August 22nd, 2008

Today in History

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

1910:
Japan annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon.

1864:
Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.

1798:
French troops land in County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion

1791:
Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue