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August 15, 1998 Bill Clinton confesses to Hilary about the Monica Lewinsky affair August 15, 1998 Twenty nine murdered by Irish terrorists in Omagh, Northern Ireland August 15, 1997 Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR August 15, 1997 Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts August 15, 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers retire Tommy Lasorda's #2 August 15, 1995 Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA August 15, 1994 South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning August 15, 1994 Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal, captured in Khartoum Sudan August 15, 1993 "Goodbye Girl" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 188 performances August 15, 1993 75th PGA Championship: Paul Azinger shoots a 272 at Inverness Club Oh August 15, 1993 Cindy Schreyer wins LPGA Sun-Time Challenge Golf Tournament August 15, 1993 New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time August 15, 1993 Nolan Ryan, 324th and final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1 August 15, 1993 Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte August 15, 1992 Actress Susan Anton marries actor Jeff Lester August 15, 1992 Colombo '92 closes in Genoa, Italy August 15, 1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park August 15, 1991 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 15, 1990 51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player August 15, 1990 Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 home runs in each of his 1st 4 seasons August 15, 1990 Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990) August 15, 1989 Cancer sufferer/San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound August 15, 1989 Frederik de Klerk becomes president of South Africa August 15, 1989 Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69) August 15, 1989 U.S. Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle August 15, 1989 In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines August 15, 1988 "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 176 performances August 15, 1988 At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts August 15, 1988 New York City begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments August 15, 1987 U.S. beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball August 15, 1986 President Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger August 15, 1985 Anti-apartheid lawyer Bulelani Ngcuka marries in South Africa August 15, 1985 Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg August 15, 1983 Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery August 15, 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic August 15, 1982 Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution August 15, 1981 Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford August 15, 1981 Robin Leamy of U.S. swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m August 15, 1979 Andrew Young resigns as United Nations ambassador August 15, 1978 House of Representatives approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA August 15, 1977 England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust August 15, 1977 SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome August 15, 1976 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic August 15, 1975 Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed August 15, 1975 Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges August 15, 1974 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island August 15, 1974 Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed August 15, 1974 Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days)) August 15, 1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination August 15, 1973 Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens August 15, 1973 David Storey's "Cromwell," premieres in London August 15, 1973 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test August 15, 1971 Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0) August 15, 1971 KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins August 15, 1971 President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents August 15, 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open August 15, 1970 Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando) August 15, 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) August 15, 1968 Romanian president Ceausescu visits Prague August 15, 1968 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. August 15, 1967 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae August 15, 1966 Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission August 15, 1965 47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley GC PA August 15, 1965 Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium August 15, 1965 Mary Mills wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open August 15, 1965 Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues August 15, 1964 Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke) August 15, 1964 Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago August 15, 1964 Phillies triple-play New York Mets August 15, 1964 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" August 15, 1963 Fulbert Youlou, resigns as President of Congo-Brazzaville August 15, 1962 Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea August 15, 1962 Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia August 15, 1960 CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium August 15, 1960 Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL expo) August 15, 1960 Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France August 15, 1960 Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 August 15, 1958 25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000) August 15, 1958 Buddy Holly weds Maria Santiago August 15, 1958 Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank August 15, 1958 Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank August 15, 1957 David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon August 15, 1957 USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter August 15, 1955 WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia (ABC) begins August 15, 1954 Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay August 15, 1954 WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins August 15, 1952 19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316) August 15, 1952 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34 August 15, 1950 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000 August 15, 1950 Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title August 15, 1950 Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium August 15, 1950 Indies Constitution goes into effect August 15, 1950 Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier August 15, 1950 President Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia August 15, 1950 Rotterdam harbor strike begins August 15, 1949 WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting August 15, 1948 3rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias August 15, 1948 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) August 15, 1947 India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan August 15, 1947 Pakistan, formerly West Pakistan, declares independence from UK August 15, 1945 A riot ensued in San Francisco while the city was celebrating the end of WW II August 15, 1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule August 15, 1945 U.S. wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ends August 15, 1945 Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually August 15, 1944 Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed August 15, 1944 German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day August 15, 1944 Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast August 15, 1944 Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence August 15, 1944 U.S. 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orleans August 15, 1944 U.S. 7th Armour division reaches Chartres August 15, 1943 Allies land on Kiska Aleutians August 15, 1942 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel August 15, 1941 Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto August 15, 1940 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi) August 15, 1940 Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged August 15, 1939 "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood August 15, 1939 In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2 August 15, 1931 Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) August 15, 1931 Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as asst secretary August 15, 1931 Spakenburg soccer team forms August 15, 1925 Norway annexes Spitsbergen August 15, 1925 White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919 August 15, 1923 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State August 15, 1923 Mexico and U.S. reaches accord over oil concession of 1917 August 15, 1918 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) August 15, 1918 Russia severs diplomatic ties with U.S. August 15, 1915 Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia August 15, 1914 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) August 15, 1914 Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs August 15, 1914 German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured August 15, 1914 Japan joins side of allies August 15, 1914 Panama Canal opens (under cost) August 15, 1912 Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game August 15, 1911 Procter and Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening August 15, 1906 1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago August 15, 1905 Philadelphia A's Rube Waddell no-hits St. Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings August 15, 1901 Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro August 15, 1899 Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game August 15, 1893 U.S. no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea August 15, 1892 4th and last British government of Gladstone forms August 15, 1886 Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game August 15, 1876 U.S. law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find August 15, 1870 Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado August 15, 1867 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England August 15, 1864 Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners August 15, 1863 Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars August 15, 1858 Regular mail to Pacific coast begins August 15, 1848 M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair August 15, 1843 National black convention meets (Buffalo New York) August 15, 1843 Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opens August 15, 1832 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism August 15, 1824 Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia August 15, 1795 Joseph Haydn leaves England forever August 15, 1785 French cardinal De Rohan arrested August 15, 1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia August 15, 1748 United Lutheran Church of U.S. organized August 15, 1741 French troops attack the Rhine August 15, 1684 Spain and Germany sign cease fire with France August 15, 1668 Rijnbond disbands August 15, 1658 France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond August 15, 1653 Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea August 15, 1635 1st recorded U.S. hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony August 15, 1620 Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims August 15, 1549 Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan August 15, 1548 Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France August 15, 1535 Asuncion, Paraguay founded August 15, 1534 Ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits August 15, 1519 Panama City founded August 15, 1457 Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed August 15, 1308 Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece August 15, 778 Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great |