Historical Events for 16th August 2023

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1954 - 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood
1969 - Second day of the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York; performers include Santana, John Sebastian; Mountain, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who, and Jefferson Airplane
1972 - Philip Potter appointed sect-gen of World council of Churches
1988 - Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers
1991 - John Gutfreund announces his resignation as chief executive of Salomon Brothers amid illegal bidding scandal
2008 - American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 7th of 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics when he takes the 100m butterfly in Olympic record 50.58; beats Milorad Čavić of Serbia by 0.01
2012 - South African police open fire on striking mine workers and kill at least 34 people
2012 - 113 people are killed and over 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Iraq
2013 - 61 people are killed after the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas sinks in the Philippines
2019 - Huge fire in Chalantika slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, destroys 1,200 houses and leaves up to 10,000 homeless

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