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Sunday, 16 August 2026
1987 Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74. 
1988 Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies
1989 Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines
1989 Robert McFarlane gets $20000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra
1990 Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan), inaugural black crowned 39th Miss USA.
1990 Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86.
1991 Iraqi generals and General Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire.
1991 Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR
1991 Los Angeles riot due to 4 LA Police Officers beating Rodney King
1991 Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18
1991 United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, results in the deaths of 25.
1991 Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia
1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die
1992 Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd number retired by New York Islanders.
1992 President Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to.
1992 Robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82
1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)
1993 Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86
1994 Alan Eagleson indicted on 32 counts of embezzlement, fraud and racketeering; former head of the NHL Players Association.
1994 IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry
1994 Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50
1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce
1995 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84
1996 Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final.
1996 David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82.
1997 Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies
1998 Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee
2005 Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the inaugural non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.2007 Total lunar eclipse.
2005 The freighter M/V Karen Danielsen crashes into the Great Belt Bridge of Denmark. All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively separating Denmark in two.
2007 In this year, Mixed martial artist Randy Couture claims the UFC heavyweight championship at the age of 43 in the main event of UFC 68.
2007 Total lunar eclipse
2009 e Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by terroris while on eir way to e Gaddafi adium, Lahore for a Te match again Pakian
2012 Lorry crash in east Guinea results in the deaths of 50 and injures 27.
2013 45 people are killed by a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan
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