Men Who Made History…TODAY

1849        Aug 22, The Portuguese governor of Macao, China, was assassinated because of his anti-Chinese policies. 1902        Aug 22, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. chief executive to ride in an automobile in Hartford, Conn. 1956        Aug 22, President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon were nominated for second terms in office by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. 1962        Aug 22, There was a failed assassination on president De Gaulle. 1973        Aug 22, Henry Kissinger (b.1923), German-born American bureaucrat, succeeded William Rogers as Secretary of State under Pres. Nixon. He continued in office until 1977. 1976        Aug 22, In Brazil former Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek (b.1902) was killed in a car accident. In 2013 an investigation was ordered due to suspicion that his death was ordered by the military regime. In 2014 a national Truth Commission said there was no evidence that the military regime of the time was responsible for the accident. 1990        Aug 22, President Bush signed an order calling up reservists to bolster the US military buildup in the Persian Gulf. 1998        Aug 22, President Clinton, in his Saturday radio address, announced he had signed an executive order putting Osama bin Laden’s Islamic Army on a list of terrorist groups. 2001        Aug 22, Sen. Jesse Helms (79) of North Carolina confirmed that he would not seek re-election next year. 2002        Aug 22, In Brazil President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signed a decree creating the Tumucumaque (the rock on top of the mountain) Mountains National Park, bigger than Maryland covering a region of virgin rainforest in Amapa state, along Brazil’s northern borders with Surinam and Guyana. 2005        Aug 22, The brother of Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga was sworn in as foreign minister to replace Lakshman Kadirgamar, assassinated by suspected rebels. 2007        Aug 22, US Army Major John Cockerham, his wife and sister were indicted in a suspected scheme to accept millions of dollars in bribes for Defense Department contracts in Iraq and Kuwait. 2007        Aug 22, Russia nominated Josef Tosovsky, a former Czech prime minister and head of that country’s central bank, to head the International Monetary Fund, a move that put the Kremlin and the European Union at odds. The Czech Republic repudiated the move and endorsed the EU’s choice.2010        Aug 22, Iran’s Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemy. 2013        Aug 22, In Spokane, Wa., Delbert Belton (88), a WWII veteran, died a day after he was robbed and beaten in his car by two 16-year-old boys. Suspect Demetrius Glenn surrendered. Suspect Kenan Adams-Kinard was arrested on Aug 26. 2013        Aug 22, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe (89) was sworn in for another five-year term after disputed elections in which the opposition alleged widespread vote-rigging2014        Aug 22, Robert Singleton (77), the co-owner of a shuttered Petaluma, Ca., slaughterhouse, pleaded guilty to charges that he helped sell adulterated meat. Three other defendants with ties to Rancho Feeding Corp. were indicted last week for conspiring to distribute the meat. On Feb 18, 2015, four managers pleaded guilty to the charges.