TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2017

Today is Tuesday, August 15, the 227th day of 2017. There are 138 days left in the year.

1962 — Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia

1964 — Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill

1965 — Beatle’s Shea Stadium concert

1966 — Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission

1967 — England’s Marine Offense Bill making pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect, pirate station Radio 355 closes down

1968 — Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting

1969 — Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur’s Dairy Farm)

1970 — Patricia Palinkas becomes first woman pro football player (Orlando)