This day in History, August 22

565 - St. Columbia reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.

1775 - King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.

1831 - Nat Turner's slave rebellion revolt commences just after midnight in Southampton, VA, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who were killed in retaliation for the uprising.

1848 - The United States annexes New Mexico.

1851 - The First America's Cup is won by the yacht America.

1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to ride in an automobile.

1942 - WWII: Brazil declares war on the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy and Japan)

1973 - President Nixon names Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State.

1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become first Major League baseball player to record 5,000 strikeouts.

2003 - Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with federal court order to remove rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.