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16 Aug 1925
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Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983) |
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16 Aug 1925
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Fess Parker Fort Worth Texas, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller)
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| 75 years anniversary |
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16 Aug 1950
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birth
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Hasely Crawford: Trinidad -- 100m runner (1976 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
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16 Aug 1950
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West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
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16 Aug 1950
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Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner |
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16 Aug 1950
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birth
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Stockwell Day, Canadian politician |
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16 Aug 1950
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birth
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Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer |
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16 Aug 1950
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birth
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Neda Ukraden, Serbian singer |
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| 50 years anniversary |
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16 Aug 1975
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birth
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Felicia Zimmermann: Rochester, New York -- Fencer-foil (1996 Olympics)
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16 Aug 1975
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"Rodgers & Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 108 performances
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16 Aug 1975
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Peter Gabriel quits Genesis
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16 Aug 1975
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birth
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Magic, American rapper (504 Boyz and Body Head Bangerz) (d. 2013) |
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16 Aug 1975
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birth
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Didier Agathe, French footballer |
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16 Aug 1975
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birth
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Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager |
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16 Aug 1975
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birth
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Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer |
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16 Aug 1975
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birth
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George Stults, American actor |
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16 Aug 1975
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birth
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Álvaro Tardáguila, Uruguayan cyclist |
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16 Aug 1975
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death
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Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian runner (b. 1927) |
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16 Aug 1975
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music
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The Stylistics were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)', the Philadelphian soul group's only UK No.1.
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16 Aug 1975
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Peter Gabriel announced that he was leaving Genesis. The group auditioned more than 400 singers during the next 18 months before deciding that Phil Collins, who had been the drummer for Genesis since 1970, could front the band.
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| 25 years anniversary |
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16 Aug 2000
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music
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Alan Caddy guitarist with The Tornadoes died. He had the 1962 UK & US No.1 single 'Telstar' which became the first major hit from a UK act on the American chart. Caddy also played on sessions and worked on arrangements for Spencer Davis Group, Kiki Dee, Pretty Things and Dusty Springfield.
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| 20 years anniversary |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Vassar Clements, American fiddler (Old and in the Way) (b. 1928) |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922) |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943) |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor (b. 1960) |
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16 Aug 2005
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death
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Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915) |
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16 Aug 2005
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music
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Madonna suffered three cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken hand in a horse-riding accident on her country estate. The accident happened when she fell off a new horse in the grounds of her Ashcombe House on the border of Wiltshire and Dorset on her 47th birthday. The singer was treated at hospital in Salisbury, 90 miles (150 kilometres) south-west of London.
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16 Aug 2005
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music
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P Diddy appeared on the US TV Today Show and announced that he was altering his stage name again, dropping the "P." and referring to himself simply as "Diddy." The name change to Diddy upset Richard "Diddy" Dearlove, a London based DJ who took out court proceedings against P Diddy over the use of the name. He won when an out of court settlement of £110,000 was agreed and as a result, Combs is no longer be able to use the name Diddy in the UK.
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| 15 years anniversary |
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16 Aug 2010
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death
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Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923) |
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16 Aug 2010
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death
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Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player (b. 1923) |
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