TUESDAY INHISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2017. There are 131 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On Aug. 22, 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America’s Cup.

On this date:

In 1485, England’s King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, effectively ending the War of the Roses.

In 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River.

In 1846, Gen. Stephen W. Kearny proclaimed all of New Mexico a territory of the United States.

In 1910, Japan annexed Korea, which remained under Japanese control until the end of World War II.

In 1922, Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was shot to death, apparently by Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed.

In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon were nominated for second terms in office by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon was nominated for a second term of office by the Republican National Convention.

In 1992, on the second day of the Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho, an FBI sharpshooter killed Vicki Weaver, the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver (the sharpshooter later said he was targeting the couple’s friend Kevin Harris, and didn’t see Vicki Weaver).

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush offered a fresh endorsement of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, calling him “a good guy, good man with a difficult job.”

Five years ago: Ousted Penn State president Graham Spanier and his lawyers attacked a university-backed report on the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, calling it a “blundering and indefensible indictment.”

One year ago: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton pushed back against charges that she was physically unfit for the White House.

Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Collin Raye is 57. Singer Tori Amos is 54. Rapper GZA/The Genius is 51. Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is 50. Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is 47. Comedianactress Kristen Wiig is 44.

Thought for Today: “Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.” — Claude Debussy, French composer (born this date in 1862, died 1918).