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