History for August 22 - On-This-Day.com
Dorothy Parker 1893, Leni Riefenstahl 1902, Deng Xiaoping 1904
Ray Bradbury 1920, Dr. Denton Cooley 1920, H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1934 - United States General
1902 - In Hartford, CT, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt became the first president of the United States to ride in an automobile.
1906 - The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, NJ began to manufacture the Victrola. The hand-cranked unit, with horn cabinet, sold for $200.
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