August 16

Friday 16, 1996:

Sigma Beta Rho is founded at the University of Pennsylvania.

Friday 16, 1974:

The Ramones play their first ever show at the CBGB's.

Wednesday 16, 1972:

The Royal Moroccan Air Force mistakenly fires upon, but fails to bring down, Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.

Friday 16, 1946:

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is established, and Ichir? Ishikawa is appointed its representative.

Sunday 16, 1942:

The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappear without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crashlands in Daly City, California.

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