08-21-2010, 07:45 PM
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August 22nd
1770 ~ James Cook 's expedition arrived on the east coast of Australia.
1862 ~ Birthday of Claude Debussy, Composer.
1893 ~ Birthday of Dorothy Parker, Writer & Wit .
1902 ~ Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to ride in an automobile.
1920 ~ Birthday of Ray Bradbury, science fiction author and fantasy author (Fahrenheit 451).
1962 ~ The Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered ship, completed its maiden voyage.
1978 ~ Death of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's founding father.
1996 ~ Preident Clinton signed welfare reform into law.
2001 ~ For the Geeks among us, a sad day. The Trojan room coffee pot is switched off for the last time.
2007 ~ On a day that will live in MLB infamy, the Baltimore Orioles were whomped by the Texas Rangers, 30 – 3! 
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