The last Jewish settlers leave the Gaza Strip. That happens nearly 40 years after Israel captures the territory during the Six-Day War. The Israeli withdrawal makes way for Palestinian control in Gaza. 1996. In Washington, President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law.

"Today we are ending welfare as we know it, but I hope this day will be remembered not for what it ended but for what it began."The measure ends guarantee cash payments to America’s poor, and demands work from its recipients. 1989.

Huey Newton, co-founder of the 60s militant group the Black Panthers, is shot to death by a drug dealer in Oakland, California. Newton, who struggled with drug addiction, was 47 years old.

1920. Ray Bradbury, the science fiction author whose works include Fahrenheit 451, is born in Waukegan, Illinois. And 1963. “Never was a cornflake girl, thought that was a good solution, hanging with the raisin girls”

Singer songwriter Tori Amos is born in Newton, North Carolina. Today in History, August 22nd, Sophia Manos, the Associated Press.