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August 16, 1998 80th PGA Championship at Sahalee CC, Seattle WA August 16, 1998 Weetabix Women's British Golf Open August 16, 1997 For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia) August 16, 1994 Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections August 16, 1994 Shauna Gambill, 17, of California, crowned 12th Miss Teen USA August 16, 1992 20th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sherri Steinhaur August 16, 1992 74th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 278 at Bellerive St. Louis August 16, 1992 Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96) August 16, 1991 Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants August 16, 1991 President Bush declares recession is near an end August 16, 1990 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC August 16, 1990 Iraq orders 4,000 Britons and 2,500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq August 16, 1989 Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich August 16, 1988 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400 m (43.29) August 16, 1988 IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence August 16, 1988 Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis August 16, 1988 Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers August 16, 1987 Astrological Harmonic Convergence - Dawn of New Age August 16, 1987 New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9 August 16, 1987 Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives) August 16, 1987 Val Skinner wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am August 16, 1986 Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed August 16, 1986 "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks August 16, 1986 Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single August 16, 1985 Madonna weds Sean Penn on her 27th birthday August 16, 1984 Andrea Doria's safe opened August 16, 1984 L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges August 16, 1984 Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500) August 16, 1983 Paul Simon weds Carrie Fisher August 16, 1981 Highest score in World Cup soccor match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0) August 16, 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic August 16, 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93) August 16, 1980 Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath August 16, 1980 Cozy Powell quits Rainbow August 16, 1980 Jools Holland quits Squeeze August 16, 1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 16, 1977 Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th August 16, 1976 58th PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots a 281 at Congressional MD August 16, 1976 St. Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo) August 16, 1975 "Rodgers and Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 108 performances August 16, 1975 Peter Gabriel quits Genesis August 16, 1974 Ramones concert debut (NY's CBGBs) August 16, 1972 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich August 16, 1972 Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at August 16, 1972 Philip Potter appointed Secretary-General of World council of Churches August 16, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 16, 1970 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK August 16, 1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cincinnati Golf Open August 16, 1969 WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, Georgia begins broadcasting August 16, 1969 Woodstock rock festival begins in New York August 16, 1967 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves August 16, 1967 WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting August 16, 1965 AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins) August 16, 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational August 16, 1964 St. Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader August 16, 1963 Independence is restored to Dominican Republic August 16, 1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer August 16, 1961 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin August 16, 1961 Martin L. King protests for black voting right in Miami August 16, 1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus August 16, 1960 Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700') August 16, 1960 Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms August 16, 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Seattle Golf Open August 16, 1959 U.S.S.R. introduces installment buying August 16, 1956 Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate August 16, 1956 Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4 August 16, 1955 Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor August 16, 1954 Sports Illustrated magazine begins publishing August 16, 1954 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood August 16, 1953 KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins August 16, 1953 Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome August 16, 1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England August 16, 1948 Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem August 16, 1948 Israeli pound becomes legal tender August 16, 1947 Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs August 16, 1946 Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) August 16, 1944 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy August 16, 1944 Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London August 16, 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux August 16, 1943 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily) August 16, 1943 Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler August 16, 1942 Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow August 16, 1940 45 German aircrafts shot down over England August 16, 1936 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin August 16, 1934 U.S. explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (923 m) in Bathysphere August 16, 1927 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (New York Yankee Babe Ruth) August 16, 1924 38th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (61 63) August 16, 1924 Conference about German recovery payments opens in London August 16, 1924 Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed August 16, 1922 AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (New York City) August 16, 1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality August 16, 1918 U.S. troops overthrows Archangelsk August 16, 1915 KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0 August 16, 1914 German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught August 16, 1914 Zapata and Pancho Villa over run Mexico August 16, 1907 Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself sultan of Morocco August 16, 1906 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000 August 16, 1905 Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa August 16, 1904 New York City begins building Grand Central Station August 16, 1903 Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8 August 16, 1898 Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster August 16, 1896 Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala August 16, 1894 Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith August 16, 1890 Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia August 16, 1882 British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria August 16, 1876 Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth August 16, 1870 Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion August 16, 1864 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault August 16, 1864 Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill) August 16, 1864 Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam August 16, 1863 Chickamauga campaign GA August 16, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed August 16, 1861 President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy August 16, 1861 Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri August 16, 1858 Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan August 16, 1846 Gioacchino Rossini marries Olympe Pelissier in Paris August 16, 1834 Charles Darwin climbs Mt. Campana in Chile August 16, 1829 Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited August 16, 1819 Manchester Massacre: English police charge unemployed demonstrators August 16, 1812 Gen Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to England August 16, 1797 Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth August 16, 1794 Hungarian revolutionary Ignac Martinovics arrested in Vienna August 16, 1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC August 16, 1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt August 16, 1748 "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies August 16, 1745 Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots August 16, 1743 Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) August 16, 1717 Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade August 16, 1691 Yorktown Virginia founded August 16, 1625 Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe August 16, 1570 King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II August 16, 1513 Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian and Henry III beat France August 16, 1465 Battle at Montlhery August 16, 1290 Charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou |