Page 7: Historical Events In August - 16

1988  Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis   

1988  Milton Adolphus, composer, dies at 75.   

1989  Amanda Blake, actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 58   

1990  Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq.   

1991  Pres Bush declares the recession is near an end   

1991  Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43   

1992  Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack.   

1993  Irene Sharaff, US costume designer (Cleopatra, Can-can), dies at 83.   

1994  Earnest Pawel, Polish/US author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74   

1995  John Cameron Swayze, news anchor (NBC), dies at 89.   

1996  Eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower), dies at 31.   

2000  Heather breaks up with Wayne for good after 5 years and she says, " I'M FINALLY FREE!! ".   

2005  The XX World Youth Day begins in Cologne, Germany   

2005  West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes into a mountain in Venezuela, killing 152 passengers.   

2007  The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah, collapses a second time, killing three rescue workers and injuring six more.   

2011  Beginning of World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid.   

2012  Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador   

2013  61 people are killed after the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas sinks in the Philippines   

2017  Over 100 Maasai houses destroyed in Tanzania by game park authorities as part of a border dispute near Serengeti National Park.   

2017  Lebanon parliament abolishes article 522, which exempted rapists from prosecution if they married their victim.   

2017  Baltimore city council removes confederate statues under cover of darkness in response to Charlottesville violence.   

2017  Philippine police kill 32 in raids near Manilia, most deadly night in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs   

2017  Three suicide bombers kill 27 people outside a refugee camp near Maiduguri in Borno state, Nigeria, Boko Haram suspected   

2017  Last batch of Farc rebel weapons removed by the UN in Colombia.   

2017  Emma Stone is the year's highest-paid actress with $26 million, according to Forbes   

2018  Brandt Snedeker shoots 10th sub-60 round in PGA history with an 11-under par 59 in the opening round of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina.   

2018  Unprecedented flooding and landslides in Kerala, India, reported to have killed 106 people with 150000 homeless   

2018  World's inaugural floating dairy farm opens in Merwehaven harbour, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with 40 cows milked by robots.   

2018  Pope Francis and the Vatican issues statement in support of the 300 victims of "predator priests" in Pennsylvania   

2018  Scarlett Johansson is the world's best-paid actress of the year earning $40.5 million according to Forbes.   

2018  British Columbia, Canada, declares State of Emergency with 566 wildfires burning, prompting evacuation of 3000 people   

2018  International Tennis Federation votes to change format of the Davis Cup to a big prize money, season-ending, 18-team tournament at a neutral site; 24 team qualifying tournament to start in February 2019.   

2020  In this year, World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan claims his 6th world title with an 18-8 win over countryman Kyren Wilson.   

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1355  Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster was born on this day in history.   

1378  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany was born on this day in history.   

1401  Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On August - 16 birth of carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar   

1557  Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602) was born on August - 16.   

1573  Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598) was born on August - 16.   

1596  Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1027  On this day in history death of giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)   

1297  Death of John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) on this day in history.   

1327  On this day in history death of roch, French saint (b. 1295)   

1358  On August - 16 death of duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)   

1419  On August - 16 death of wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)   

1443  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) on this day in history.   

1445  Death of Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) on this day in history.   

1508  On this day in history henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41