Page 7: Historical Events In August - 12

1960  USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41600 m   

1962  Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15   

1962  Tim D.was born this day in Calgary.   

1964  Race riot in Elizabeth NJ.   

1964  Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56.   

1965  Race riot in West Side of Chicago   

1968  Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81.   

1969  A three day street battle started in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.   

1969  Echo, the worlds inaugural communications satellite, launched by the US.   

1969  Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72.   

1972  Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam.   

1973  John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies.   

1974  Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become inaugural teammates elected to hall of fame on the same day.   

1976  inaugural approach and landing test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise   

1976  Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies   

1977  High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit.   

1977  Space shuttle Enterprise makes inaugural atmospheric flight   

1978  Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours.   

1981  IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0.   

1982  Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80   

1983  Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies   

1985  Japanese Boeing 747 crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll).   

1985  Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86   

1988  Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released.   

1988  Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at the hospital.   

1988  Richard Thornburgh is recorded as becoming US Attorney General   

1988  Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies.   

1990  12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania   

1990  Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories.   

1990  Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87   

1991  Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan   

1991  Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies   

1992  Beverley Brooks, dies of a stroke at 63.   

1993  Jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69   

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1503  Christian iii: King of denmark/norway (1534-59)   

1566  Isabella ce: Infante of spain/governess of the netherlands   

1592  Willem earl of nassau-siegen: Dutch gov (fort emmerik/heusden)   

1604  Tokugawa iemitsu: Japanese shogun   

1620  Pieter cuypers: S neth lawyer   

1626  Giovanni legrenzi: Composer   

1629  Tsar alexei i of russia: Tsar alexei i of russia (d. 1676)   

1644  Georg christoph leuttner: Composer   

0030  Death of Cleopatra vii thea philopator: Cleopatra vii thea philopator (b. 69 bc)   

0875  Louis ii: King of italy/emperor of france,   

1158  Death of Anselmus van havelberg: Brandenburg bshp of havelberg (1129-55),   

1350  Death of Philip vi: King of france,   

1424  Death of Yongle: Emperor of china (b. 1360)   

1484  Death of Sixtus iv: [francesco della rovere], pope (1471-84),   

1546  Death of Francisco de vitoria: Spanish theology/lawyer,   

1577  Death of Thomas smith: English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)