Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 22

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1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ended the Wars of the Roses.
1851 - The first America's Cup was won by the yacht America.
Red Cross movement led by Henry Dunant
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1911 - The theft of the Mona Lisa was discovered.
major league baseball pitcher to record 5000 strikeouts
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