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Politics : Idea Of The Day
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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48870)8/16/2005 7:25:37 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) of 50167
 
August 16:

* 1777 - American Revolutionary War: British troops and Hessian mercenaries were routed in the Battle of Bennington.
* 1819 - Cavalry charged into a crowd, turning a public meeting in Manchester, England into the Peterloo massacre.
* 1920 - Cleveland Indian shortstop Ray Chapman was hit by a pitch and died the following day, the only such fatality in a Major League Baseball game to date.
* 1960 - Joseph Kittinger parachuted from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m), setting records for; high-altitude jump, free-fall height, and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft.
* 1962 - The Beatles fired Pete Best and replaced him with Ringo Starr.
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