Good morning. It's August 22nd — let's begin where we always do: on this very date in history.
📅 On This Day — August 22
🧚 (It's also National Tooth Fairy Day.)
1968 — Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogotá, Colombia — the first visit of a pope to Latin America, drawing enormous, jubilant crowds.
1989 — In Texas, Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson for his 5,000th career strikeout — the milestone we saw coming in last Friday's issue, now his alone.
1991 — Iceland became the first nation on Earth to recognize the restored independence of the Baltic states, as the Soviet grip finally slipped.
2004 — Armed thieves walked into an Oslo museum in daylight and stole Edvard Munch's "The Scream" (later recovered) — one of the boldest art heists in memory.
2006 — Reclusive Russian genius Grigori Perelman was awarded math's Fields Medal for proving the century-old Poincaré Conjecture — and promptly turned it down.
Now, let's set the dial back to 1957…
⏪ REWIND: 1957 Dwight Eisenhower is president, a first-class stamp is 3 cents, gas is about 24 cents a gallon — and Detroit is about to unveil the most hyped car in America.
📰 The Headlines Ford is counting down to "E-Day," September 4, when it will finally reveal the Edsel — years of secrecy, a fortune in advertising, and sky-high promises. (History will remember it as one of the great flops, but right now, the anticipation is electric.)
🎬 At the Movies Filling theaters: An Affair to Remember — Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, a shipboard romance and a promise to meet atop the Empire State Building. Handkerchiefs recommended.
🎵 On the Charts Topping the best-seller chart is "Tammy" by Debbie Reynolds — the tender title song from her film Tammy and the Bachelor, and the year's most unlikely smash. (The Hot 100 is still a year away, so we're citing Billboard's best-seller list.)
🏆 In Sports In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Braves are surging toward the pennant behind Hank Aaron's MVP season — 44 homers on the way to a World Series showdown with the mighty Yankees.
🏰 The Disney Vault Opening next week (August 28): Perri — Disney's one-of-a-kind "True-Life Fantasy" about a pine squirrel, blending real wildlife footage with storybook wonder.
— a couple of quick things before you go —
👟 Step Challenge: the Summer 2026 Step Challenge is rolling — grab the free Pacer app and walk with us: Join the challenge (already have Pacer? Club code E42727228). Every step counts.
💡 Health Snap: weekends are perfect for a longer, slower walk — no clock, no goal, just a chance to notice the season changing. More easy wellness reading is at ourfreehealthreport.com.
🎉 Born on an August 22nd — or know someone who was?
Forward this to them right now — there's no better "this is the day you were born" gift than a little time travel.
🎂 In good company: August 22 babies include composer Claude Debussy (1862), sci-fi master Ray Bradbury (1920), Laverne & Shirley's Cindy Williams (1947), musician Tori Amos (1963), and Kristen Wiig (1973).
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