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MOMENTS IN TIME • On Aug. 16, 1920, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman is struck in the temple by a ball pitched by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. He died 12 hours later. After Chapman's injury, it was mandated that scuffed or discolored balls be replaced with new white ones, making them easier to see.
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a 400-kiloton device in Kazakhstan. Known as the "Layer Cake," the bomb was fueled by layers of uranium and lithium deuteride, a hydrogen isotope. • On Aug. 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, New York. By the time the gates opened, more than 400,000 people were clamoring to get in. Those without tickets simply walked through gaps in the fences, and the organizers were eventually forced to make the event free of charge.
• On Aug. 17, 1933, New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,308th consecutive game, breaking former Yankee Everett Scott's record for consecutive games played. Gehrig would go on to play in 2,130 games in a row, setting a record that • On Aug. 11, 1973, "Ameriwould stand for over half a century. can Graffiti," a nostalgic coming-of-age tale steeped in the • On Aug. 13, 1948, U.S. and Brit- car-centric culture of suburban Caliish planes airlift a record amount fornia, is released in theaters. The of supplies into sections of Berlin film went on to become a sleeper hit. under American and British control. Despite terrible weather, crowded • On Aug. 14, 1985, Michael Jackson airspace and exhaustion of the pi- purchases the publishing rights to the lots and crews, more than 700 Brit- vast majority of the Beatles' catalog ish and American planes brought for $47 million, outbidding even Paul in nearly 5,000 tons of supplies. McCartney. In later years, the catalog -- now estimated to be worth in excess • On Aug. 12, 1953, less than a year of $1 billion -- allowed Jackson to reafter the United States tested its first main solvent by serving as collateral hydrogen bomb, the Soviets detonate for several enormous personal loans.
ACCIDENTAL SIGNS • In 1751 George II of England erased a debt he owed to George Deakins by telling him he could have 600 acres of land in Maryland. Deakins was determined to get the best 600 acres he could, so he hired two sets of surveyors to look over the land and tell him what they thought. Neither team knew about the other team, so Deakins was amazed when each group recommended the same plot. Deakins considered this an accident of fate and dubbed the land "The Accidental Tract." Today the town that grew up there is known as Accident, Maryland. They have trouble preventing their interstate signs from being stolen. The signs say, "Accident Ahead." UNIQUE TRAFFIC CONTROL • The town park in Napa, California had plenty of traffic control signs, stop signs, and signs asking drivers to slow down. Still, the park was plagued by accidents. Finally the City Park Superintendent purchased 85 chickens, releasing them in the park to act as traffic controls. The chickens did nothing except strut around, completely oblivious to all traffic. But drivers were so reluctant to run over the birds as they wandered around on the roads that they slowed down considerably. The accident rate plunged and only nine birds were lost the first year. R.I.P. • On November 16, 1983, folks in Caldwell, Idaho removed "Red-Eyed Pete," the last traffic light on Interstate 80. After its demise, people were able to drive coast-to-coast nonstop. Three morticians were on duty when Red-Eyed Pete was dismantled, laid out in a horse-drawn hearse, and carried a mile to his grave. The mayor delivered a eulogy as the casket was lowered into the ground. His headstone read, "Here lies RedEyed Pete, the one red light you need no longer beat."
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