Updated August 21, 2012, 2:28 pm
On August 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public.
On Aug. 22, 1904, Deng Xiaoping, the powerful leader of the People’s Republic of China from the late 1970’s until his death in 1997, was born. Following his death on Feb. 19, 1997, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1485 England’s King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the War of the Roses. 1846 The United States annexed New Mexico. 1851 The schooner America outraced the Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America’s Cup. 1893 Author, poet, critic and wit Dorothy Parker was born in West Bend, N.J. 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. chief executive to ride in an automobile, in Hartford, Conn. 1904 Chinese communist leader Deng Xiaoping was born in Sichuan province. 1920 Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Ill. 1956 President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon were nominated for second terms by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. 1986 Kerr-McGee Corp. agreed to pay the estate of Karen Silkwood $1.38 million, settling a 10-year-old nuclear contamination lawsuit. 2003 Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for his refusal to obey a federal court order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of his courthouse. 2005 The last Jewish settlers left the Gaza Strip, ending decades of Israel’s turbulent occupation. 2010 Chilean President Sebastian Pinera confirmed that all the miners trapped deep underground for 17 days were still alive after a probe came back with a handwritten note, “All 33 of us are fine in the shelter.” (The miners were rescued in October.) Current Birthdays
By The Associated Press
Actress-comedian Kristen Wiig (“Saturday Night Live”) turns 39 years old today.
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Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski turns 73 years old today.
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1934 H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Retired general, turns 78 1935 Morton Dean, Broadcast journalist, turns 77 1935 Annie Proulx, Author, turns 77 1939 Valerie Harper, Actress (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Rhoda”), turns 73 1941 Bill Parcells, Football coach, turns 71 1945 Steve Kroft, Broadcast journalist (“60 Minutes”), turns 67 1947 Cindy Williams, Actress (“Laverne and Shirley”), turns 65 1956 Paul Molitor, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 56 1958 Vernon Reid, Rock musician (Living Colour), turns 54 1960 Regina Taylor, Actress (“The Unit”), turns 52 1961 Roland Orzabal, Rock singer (Tears For Fears), turns 51 1961 Debbi Peterson, Rock musician (The Bangles), turns 51 1963 Tori Amos, Rock singer, turns 49 1964 Mats Wilander, Tennis Hall of Famer, turns 48 1967 Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Actor (“Lost,” “Oz”), turns 45 1967 Ty Burrell, Actor (“Modern Family”), turns 45
Historic Birthdays
Deng Xiaoping 8/22/1904 – 2/19/1997 Chinese communist leader. Go to obituary »
? Denis Papin 8/22/1647 – //c1712
French-born English physicist; invented the pressure cooker71 Samuel Pierpont Langley 8/22/1834 – 2/27/1906
American astronomer, physicist and aeronautics pioneer69 Mary Elizabeth Wood 8/22/1861 – 5/1/1931
American librarian and missionary55 Claude Debussy 8/22/1862 – 3/25/1918
French composer89 Willis Whitney 8/22/1868 – 1/9/1958
American chemist; founded General Electric research laboratory73 Dorothy Parker 8/22/1893 – 6/7/1967
American short story writer and poet85 Elizabeth Bergner 8/22/1900 – 5/12/1986
Austrian motion-picture and stage actress73 Arthur M. Sackler 8/22/1913 – 5/26/1987
American physician, publisher and art collector64 James Kirkwood 8/22/1924 – 4/21/1989
American librettist, actor and playwright
