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| August 22nd |
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| About 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. |
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