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This Day In History

Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:00 AM Last update on: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:00 AM

August 22
1639
Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1864
12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
1910
Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the JapanKorea Annexation Treaty.
1941
World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
1944
World War II: Romania is captured by the Soviet Union.
1944
World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
1978
Kenya's founding father Jomo Kenyatta, dies.