North Korea by himself with his 700,000 soldiers.
22 Aug, 1962 France Charles de Gaulle
1962 : President Charles de Gaulle narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.
22 Aug, 1966 England Oxford Playhouse Company
August 22nd, 1966 : In England, The Oxford Playhouse Company was preparing to show the play, “The Trial of Lee Oswald” by Mark Lane and producer Frank Hauser. Lane was a lawyer in the U.S. who was asked by Hauser to help put the play on. The first part of the production was about prosecuting Oswald, but the second part was to show the complexity of the trial and facts that might have proved Oswald innocent. In the end the play was not to give a final verdict.
22 Aug, 1968 Czechoslovakia Soviet invasion
1968 : Czechs protest against Soviet invasion In Prague and at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
22 Aug, 1972 U.S.A. China Relations
1972 : In the wake of President Richard Nixon’s visit to Peking, China, Secretary of State, William P. Rogers, called for American young people to meet “the new generation of Chinese leaders.” Rogers told the San Francisco Commonwealth Club that the exchange of youth and boosting trade with China was desirable. He continued, “Chinese leaders are establishing people-to-people contacts that avoid the complications of official visits…”
22 Aug, 1972 Rhodesia Forced Out of Olympics
1972 : Rhodesia is thrown out of the Olympic Games in the face of mounting international pressure and pressure from African nations who threatened to boycott the games if Rhodesia.
22 Aug, 1988 Israel 241 Palestinians Killed
August 22nd, 1988 : Two hundred and forty-one Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed since the December 9th Palestinian protest broke out in the territories seized by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War. Recently, three Palestinians attempted to sabotage the Israeli army by launching attacks inside Israel. All three were killed by the Israeli army.
22 Aug, 1993 Japan’s Ise Shine
1993 : Japan’s Ise Shine is said to be the home of the royal family’s ancestral deities and has had 61 restorations since 685. Japanese pilgrims have flocked to the shrine since the 15th century and the shrine is supposed to represent cleansing and restoration for the country. Ise is rebuilt every 20 years, except in times of war or disaster. The Ise Shrine is the most significant holy site for the Shinto religion and contains the Scared Mirror, which is considered one of Japan’s national treasures.
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