August 22nd, 2008

Today in History

1846:
The United States annexes New Mexico

1717:
Spanish troops land on Sardinia

1902:
Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile

1989:
Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first major league baseball pitcher to record 5000 strikeouts.

1485:
The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses