Complete Set Lists For Every Act at the Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 (Originally Published on August 17, 2014)

As many of you probably already know,  this is the anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival of 1969. And also, as quite a few of you probably already know (and if you were not aware of this before, surely you are aware of it now), I have a fascination with Woodstock.

I wrote a blog entry in honor of Woodstock last year, and republished it yesterday, on the anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival opening exactly forty-five years ago yesterday.

But as I was driving and listening to the radio earlier this evening, they were talking about the concert on the classic rock station that I happened to be listening to at the time (actually, I had just switched, and happened on it), and it struck me, just how incredible and memorable a concert that was, and how it actually transcended just some bigger than normal rock concert. After all, it is the summer of 2014 now, and people are still talking about it, all these years later! 

Stop and think about that for a moment: through all of the events that have taken place since then - it took place in the aftermath of the civil rights movement and significant political assassinations that shook the country, and indeed the world, to the core, and the cultural aftershocks of a predominately conformist society being challenged from all angles, from the Vietnam War that itself helped to define the meaning of Woodstock (and on some level, I would say that Woodstock and the whole counterculture helped to frame the Vietnam War, at least through American eyes, as well), to the political turbulence of the seventies, to the new conformity and the "Me Decade" that was the eighties, Gulf War I in the early nineties, the Clinton years, the George W. Bush years and Gulf War II, the economic collapse, and now the Obama years. From the height of hippie culture being the popular cultural phenomenon, to the seventies hard rock with all of those long guitar riffs, and disco, of course, to the synthesizer heavy eighties, and all of those one hit wonders, to the emergence of grunge in the nineties, and now to the techno dance music that seems to have (unfortunately) come to dominate popular music since. 

Yet, people still remember Woodstock! People are still talking about it, and many share my fascination with it! So much time has passed, yet Woodstock still casts a shadow over much of popular music, even today!

And frankly, I actually like to reflect on the concert. I did so last year when my brother and I went to see Colin Haye at Bethel, back in October, which presented me not only with the opportunity to visit the grounds of where the Woodstock Music Festival actually took place, but to do so more thoroughly than the first time, and also to do so with a camera, which allowed me to not only share my thoughts about it (and the concert that I attended on that evening as well), but to post pictures, too!

Then, earlier this year, when I attended a couple of concerts featuring some acts that had actually taken the stage at Woodstock, four and a half decades ago! Again, this time, I had the benefit of a camera, and so I was able to snap yet more pictures, and share these, and my thoughts, here on "The Charbor Chronicles".

Here I am, once again, dedicating a post about Woodstock. It still remains a fascinating subject (at least to me), and so, I thought it would be good to do more than simply republish last year's thoughts this year, but to delve a little deeper.

So, the first order of business, thought I, would be to actually get the entire set lists for every single act that performed on that day, as well as the conditions that the concert took place under for each day. 

And I was able to do all of that by relying on one site (see the link below), which simplified matters quite a bit!

Now, in this day and age, I am wondering just how long it is going to take, before a brand new box set with a mix of newly discovered audio and video clips emerges that allows more music to be released from this famous concert than ever before. That seems to be the flavor these days, with countless old bands suddenly finding old audio tapes, and releasing "new" material in this manner.

Of course, it is to generate more money. And Woodstock releases will be about that, too. Only the actual Woodstock Festival transcended that -  at least for three days. It did not start off as a free concert, but it certainly wound up as such! 

I have said this before, but I will say it again: Woodstock transcended pretty much everything. The counterculture which greatly helped to produce it, which now has come to extinction, and is largely viewed in an almost comical manner these days. But most musicians that I know of still speak of Woodstock with some measure of reverence, and I have known some people - including one extreme right wing guy, who were absolutely fascinated and in love with Woodstock, even though he hated the "hippies" and blamed them for the decline of the Army football program at West Point (he was a big fan, and attended every home game). 

Woodstock came to represent the best possibilities for at least trying to help build a new world. No, that new world was never completed, obviously. Yet, with Woodstock, we did catch a glimpse of what that new world might have looked like, what direction it may have gone in, and it was beautiful. Certainly, it was incredibly creative, colorful, and artistic. 

And I think, at least in large part, that is why Woodstock lives on today, while so much of hippie culture has mostly otherwise faded away. Because it was here, at this concert on a farm in upstate New York, that we began to collectively drop some of our doubts about the legitimacy and sincerity of this vision, and began to pay attention to something that opened our eyes to other possibilities than this troubled world that we collectively both inherited and.helped to create and define.

That, I suspect, is the main reason that Woodstock is still remembered today, and remains far, far more than just a rock concert.

But there is the music, and that allows us to take a step back, in a way, back into 1969, and to hear what was going on. 

So, I thought it would be a good idea to review exactly who performed, how many songs they performed and what songs they decided to play during their setlist, and what the day was like when they performed.

