Today is Monday, August 22, the 234th day of 2011. There are 131 days left in the year.
565 ― St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
1762 ― First female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport, R.I., Mercury
1864 ― Geneva Convention signed, by 12 nations
1910 ― Japan annexes Korea
1911 ― Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre
1968 ― First papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
1968 ― Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultery
1987 ― Madonna's ``Who's "That Girl," single goes No. 1
1989 ― First complete ring around Neptune discovered
1989 ― Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter