On This Day In History – August 16th

Tigers and war and Led Zeppelin and flying monkeys and pay phones.

23 years ago - In 1999, 23-year-old Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship, becoming the youngest player to win two majors since Seve Ballesteros in 1980.

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43 years ago - In 1979, Led Zeppelin released their eighth and final album "In  Through the Out Door".

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83 years ago - In 1939, "The Wizard of Oz" premiered at Grauman's Chinese  Theatre in Hollywood.

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145 years ago - In 1877, Thomas Edison wrote a letter to the president of the Telegraph Company and said that when answering the telephone, "Hello" would be more appropriate than Alexander Graham Bell's suggestion of "Ahoy"

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43 years ago - In 1979, "Apocalypse Now", was released . . . starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall.

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