On this day: August 22

POSTED: 03:42 PM PDT Aug 20, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Aug 21, 2012 

Teddy Roosevelt goes for a historic ride, tennis player Althea Gibson breaks racial barriers, The Supremes hit No. 1 for the first time and Nolan Ryan notches his 5,000 career strikeout, all on this day.

OTD August 22 - Huey Newton
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1989: Activist and Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton is gunned down at the age of 47 in Oakland, Calif. He's seen here on the right in the 1960s with Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale.

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