Here it is:

Day One - - Friday, August 15

The festival started at about 5 pm. There was some rain in the evening.

Richie Havens

1. From the Prison
2. Get Together
3. From the Prison (Reprise)
4. The Minstrel from Gault
5. I'm a Stranger Here
6. High Flying Bird
7. I Can't Make It Anymore
8. With a Little Help from My Friends
9. Handsome Johnny
10. Strawberry Fields Forever > Hey Jude
11. Freedom (Motherless Child)

Sweetwater

1. Motherless Child
2. Look Out
3. For Pete's Sake
4. Day Song
5. What's Wrong
6. Crystal Spider
7. Two Worlds
8. Why Oh Why
9. Let the Sunshine In
10. Oh Happy Day

Bert Sommer

1. Jennifer
2. The Road to Travel
3. I Wondered Where You Be
4. She's Gone
5. Things Are Going My Way
6. And When It's Over
7. Jeanette
8. America
9. A Note That Read
10. Smile

Tim Hardin

1. (How Can We) Hang on to a Dream
2. Susan
3. If I Were a Carpenter
4. Reason to Believe
5. You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie
6. Speak Like a Child
7. Snow White Lady
8. Blues on My Ceiling
9. Simple Song of Freedom
10. Misty Roses

Ravi Shankar

1. Rāga Puriya-Dhanashri (Gat In Sawarital)
2. Tabla Solo In Jhaptal
3. Rāga Manj Kmahaj

Melanie Safka

1. Close to It All
2. Momma Momma
3. Beautiful People
4. Animal Crackers
5. Mr. Tambourine Man
6. Tuning My Guitar
7. Birthday of the Sun

Arlo Guthrie

1. Coming into Los Angeles
2. Wheel of Fortune
3. Walking Down the Line
4. Arlo Speech: Exodus
5. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
6. Every Hand in the Land
7. Amazing Grace

Joan Baez

1. Oh Happy Day
2. The Last Thing On My Mind
3. I Shall Be Released
4. Story about how the Federal Marshalls came to take David Harris into custody
5. No Expectations
6. Joe Hill
7. Sweet Sir Galahad
8. Hickory Wind
9. Drug Store Truck Driving Man
10. I Live One Day at a Time
11. Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South
12. Let Me Wrap You in My Warm and Tender Love
13. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
14. We Shall Overcome

Day Two - Saturday, August 16

The day opened at 12:15 pm, and featured some of the event's biggest psychedelic and guitar rock headliners.

Quill

1. They Live the Life
2. That's How I Eat
3. Driftin'
4. Waitin' for You

Country Joe McDonald

1. Janis
2. Donovan's Reef
3. Heartaches by the Number
4. Ring of Fire
5. Tennessee Stud
6. Rockin' Round the World
7. Flying High
8. Seen a Rocket
9. "Fish" Cheer > I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag

Santana

1. Waiting
2. Evil Ways
3. You Just Don't Care
4. Savor
5. Jingo
6. Persuasion
7. Soul Sacrifice
8. Fried Neckbones And Some Home Fries

John B. Sebastian

1. How Have You Been
2. Rainbows Over Your Blues
3. I Had A Dream
4. Darlin' Be Home Soon
5. Younger Generation

Keef Hartley Band

1. Spanish Fly
2. She's Gone
3. Too Much Thinkin'
4. Believe In You
5. Rock Me Baby
6. Medley: Sinnin' For You (Intro) > Leaving Trunk > Just to Cry > Sinnin' for You

The Incredible String Band

1. Invocation (Spoken Word)
2. The Letter
3. Gather 'Round
4. This Moment
5. Come with Me
6. When You Find Out Who You Are

Canned Heat

1. I'm Her Man
2. Going Up the Country
3. A Change Is Gonna Come / Leaving This Town
4. Too Many Drivers at the Wheel
5. I Know My Baby
6. Woodstock Boogie
7. On the Road Again

Mountain

1. Blood of the Sun
2. Stormy Monday
3. Theme for an Imaginary Western
4. Long Red
5. For Yasgur's Farm
6. Beside the Sea
7. Waiting to Take You Away
8. Dreams of Milk and Honey > Guitar Solo
9. Blind Man (???)
10. Dirty Shoes Blues (???)
11. Southbound Train

The Grateful Dead

1. St. Stephen
2. Mama Tried
3. Dark Star
4. High Time
5. Turn On Your Lovelight

Creedence Clearwater Revival

1. Born on the Bayou
2. Green River
3. Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)
4. Commotion
5. Bootleg
6. Bad Moon Rising
7. Proud Mary
8. I Put a Spell on You
9. The Night Time Is the Right Time
10. Keep on Chooglin'
11. Suzy Q

Janis Joplin

1. Raise Your Hand
2. As Good as You've Been to This World
3. To Love Somebody
4. Summertime
5. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)
6. Kozmic Blues
7. Can't Turn You Loose
8. Work Me, Lord
9. Piece of My Heart
10. Ball and Chain

Sly & The Family Stone

1. M’Lady
2. Sing A Simple Song
3. You Can Make It If You Try
4. Everyday People
5. Dance To The Music
6. Music Lover
7. I Want To Take You Higher
8. Love City
9. Stand!

