CoM Moderators Posted August 16 Posted August 16 Historical Events 1691 - Yorktown, Virginia founded 1959 - LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Rainier GandCC: Betsy Rawls wins her second WO by 6 strokes over JoAnne Gunderson and Patty Berg 1969 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young perform their first public show at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago with singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell as their opening act 1990 - South African President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto 2021 - First official water shortage declared at Lake Mead, a major reservoir on the Colorado River supplying 40 million people, with cuts mandated mainly for Arizona More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1916 - Iggy Katona, American race car driver, born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2003) 1945 - Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina (Don Quioxote), born in Cincinnati, Ohio 1952 - Reginald Veljohnson, actor (Carl Winslow-Family Matters, Die Hard), born in New York City 1962 - Steve Carell, American actor and comedian (The Office), born in Concord, Massachusetts 1978 - Eddie Gill, American basketball player, born in Aurora, Colorado More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1945 - Takijiro Ohnishi, led Japanese kamikaze pilots (harakiri), dies 1993 - Irene Sharaff, US costume designer (Cleopatra, Can-can), dies at 83 1996 - Robert Lynn, Scottish anarchist, dies at 72 2006 - Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (Dissection), dies at 31 2021 - Sean Lock, British comedian (British Comedy Award, 2000), and television personality, dies of cancer at 58 More Famous Deaths »
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