What happend on 16th August

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1960

Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m). He sets unbeaten (as of 2003) world records for: high-altitude jump; free-fall by falling 16 miles (25.7 km) before opening his parachute; and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft, 614 mi/h (982 km/h).

1960

Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

1954

Sports Illustrated magazine is first published.

1946

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

1942

World War II:

1930

The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks

1928

Murderer Carl Panzram is arrested in Washington, DC after killing 20 people.

1920

Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. To date, Chapman is the only player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.

1915

World War I: Should victory be achieved over the Central Powers, the Triple Entente promises the Kingdom of Serbia: the Austro-Hungarian territories of Baranja, Srem, Slavonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the eastern 2/3 of Dalmatia (from the river of Krka to the city of Bar).

1913

Tōhoku Imperial University (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students.