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Events on the 16th of August in history

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16 Aug 0001 Wang Mang consolidates his power and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the day prior, had no heirs.
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16 Aug 1290 Charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou
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16 Aug 1328 The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
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16 Aug 1513 Battle at Eguinegatte / Guinegate: Maximilian and Henry III beat France
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16 Aug 1513 Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
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16 Aug 1625 Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed Viceroy of Drenthe
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16 Aug 1691 Yorktown Va founded
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16 Aug 1717 Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade
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16 Aug 1743 Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)
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16 Aug 1748 "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies
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16 Aug 1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vermont
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16 Aug 1777 American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
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16 Aug 1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, South Carolina
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16 Aug 1780 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
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16 Aug 1792 Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
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16 Aug 1793 French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
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16 Aug 1797 Comet C / 1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth
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16 Aug 1812 War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
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16 Aug 1812 Gen Hull surrenders Detroit & Michigan territory to England
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16 Aug 1819 Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
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16 Aug 1819 Manchester Massacre; English police charge unemployed demonstrators
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16 Aug 1829 Siamese twins Chang & Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited
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16 Aug 1834 Charles Darwin climbs Mt Campana in Chile
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16 Aug 1841 U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
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16 Aug 1858 U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
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16 Aug 1858 Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan
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16 Aug 1859 The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
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16 Aug 1861 President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy
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16 Aug 1861 Skirmishes at Fredericktown / Kirkville, Missouri
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16 Aug 1863 Chickamauga campaign Georgia
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16 Aug 1863 The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
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16 Aug 1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed
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16 Aug 1864 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault
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16 Aug 1864 Battle of Front Royal VA (Guard Hill)
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16 Aug 1869 Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
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16 Aug 1870 Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
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16 Aug 1870 Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion
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16 Aug 1876 Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth
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16 Aug 1876 The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)
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16 Aug 1882 British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria
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16 Aug 1890 Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia
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16 Aug 1891 The Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
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16 Aug 1894 Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith
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16 Aug 1896 Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
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16 Aug 1896 Gold discovered in the Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala
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16 Aug 1898 Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster
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16 Aug 1898 Roller coaster patented
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16 Aug 1900 The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
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16 Aug 1903 Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8
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16 Aug 1904 New York City begins building Grand Central Station
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16 Aug 1905 Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa
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16 Aug 1906 An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
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16 Aug 1907 Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself Sultan of Morocco
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16 Aug 1913 Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
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16 Aug 1913 Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
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16 Aug 1914 German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught
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16 Aug 1914 Zapata and Pancho Villa over run Mexico
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16 Aug 1915 KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0
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16 Aug 1918 US troops overthrows Archangelsk
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16 Aug 1918 The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak legion and the Red Army.
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16 Aug 1920 Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
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16 Aug 1920 The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
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16 Aug 1920 Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
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16 Aug 1920 Ray Chapman, of the Indians is hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality
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16 Aug 1922 AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (NYC)
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16 Aug 1923 The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
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16 Aug 1924 38th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (61 63)
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16 Aug 1924 Conference about German recovery payments opens in London
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16 Aug 1924 Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed
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16 Aug 1927 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (NY Yankee Babe Ruth)
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16 Aug 1927 The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
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16 Aug 1929 The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
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16 Aug 1930 The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
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16 Aug 1930 The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
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16 Aug 1934 US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)
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16 Aug 1934 US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere
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16 Aug 1936 11th Olympic games close in Berlin
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16 Aug 1940 45 German aircrafts shot down over England
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16 Aug 1942 Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow
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16 Aug 1942 World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
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16 Aug 1943 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily)
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16 Aug 1943 Bulgarian Czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler
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16 Aug 1944 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy
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16 Aug 1944 Chartres freed
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16 Aug 1944 Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London
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16 Aug 1944 US 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux
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16 Aug 1944 First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.
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16 Aug 1945 An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki.
