TODAY IN HISTORY AUGUST 16

THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 16

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Bratwurst Day

1812  Detroit fell to the British during the War of 1812 – General Hull surrendered without resistance to the British

1861  President Lincoln prohibited Union states from trading with Confederate states during the Civil War

1898  The Roller Coaster was patented by Edwin Preston

1904  NYC began building Grand Central Station

1930  Football player and announcer Frank Gifford was born

1953  TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford was born

1954  Director James Cameron was born – “Titanic”

1954  Walter Cronkite was replaced by Jack Paar as the host of “The Morning Show” on CBS

1958  Singer Madonna was born

1960  The free fall world record was set by Joseph Kittinger – he fell more than 16 miles before opening his parachute over New Mexico

1962  The Beatles release drummer Peter Best – Ringo came along August 17

1965  The Watts riots end after 6 days – 34 dead, 857 injured

1977  Elvis Presley died at age 42 – cause of death was a heart attack

1978  James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King, appeared before a Congressional committee and said he did not do it

1984  John DeLorean was acquitted of conspiracy to sell $24 million of cocaine – it was thought he wanted the money to save his car company

1984  The U.S. Jaycees vote to admit women as full members

1985  Madonna and Sean Penn were married

1995  Voters in Bermuda reject independence from England

1999  The TV quiz show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” made its debut

2003  Libya accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 in a letter to the UN Security Council

SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 16

2009  Derek Jeter gets his 2,674^th hit – most ever by a shortstop

2007  Trevor Hoffman gets his 30^th save for the 12^th straight season

2006  Bobby Abreau ties MLB record – 8^th straight season with 100 walks (Frank Thomas)

2002  Pedro Martinez loses to Minnesota 5-0 – his 35 scoreless inning streak comes to an end

2001  SD pitcher Jeremy Fikac gets the win over the Mets – struck out the side and pitched just one inning – MLB debut

1996  Orioles beat A’s 14-3 – 8 of the 9 Orioles starters had at least 2 hits

1987  NY Mets beat Cubs 23-10

1981  The highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand 13 – Figi 0)

1978  Luis Tiant of Red Sox gets his 200^th win – ends with 229

1976  Brewers pick off 3 runners at first base

1975  Minnesota beats Indians 9-1 – Twins set MLB record 9 players getting at least 2 hits

1971  Harmon Killebrew hits a triple – 8^th season he hits just one triple

1969  Bob Gibson gets his 200^th strikeout for the 7^th straight season – NL record

1968  Denny McLain beats Red Sox at Fenway – he is 16-0 on the road this season

1965  AFL awards its 1^st expansion franchise – Miami Dolphins - $7.5 million

1964  With his record at 19-5, Sandy Koufax injures himself on the bases and will miss the rest of the season

1954  Sports Illustrated published for the 1^st time

1936  The Berlin Olympics close

#1 SONGS on AUGUST 16

1960  It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley

1964  Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes

1965  I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher

1967  All You Need is Love – The Beatles

1968  People Got to Be Free – The Rascals

1969  In the Year 2525 – Zager & Evans

1970  Make It With You - Bread

1971  How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees

1972  Alone Again Naturally – Gilbert O’Sullivan

1973  The Morning After – Maureen McGovern

1974  The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace

1975  Jive Talkin’ – The Bee Gees

1976  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

1977  Best of My Love – The Emotions

1978  Three Times a Lady – The Commodores

1980  Magic – Olivia Newton-John

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

1983  Every Breathe You Take – The Police

1984  Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.

1986  Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna

1987  Who’s That Girl - Madonna

1990  Vision of Love – Mariah Carey

1991  Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1995  Waterfalls - TLC

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1999  Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera