Today is Wednesday, August 16, the 228th day of 2017. There are 137 days left in the year.
1934 — U.S. ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)
1936 — 11th Olympic games close in Berlin
1948 — The Israeli pound becomes legal tender
1954 — Sports Illustrated publishes it’s 1st issue
1955 — Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor
1956 — Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate
1959 — USSR introduces installment buying
1960 — Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus
1960 — Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m