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August 9, 1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic August 9, 1997 Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by New York City police August 9, 1997 Yanks break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins August 9, 1994 Phil Rizzuto Hall of Fame Night August 9, 1994 Stanley Betrian put in charge of Curacao August 9, 1993 King Albert II of Belgium, crowned August 9, 1992 "Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore New York City after 137 perf August 9, 1992 25th Olympic Summer games closes in Barcelona, Spain August 9, 1992 Florence Descampe wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mt August 9, 1992 Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower August 9, 1992 Record temperature in Berlin-Dahlem 99.3 degrees F (37.4 degrees C) August 9, 1990 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia August 9, 1990 Soyuz TM-10 lands August 9, 1988 Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field August 9, 1988 Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles Kings for $15-$20 millions August 9, 1988 Just 1 day after 8/8/88 New York's daily number is 888 August 9, 1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv August 9, 1987 69th PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots 287 at PGA National Palm Beach August 9, 1987 Los Angeles Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo) August 9, 1987 Mary Beth wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic August 9, 1986 "Honky Tonk Nights" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 4 performances August 9, 1984 Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal August 9, 1984 STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad August 9, 1981 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve August 9, 1981 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17) August 9, 1981 63rd PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots a 273 at Atlanta AC Ga August 9, 1981 All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos) August 9, 1981 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA West Virginia Bank Golf Classic August 9, 1981 NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium) August 9, 1980 Belgian constitution revised August 9, 1979 English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach August 9, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs (underground) nuclear test August 9, 1978 Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7 August 9, 1977 Chris Old completes a century in 37 mins, Yorks vs. Warwicks August 9, 1977 NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs August 9, 1976 Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI vs. Glamorgan August 9, 1976 Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0 August 9, 1976 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth August 9, 1975 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7 August 9, 1975 Dodger Davey Lopes steals record 32nd consec base without being caught August 9, 1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Colgate European Ladies Golf Open August 9, 1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th president August 9, 1973 Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell quit Wings August 9, 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 7 August 9, 1972 Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle August 9, 1971 Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame August 9, 1970 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open August 9, 1970 Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 U.S. exchange students explodes August 9, 1969 "Zorba" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 305 performances August 9, 1969 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders August 9, 1968 Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague August 9, 1967 Biafran offensive against Nigerian army August 9, 1967 KYAY TV channel 39 in West Monroe, LA (IND) begins broadcasting August 9, 1965 Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die August 9, 1965 Singapore gains independence from Malaysia, National Day August 9, 1964 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands August 9, 1964 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational August 9, 1964 Bunning continues pitching perfectly to New York Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings August 9, 1963 Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres August 9, 1963 New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends August 9, 1961 James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court August 9, 1960 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida August 9, 1957 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000) August 9, 1956 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama August 9, 1956 South African women demonstrate against pass laws August 9, 1953 Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, fired August 9, 1952 General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium August 9, 1951 Dutch Korea volunteers win U.S. Collective Unit Citation August 9, 1950 Lusty Song wins Hambletonian August 9, 1946 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night August 9, 1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki August 9, 1944 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper "Trouw," executed at Camp Vught August 9, 1944 Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention August 9, 1944 US 79th/90th division enter Le Mans August 9, 1943 Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei," premieres in Zurich August 9, 1942 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland August 9, 1942 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony performed in Leningrad August 9, 1942 Vice-Adm Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island August 9, 1942 Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress August 9, 1941 Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR August 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics August 9, 1930 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record) August 9, 1930 Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes August 9, 1930 Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec) August 9, 1925 Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out August 9, 1923 New York State Golf Association formed August 9, 1920 Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect August 9, 1918 Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix games, and suspends him "for indifferent play" August 9, 1915 British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipolis August 9, 1914 German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser August 9, 1910 Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine August 9, 1905 Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him August 9, 1902 Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria August 9, 1901 34-35 degrees N/98-99 degrees W open for U.S. colonization August 9, 1893 1st U.S. bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York August 9, 1890 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations August 9, 1864 Battle of Ft. Morgan AL August 9, 1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain Virginia (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain) August 9, 1862 Berlioz' opera "Beatrice et Benedict," premieres in Baden-Baden August 9, 1862 Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt, however Gen Charles S Winder is killed August 9, 1859 Elevator patented August 9, 1855 Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising August 9, 1854 Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden" August 9, 1849 Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia August 9, 1848 Austria and Sardinia sign cease fire August 9, 1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominateing Martin Van Buren for president August 9, 1842 U.S. - Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty August 9, 1841 Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die August 9, 1832 King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria August 9, 1831 1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York) August 9, 1830 Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X August 9, 1829 "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service August 9, 1803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii August 9, 1790 Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry U.S. flag around the world August 9, 1778 Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits August 9, 1757 English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops August 9, 1726 Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover August 9, 1673 Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures New York August 9, 1673 Dutch recapture New York from English; regained by English in 1674 August 9, 1655 Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts August 9, 1638 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx August 9, 1596 Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond August 9, 1559 Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht August 9, 1378 Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil) August 9, 378 Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army |