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What happened on August 22 in American history
August 22 is the 234th day of the year (the 235th in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 6 stories from August 22 spanning 1777 to 2007. Among them: in 1777, St. Leger's camp breaks and runs; Fort Stanwix's siege is over; and in 1902, Ford's abandoned factory gets a new name: Cadillac.
1777
St. Leger's camp breaks and runs; Fort Stanwix's siege is over
A rumor of 3,000 advancing Americans does what three weeks of cannon fire could not.
1902
Ford's abandoned factory gets a new name: Cadillac
An engineer hired to appraise the wreckage for scrap talks the investors into building cars instead.
1963
Walker rides the X-15 to 354,200 feet, becoming the first person to reach space twice
A frozen thruster and 650-degree reentry heat couldn't stop the highest flight the rocket plane program would ever make.
1978Member story · 1776 Club
Senate votes 67-32 to give Washington full seats in Congress
The states now have seven years to ratify what the House already approved by a landslide.
2003Member story · 1776 Club
Moore is suspended for defying a federal order to remove his Ten Commandments monument
The chief justice had promised eight days earlier that he would not budge; the Court of the Judiciary moved first.
2007Member story · 1776 Club
Rangers hang 30 runs on Baltimore, most ever by a team in a game
Texas outscores the Orioles 30–3 at Camden Yards, a number no major league lineup had ever reached before.
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