August 22 Events
1984 – The last Volkswagen Rabbit rolled off the assembly line in Westmoreland, PA. Over 11 million
2004 – “The Scream” and “Madonna” two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum
2003 – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments
1951 – The largest basketball crowd 75,052 Harlem Globetrotters in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.