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Today in History: Monday, August\u00a0 22, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Aug. 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed welfare legislation ending guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanding work from recipients.
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1485<\/td>\nEngland’s King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the War of the Roses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1846<\/td>\nThe United States annexed New Mexico.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1851<\/td>\nThe schooner America outraced the Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America’s Cup.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1893<\/td>\nAuthor, poet, critic and wit Dorothy Parker was born in West Bend, N.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1902<\/td>\nPresident Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. chief executive to ride in an automobile, in Hartford, Conn.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1904<\/td>\nChinese communist leader Deng Xiaoping was born in Sichuan province.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1920<\/td>\nScience fiction writer Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Ill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956<\/td>\nPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon were nominated for second terms by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1972<\/td>\nPresident Richard Nixon was nominated for a second term of office by the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nKerr-McGee Corp. agreed to pay the estate of Karen Silkwood $1.38 million, settling a 10-year-old nuclear contamination lawsuit.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nOn the second day of the Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho, an FBI sharpshooter killed Vicki Weaver, the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nAlabama’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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nThe last Jewish settlers left the Gaza Strip, ending decades of Israel’s turbulent occupation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actress-comedian Kristen Wiig (“Saturday Night Live”) turns 43 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Morton Dean<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Annie Proulx<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Valerie Harper<\/td>\nActress (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Rhoda”)<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Parcells<\/td>\nHall of Fame football coach<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Chase<\/td>\nWriter, producer (“The Sopranos”)<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Kroft<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist (“60 Minutes”)<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cindy Williams<\/td>\nActress (“Laverne and Shirley”)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Molitor<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vernon Reid<\/td>\nRock musician (Living Colour)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regina Taylor<\/td>\nActress (“The Unit”)<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roland Orzabal<\/td>\nRock singer (Tears For Fears)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Debbi Peterson<\/td>\nRock musician (The Bangles)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tori Amos<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mats Wilander<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje<\/td>\nActor (“Lost,” “Oz”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ty Burrell<\/td>\nActor (“Modern Family”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski turns 77 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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