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• 1986 Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed • • 1987 Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives) • 1987 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-10 at Wrigley Field, Chicago; Greg Maddox records the loss • • 1988 Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers • • 1989 Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich • • 1990 Iraq orders 4000 Britons & 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq • • 1992 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. Charles CC: American Sherri Steinhauer wins first of 2 majors (British Open 2006) by 3 from Judy Dickinson • 1992 Moses Kiptanui of Kenya runs world 3,000m record 7:28.96 in Cologne, Germany • • • 1993 The Debian distribution first announced by Ian Murdock, a student at Purdue University (Murdock initially called his system the "Debian Linux Release") • • 1994 Shauna Gambill, 17, of California, crowned 12th Miss Teen USA • • 1997 New Zealand beats Australia, 36-24 in Dunedin to retain the Tri Nations Rugby Series with an unbeaten record; All Blacks flyhalf Carlos Spencer lands 5 penalties and 3 conversions; halftime NZ, 36-0 • 1997 The South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana wins against the national team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at First National Bank stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa • • • • 2008 British swimmer Rebecca Adlington wraps up the 400/800m freestyle double at the Beijing Olympics with a world record 8:14.10 in the 800 • 2008 British team o...

On this page, you will find out what your life path number, birth sign, and ruling planet really mean. Learn the meaning of your birthstone, birth flower and discover what is Generation Alpha and what happened in 2020s. View the most popular baby names on the day you were born and other untold facts. Your life path number is 3 Numerology is the mystical study of numbers. Just as astrology the planets and zodiac signs are connected to specific attributes within astrology, certain numbers are associated with specific traits or themes. These numbers are used to offer insight into personality, future events, and even life’s greater purpose. What does life path number 3 mean? Life path number 3 represents vision, imagination and joy of living. You possess a great talent for creativity and self expression. August 16 zodiac sign is Leo There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. By analyzing the projection of the position of planets, and the Sun and the Moon on the Ecliptic at the moment of birth. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears. People who are born on August 16 in 2022 have an astrological sign of Leo♌. Leo's life pursuit is to lead the way and a secret desire to be a star. People of this zodiac sign like theater, taking holidays, being admired, expensive things, bright colors and dislike being ignored, facing...

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In 1777, American forces won the Battle of Bennington in what was considered a turning point of the Revolutionary War. In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Native American forces in the War of 1812. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 86, which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial trade with states that were in rebellion — i.e., the Confederacy. In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53. In 1962, the Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr. In 1978, James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., told a Capitol Hill hearing he did not commit the crime, saying he’d been set up by a mysterious man called “Raoul.” In 1987, people worldwide began a two-day celebration of the “harmonic convergence,” which heralded what believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind. In 2002, terrorist mastermind Abu Nidal reportedly was found shot to death in Baghdad, Iraq; he was 65. In 2003, Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda, died in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia; he was believed to have been about 80. In 2014, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, where police and protesters repeatedly clashed in the week since a Black 18-year-old, Michael Brown, was shot to death by a white police officer. In 2018, Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul,” died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 7...

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