August 22 Historical Headlines From 1941 To 1987
On this date in history events include Nazi reach near Leningrad in 1941 and New Amsterdam landfall of Jacob Barsimson in 1654. Also 1762 Ann Franklin begins as Newport Mercury editor, 1846 Santa Fe hosts NM annexation, 1910 Korea annexed by Japan, 1986 Eisenhower Nixon renomination, and civil rights marches in 1966.
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Leningrad
America
Jacob Barsimson
New Amsterdam
Ann Franklin
Newport Mercury
Rhode Island
William Howe
New York
Long Island
New Mexico
U.S. Territory
Santa Fe
Japan
Korea
Great Plains Farmers Win Irrigation Expansion War
Farmers in the Great Plains have rapidly expanded irrigation to 22.6 million acres, adding about 11 billion dollars annually to the economy and boosting grain output. Center pivot systems, fed by underground water, spread across the region with Nebraska pivots rising from 2,713 in 1972 to 6,500 in 1974, though water supply growth lags.
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Lincoln, Neb
Great Plains
Plains States
Nebraska
Kansas
High Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Disappearing RFK Evidence Shocks Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, officials report missing Kennedy assassination items including the coat sleeve and ceiling panels from the Ambassador Hotel pantry. The panels were destroyed in 1969 and the sleeve vanished before Sirhan Sirhan’s trial, raising questions about trajectory and bullet counts.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Dion Morrow
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Morrow
Sirhan B. Sirhan
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