August 22nd, 2008

Today in History

1950:
Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis

1914:
World War I: In Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.

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.

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

1654:
Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immigrant to what is later the United States