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1994 Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994
1993 Angela and Amy Lakeberg, U.S. Siamese twin, separated on Aug 20th 1990 95.5 degrees F (35.3 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands (highest Aug temp in Neth) 1982 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) 1981 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since Aug 1980 are released 1978 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978 1975 Kalin Olson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, playmate, Aug 1997 1974 President Richard M Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9 1972 Corinna Harney, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate, Aug, 1991 1971 Jennifer LaVoie, Nashua, New Hampshire, playmate, Aug, 1993 1970 Maria Checca, born in Bogota, Colombia, playmate, Aug, 1994 1970 Rachel Jean Marteen, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Aug, 1995 1968 Helle Michaelsen, Alborg Denmark, playmate, Aug, 1988 1968 Melissa Evridge, Lexington, Kentucky, playmate, Aug, 1990 1968 Ashely Allen, born in San Antonio, Texas, playmate, Aug, 1992 1967 U.S.'s Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 1966 U.S. airline strike, until Aug 19th 1962 Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 1962 Ava Fabian, born in Brewster, New York, playmate, Aug, 1986, actress, Cafe Nostra 1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1959 Vicki Witt Lansing, Michigan, playmate, Aug, 1978 1957 Victoria E Cooke, born in Hollywood, California, playmate, Aug, 1980 1955 Debbie Boostrom, born in Peoria, Illinois, playmate, Aug, 1981 1954 Cathy St. George, born in Norfolk, Virginia, playmate, Aug, 1982 1951 Lillian Muller, Grimstad Norway, playmate of year, Aug, 1975 1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th 1947 DeDe Lind, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, Aug, 1967 1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) 1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943 1940 Leon Trotsky, revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson, dies Aug 21 1936 Jonnie Nicely, playmate, Aug, 1956 1933 Yankees are shut out for 1st time after 308 games (since Aug 2, 1931) 1920 In memory of Ray Chapman (died Aug 16), Yankees cancel game with Indians 1917 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed 1913 Mona Lisa stolen in Aug 1911 returned to Louvre 1877 Arthur Lang, U.S., boxer/businessman, Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115 |
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