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 - Bill Parcells
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1941: Former NFL coach Bill Parcells, who won two Super Bowl rings with the New York Giants, defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI and the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV, is born in Englewood, N.J.

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