Wednesday, August 15, 2018.

• 1949 - WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1950 - 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
• 1950 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1950 - Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
• 1950 - Indies Constitution goes into effect
• 1950 - Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier
• 1950 - Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
• 1950 - Rotterdam harbor strike begins
• 1952 - 19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316)
• 1952 - 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34
• 1954 - Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay
• 1954 - WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins
• 1955 - WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins
• 1957 - David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon
• 1957 - USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
• 1958 - 25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000)
• 1958 - Buddy Holly weds Maria Santiago
• 1958 - Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank
• 1958 - Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank
• 1960 - CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium
• 1960 - Chic Bears beat NY Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL expo)
• 1960 - Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France
• 1960 - Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Phila Phillies, 1-0
• 1960 - UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen
• 1961 - Building of Berlin Wall begins
• 1962 - Netherlands & Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea
• 1962 - Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia
• 1963 - Fulbert Youlou, resigns as Pres of Congo-Brazzaville
• 1964 - Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
• 1964 - Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago
• 1964 - Phillies triple-play NY Mets
• 1964 - Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill
• 1964 - Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 3¬"
• 1965 - 47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley GC PA
• 1965 - Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium
• 1965 - Mary Mills wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open
• 1965 - Japanese community of SF holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues
• 1966 - Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
• 1967 - Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae
• 1967 - England's Marine Offense Bill makies pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect, pirate station Radio 355 closes down
• 1968 - Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting
• 1968 - Romanian president Ceausescu visits Prague
• 1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
• 1969 - Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
• 1970 - Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
• 1971 - Bahrain gains independence from Britain
• 1971 - Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0)
• 1971 - KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
• 1971 - Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents
• 1971 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open