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16 Aug 1945 Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops.
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16 Aug 1945 The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.
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16 Aug 1946 Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem / Hindu riot (3-4,000 die)
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16 Aug 1946 Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours.
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16 Aug 1946 The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
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16 Aug 1947 Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs
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16 Aug 1948 Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem
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16 Aug 1948 The Israeli pound becomes legal tender
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16 Aug 1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
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16 Aug 1953 KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
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16 Aug 1953 Shah of Persia and Princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome
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16 Aug 1954 "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing
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16 Aug 1954 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood
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16 Aug 1954 The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
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16 Aug 1954 Sports Illustrated publishes it's 1st issue
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16 Aug 1955 Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor
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16 Aug 1956 Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate
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16 Aug 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Seattle Golf Open
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16 Aug 1959 USSR introduces installment buying
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16 Aug 1960 Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Republic of Congo) forms
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16 Aug 1960 Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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16 Aug 1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus
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16 Aug 1960 Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700')
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16 Aug 1960 Republic of the Congo (Zaire) forms
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16 Aug 1961 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin
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16 Aug 1961 Martin L King protests for black voting right in Miami
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16 Aug 1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer
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16 Aug 1962 Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
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16 Aug 1963 Independence is restored to Dominican Republic
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16 Aug 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational
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16 Aug 1964 Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
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16 Aug 1965 AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins)
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16 Aug 1966 Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
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16 Aug 1967 Cin Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves
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16 Aug 1967 WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
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16 Aug 1969 WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, Georgia begins broadcasting
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16 Aug 1969 Woodstock rock festival begins in New York
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16 Aug 1970 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills, Oklahoma
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16 Aug 1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cincinnati Golf Open
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16 Aug 1972 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills, Michigan
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16 Aug 1972 Philip Potter appointed Secretary General of World council of Churches
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16 Aug 1972 In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
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16 Aug 1975 "Rodgers & Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 108 performances
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16 Aug 1975 Peter Gabriel quits Genesis
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16 Aug 1976 58th PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots a 281 at Congressional, Maryland
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16 Aug 1976 St. Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo)
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16 Aug 1977 Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th
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16 Aug 1980 Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath
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16 Aug 1980 Cozy Powell quits Rainbow
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16 Aug 1980 Jools Holland quits Squeeze
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16 Aug 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
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16 Aug 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)
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16 Aug 1981 Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
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16 Aug 1983 Paul Simon weds Carrie Fisher
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16 Aug 1984 LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges
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16 Aug 1984 Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)
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16 Aug 1984 NASA launches Ampte
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16 Aug 1985 Madonna weds Sean Penn on her 27th birthday
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16 Aug 1985 Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn
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16 Aug 1986 Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks & her single "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks
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16 Aug 1987 Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives)
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16 Aug 1987 New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9
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16 Aug 1987 Val Skinner wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
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16 Aug 1987 156 die as Northwest Flight 255 crashes at take off in Detroit
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16 Aug 1987 Astrological Harmonic Convergence-Dawn of New Age
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16 Aug 1988 IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence
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16 Aug 1988 Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis
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16 Aug 1988 Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers
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16 Aug 1989 A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.
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16 Aug 1989 Roger Kingdom of USA sets the 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich
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16 Aug 1990 Iraq orders 4000 Britons & 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq
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16 Aug 1991 Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants
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16 Aug 1991 Pres Bush declares the recession is near an end
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16 Aug 1992 20th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sherri Steinhaur
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16 Aug 1992 74th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 278 at Bellerive St. Louis
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16 Aug 1992 Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96)
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16 Aug 1994 Shauna Gambill, 17, of California, crowned 12th Miss Teen USA
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16 Aug 1997 For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia)
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16 Aug 1998 80th PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club - Seattle, Washington
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16 Aug 2008 The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
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16 Aug 2012 South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg.
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16 Aug 2013 The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people and 59 others missing.
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