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August 22nd
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August 22nd is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 131 days remaining
until the end of the calendar year.

Births
1909
- Mel Hein, Hall of Fame football center
1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, influential composer
1950 - Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former VP Chief of Staff, convicted felon
1956 - Paul Molitor, Hall of Fame baseball third baseman
1963 - Tori Amos, singer, songwriter, pianist

Deaths
1979
- James T. Farrell, novelist (Studs Lonigan)
1989 - Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party
2007 - Grace Paley, author, poet, activist

Events
1902
- In Hartford, Connecticut, Teddy Roosevelt became the first president to ride in an automobile in public.
1902 - The Cadillac Automobile Company is founded.  It gets purchased by General Motors in 1909.
1996 - The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act is enacted to reform welfare.
2007 - The Baltimore Orioles get beat by the Texas Rangers 30 - 3.  It is the most runs scored by a team in modern Major
League Baseball history.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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