Today in History for 22nd August 2022

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Historical Events

1543 - Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren
1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one of the first Jewish colonists
1902 - US President Theodore Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
1934 - Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12
2004 - American sprinter Justin Gatlin wins the coveted Olympic 100m gold medal in Athens in 9.85 ahead of Francis Obikwelu of Portugal and American Maurice Greene
2021 - Tropical storm Henri makes landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island

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Famous Birthdays

1822 - George Stoneman, US Union general-major and Governor of California (1883-87), born in Busti, NY (d. 1894)
1916 - John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass), born in London, England (d. 1975)
1947 - Cindy Williams, American actress (Shirley- Laverne and Shirley), born in Van Nuys, California
1955 - Will Shetterly, American writer (Dogland), born in Columbia, South Carolina
1975 - Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor (Love Actually), born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1995 - Dua Lipa, British-Kosovo Albanian pop singer-songwriter ("New Rules", "One Kiss"), born in London

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Famous Deaths

1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572)
1944 - Raymond Aimos, actor (Golem, Mayerling, La Bandera), dies at 55
2004 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
2008 - Gladys Powers, Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1899)
2011 - Vicco von Bülow [Loriot], German comedian, cartoonist and film director (Unsere Besten), dies at 87
2021 - Brian Travers, British rock saxophonist (UB40 - "Red, Red Wine"), dies of cancer at 62

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