On this day: August 22

POSTED: 3:42 PM PDT August 20, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT August 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 - Loch Ness
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AD 565: St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland, which believers often point to as the first sighting of the Loch Ness Monster.

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