Volume 13 , Issue 34

This Day In History (August 22)

On this day: August 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public. It was in Hartford, Connecticut, August 22, 1902, President Roosevelt began his tour of New England amid scenes of remarkable enthusiasm. Roosevelt landed from the yacht Syip, at New Haven, shortly after 1 pm in the afternoon, progressing to on through New England. he addressed an audience of more than 5,000 persons in the Coliseum. For more of his journey Click and READ HERE.

On This Date August 22 . . .

• 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.
• 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.

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