On This Day - August 22, A Shot of History

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1922 – Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush during the Irish Civil War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_%28Irish_leader%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8A2cBqDyEU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbV_vEOcb9I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1olKY9vmZs

1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqcQpHwgU7U

1904 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7KKko8hFR8

565 – Abbot Saint Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN01f-AUutc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yybLc8dE5xU

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet