Historical Events on 16th August ◀ Jul August Sep ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Events 1 - 151 of 151 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong, hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them—a case considered equal to the act of destroying stamped government documents, which by law necessitated one hundred floggings by a bamboo rod. However, the Hongwu Emperor decided to pardon them, seeing as how their intention was not to tear up the money. 1513 - Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France 1570 - King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II 1625 - Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe 1691 - Yorktown, Virginia founded 1717 - Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade 1743 - Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) 1745 - Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots King of England Henry VIIIKing of England Henry VIII 1748 - Geldermalsen sails to East-Indies 1777 - Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt 1780 - British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC 1794 - Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna 1797 - Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth 1812 - General Hull surrenders Detroit & Michigan territory to British forces 1812 - British forces under the command of Major General Sir Isaac Brock capture Fort Detroit with the help of Indigenous warriors led by Tecumseh Native American Leader of the Shawnee TecumsehNative American Leader of the Shawnee Tecumseh 1819 - Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England: cavalry charges demonstrators.15 people killed and 400–700 injured 1829 - Siamese twins Chang & Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited 1834 - Charles Darwin climbs Mt Campana in Chile 1858 - Britains Queen Victoria telegraphs US President James Buchanan 1861 - Pres Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy 1861 - Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri 1863 - Chickamauga campaign GA 1864 - Federal assault on 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia 1864 - Palace for Peoples industry official opens in Amsterdam 15th US President James Buchanan15th US President James Buchanan 1865 - Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic regains its independence after 4 years of fighting against the Spanish Annexation. 1869 - Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguay battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance. 1870 - Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isnt an optical illusion 1876 - Opera Siegfried premieres in Bayreuth 1882 - British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria 1890 - Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia 1894 - Indian chiefs from the Sioux & Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity & return to their old Indian faith 1896 - Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska 1898 - Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster 1903 - Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8 1904 - NYC begins building Grand Central Station 1905 - Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa 1906 - -17] 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000 1907 - Mulay Hafid is proclaimed the Sultan of Morocco by supporters leading to civil war; Mulay is supported by Germany while France supports the existing Sultan 1908 - The Committee of Union and Progress, The Young Turks, announces a program for reforms and respect for the rights of all within the Ottoman Empire, regardless of race or religion 1913 - Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students. 1914 - German army occupies last fort at Liege, Belgian general Leman caught 1914 - Zapata & Pancho Villa over run Mexico 1914 - World War I: Battle of Cer begins. 1915 - KCs Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0 1918 - US troops overthrows Archangelsk 1920 - Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality 1922 - AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (NYC) 1924 - 38th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (6-1 6-3) 1924 - Conference about German recovery payments opens in London 1924 - Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed Baseball Legend Babe RuthBaseball Legend Babe Ruth 1927 - 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (NY Yankee Babe Ruth) 1930 - The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks. 1934 - US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915) 1934 - US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028 (923 m) in Bathysphere 1936 - 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin 1940 - 45 German aircrafts shot down over England 1941 - HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England. 1942 - British Premier Winston Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow 1943 - 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily) Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf HitlerDictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler 1943 - Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler 1944 - 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise, Normandy 1944 - Chartres freed 1944 - Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London 1944 - US 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux 1944 - First flight of the Junkers Ju 287. 1945 - Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops. 1946 - Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) 1947 - Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs 1948 - Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem 1948 - Israeli pound becomes legal tender 1950 - West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England 1953 - KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins 1953 - Shah of Persia & princess Soraya flee to Baghdad & Rome 1954 - Sports Illustrated magazine begins publishing 1954 - 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood 1955 - Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor 1956 - Adlai E Stevenson nominated as US Democratic presidential candidate 1956 - Indians Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4 1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Seattle Golf Open 1959 - USSR introduces installment buying 1960 - Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus 1960 - Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700) 1960 - Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms 1961 - 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin 1961 - Martin L King protests for black voting right in Miami Beatles Drummer Ringo StarrBeatles Drummer Ringo Starr 1962 - Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles drummer 1963 - Independence is restored to Dominican Republic 1964 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational 1964 - St Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader 1965 - AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins) 1967 - Cin Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured & leaves 1967 - WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 - WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, GA begins broadcasting 1969 - Second day of the Woodstock rock festival in NY 1970 - 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK 1970 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cincinnati Golf Open Golfer Gary PlayerGolfer Gary Player 1972 - 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich 1972 - Morocco King Hassan IIs B727 shot at 1972 - Philip Potter appointed sect-gen of World council of Churches 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1974 - Ramones concert debut (NYs CBGBs) 1975 - Rodgers & Hart closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 108 perfs 1975 - Peter Gabriel quits Genesis 1976 - 58th PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots a 281 at Congressional MD 1976 - St Louis Cards beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo) 1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1977 - Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th 1980 - Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath 1980 - Cozy Powell quits Rainbow 1980 - Jools Holland quits Squeeze 1981 - Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0) 1981 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic 1981 - Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93) 1984 - Sunken liner Andrea Dorias safe opened 1984 - LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges 1984 - Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500) 1984 - NASA launches Ampte 1986 - Sudan rebels shoot a Fokkers F-27 down, 57 killed 1986 - Papa Dont Preach goes #1 for 2 weeks Pop Star MadonnaPop Star Madonna 1986 - Madonnas True Blue album goes #1 for 5 weeks & her single 1987 - Astrological Harmonic Convergence-Dawn of New Age 1987 - NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9 1987 - Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives) 1987 - Val Skinner wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am 1988 - Butch Reynolds runs world record 400 m (43.29) 1988 - IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence 1988 - Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers 1989 - Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich 1989 - A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Torontos stock market. 1990 - China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC 1990 - Iraq orders 4000 Britons & 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq 1991 - Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants US President George H. W. BushUS President George H. W. Bush 1991 - President Bush declares recession is near an end 1992 - 20th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sherri Steinhaur 1992 - 74th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 278 at Bellerive St Louis 1992 - Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96) 1993 - The Debian distribution was first announced by Ian Murdock, then a student at Purdue University. Murdock initially called his system the Debian Linux Release 1994 - Chandrika Kumaratungos party wins Sri Lanka elections 1994 - Shauna Gambill, 17, of California, crowned 12th Miss Teen USA 1997 - For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia) 1998 - 80th PGA Championship: Vijay Singh shoots a 271 at Sahalee Country Club 1998 - Weetabix Womens British Golf Open 2003 - U.S. Representative from South Dakota Bill Janklow hits and kills a motorcyclist with his car at a rural intersection near Trent, South Dakota; he will eventually be convicted of manslaughter and will resign from Congress. 2005 - West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes near Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 aboard. Sprinter Usain BoltSprinter Usain Bolt 2008 - Usain Bolt sets a new 100 metres dash world record of 9.69 seconds at the Beijing 2008 summer olympics. 2009 - 91st PGA Championship: Yang Yong-eun shoots a 280 at Hazeltine National Golf Club 2011 - Beginning of World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid 2012 - Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador 2012 - 113 people are killed and over 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Iraq 2012 - South African police open fire on striking mine workers and kill at least 34 people 2013 - 61 people are killed after the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas sinks in the Philippines
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