^B{^#!16!22 August^N! Feast day of St Timothy, St Andrew of Fiesole, St Sigfrid of Wearmouth, and St John Kemble.
^B{1642^B} The English Civil War began, between the supporters of Charles I and of Parliament, when the king raised his standard at Nottingham. ^B{1788^B} The British settlement in Sierra Leone was founded, the purpose of which was to secure a home in Africa for freed slaves from England. ^B{1846^B} New Mexico was annexed by the US. ^B{1864^B} The International Red Cross was founded by the Geneva Convention to assist the wounded and prisoners of war. ^B{1910^B} Korea was annexed by Japan. ^B{1985^B} Following an aborted take-off, a British Airtours Boeing 737 burst into flames on the runway at Manchester Airport; 55 persons were killed.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Claude Debussy, French composer, ^B{1862^B}; Jacques Lipchitz, US sculptor and painter, ^B{1891^B}; Dorothy Parker, US humorist and writer, ^B{1893^B}; Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer, ^B{1908^B}; Ray Bradbury, US writer, ^B{1920^B}; Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer, ^B{1928^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Jean HonorΘ Fragonard, French painter, ^B{1806^B}; Michael Collins, Irish nationalist, ^B{1922^B}; Oliver Lodge, English physicist, ^B{1940^B}; Michael Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer, ^B{1942^B}; William Richard Morris, British automobile manufacturer, ^B{1963^B}.
