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It happened on a… August 16

2009

Usain Bolt of Jamaica edges American Tyson Gay to win 100m in world record 9.58s at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin

1987

Bon Jovi release their 3rd album “Slippery When Wet” (Billboard’s top selling album of 1987).

1975

Peter Gabriel quits Genesis.

1974

Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.

1969

First performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Auditorium Theater, Chicago).

1954

The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.

1930

The first British Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event is now called the British Commonwealth Games.

1896

Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska by George Carmack.

1858

Bank of Canada chartered.

1827

Admiral John Franklin 1786-1847 lays first stone of Rideau Canal locks; on his return down the Ottawa River from the Arctic.

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