August 16, 2006
Historically Speaking of August 16th
Today is the 228th day of the year – there are 137 days remaining in 2006
It has been 1,200 days since “Mission Accomplished” was declared in Iraq by our man W
Notable events from this date:
- 1977 - The King of Rock n Roll Elvis Presley died at his Graceland mansion
- 1974 - Groundbreaking punk rock band The Ramones play their first gig at CBGB’s
- 1969 - The Who’s Pete Townsend clocks Abbie Hoffman with his electric guitar after the activist jumped on stage at Woodstock to protest who knows what
- 1962 - The Beatles fire their drummer Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr
- 1955 - Renowned entertainer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson has his passport appeal denied by State Department
- 1954 - Sports Illustrated magazine is first published
- 1948 - The Sultan of Swat, perhaps the greatest baseball player of all-time, Babe Ruth dies of cancer in NYC – he would lie in state at Yankee Stadium for 2 days
- 1920 - Ray Chapman of the Indians is hit in the head by a pitch from Yankee Carl Mays, Chapman would die early the next day from his injury
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