Historical Events In August - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1934 US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915) on this day in history.
1934 US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere on August - 16.
1936 On this day in history 11th Olympic games close in Berlin
1936 On August - 16 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin
1938 On August - 16 robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27
1939 Ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies on August - 16.
1940 On August - 16 45 German aircrafts shot down over England
1940 Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries on this day in history.
1941 HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England on this day in history.
1942 Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow on August - 16.
1943 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily) on August - 16.
1944 On this day in history u.S. War Department issues a statement that bombing Auschwitz would divert air power from "decisive operations elsewhere."
1944 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28
1945 Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history nico Richter, composer, dies at 29
1946 Great Calcutta blood bath on this day in history.
1946 Herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism) on August - 16.
1947 Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs on this day in history.
1948 On this day in history the Israeli pound becomes legal tender
1948 On August - 16 arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem
1948 Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53 on August - 16.
1949 On August - 16 margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48
1950 On this day in history west Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
1951 Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1953 On this day in history kTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
1954 Sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue on August - 16.
1954 On August - 16 "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing
1955 On this day in history fiat Motors orders first private atomic reactor
1955 On August - 16 fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor
1956 Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate on this day in history.
1956 On August - 16 bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73
1958 Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85 on this day in history.
1959 On this day in history uSSR introduces installment buying
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