CoM Moderators Posted May 16 Posted May 16 1902 - 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3 1943 - Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous Dambusters Raid, bombing the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs 1945 - Violent battles around Sugar Loaf and Half Moon, Okinawa 1955 - Rocky Marciano beats Don Cockell by TKO in the 9th round at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco to retain his world heavyweight boxing title 1956 - Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1956 - England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey v Australia in tour match at The Oval, London 1989 - Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing and formally end a 30-year rift 1990 - Eugene Stoner and Mikhail Kalashnikov, the creators of the M16 rifle and the AK-47 rifle respectively, meet in Washington, D.C. 1993 - Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull 2023 - ChatGPT developer OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, supports oversight of AI, in appearance before US Senate Committee saying they “might consider a combination of licensing and testing requirements" More Historical Events »
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