The Who

1. Heaven and Hell
2. I Can't Explain
3. It's a Boy
4. 1921
5. Amazing Journey
6. Sparks
7. Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker)
8. Christmas
9. Acid Queen
10. Pinball Wizard
11. The Abbie Hoffman Incident
12. Do You Think It's Alright?
13. Fiddle About
14. There's a Doctor
15. Go to the Mirror
16. Smash the Mirror
17. I'm Free
18. Tommy's Holiday Camp
19. We're Not Gonna Take It
20. See Me, Feel Me
21. Summertime Blues
22. Shakin' All Over
23. My Generation
24. Naked Eye

Jefferson Airplane

1. The Other Side of This Life
2. Somebody to Love
3. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds
4. Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon
5. Eskimo Blue Day
6. Plastic Fantastic Lover
7. Wooden Ships
8. Uncle Sam Blues
9. Volunteers
10. The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil
11. Come Back Baby
12. White Rabbit
13. The House at Pooneil Corners

Sunday, August 17 to Monday, August 18

Sunday started at about 2 pm. This was the day with the heavy thunderstorm the Woodstock crowd had to endure. The shows were delayed and the bands played in the middle of the night or even next day in the morning. The headliner of the last day (and of the festival in general), Jimi Hendrix, stepped on stage at 9 am on Monday morning.

Joe Cocker

1. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring (without Joe Cocker)
2. 40,000 Headmen (without Joe Cocker)
3. Dear Landlord
4. Something's Coming On
5. Do I Still Figure in Your Life
6. Feelin' Alright
7. Just Like a Woman
8. Let's Go Get Stoned
9. I Don't Need No Doctor
10. I Shall Be Released
11. Hitchcock Railway
12. Something to Say
13. With a Little Help from My Friends

Country Joe & The Fish

1. Rock & Soul Music
2. (Thing Called) Love
3. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
4. Sing, Sing, Sing
5. Summer Dresses
6. Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife
7. Silver and Gold
8. Maria
9. The Love Machine
10. Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm a Nut)
11. Short Jam (instrumental)
12. Crystal Blues
13. Rock & Soul Music (Reprise)
14. "Fish" Cheer > I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag

Ten Years After

1. Spoonful
2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
3. Hobbit
4. I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes
5. Help Me
6. I'm Going Home

The Band

1. Chest Fever
2. Don't Do It
3. Tears of Rage
4. We Can Talk
5. Long Black Veil
6. Don't You Tell Henry
7. Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos
8. This Wheel's on Fire
9. I Shall Be Released
10. The Weight
11. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

Johnny Winter

1. Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
2. Leland Mississippi Blues
3. Mean Town Blues
4. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now > Mean Mistreater
5. I Can't Stand It (with Edgar Winter)
6. Tobacco Road (with Edgar Winter)
7. Tell the Truth (with Edgar Winter)
8. Johnny B. Goode

Blood, Sweat & Tears

1. More and More
2. Just One Smile
3. Something's Coming on
4. More Than You'll Ever Know
5. Spinning Wheel
6. Sometimes in Winter
7. Smiling Phases
8. God Bless the Child
9. And When I Die
10. You've Made Me So Very Happy

Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)

Acoustic Set

1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
2. Blackbird
3. Helplessly Hoping
4. Guinnevere
5. Marrakesh Express
6. 4 + 20
7. Mr. Soul
8. I'm Wonderin'
9. You Don't Have to Cry

Electric Set

1. Pre-Road Downs
2. Long Time Gone
3. Bluebird Revisited
4. Sea of Madness
5. Wooden Ships

Acoustic Encores

1. Find the Cost of Freedom
2. 49 Bye-Byes

Paul Butterfield Blues Band

1. Born Under a Bad Sign
2. No Amount of Loving
3. Driftin' and Driftin'
4. Morning Sunrise
5. All in a Day
6. Love March
7. Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Sha Na Na

1. Get A Job
2. Come Go With Me
3. Silhuettes
4. Teen Angel
5. Jailhouse Rock (???)
6. Wipe Out
7. Blue Moon
8. (Who Wrote) The Book of Love
9. Little Darling
10. At The Hop
11. Duke Of Earl
12. Get A Job (Reprise)

Jimi Hendrix

1. Introduction
2. Message to Love
3. Getting My Heart Back Together Again > Hear My Train a-Comin'
4. Spanish Castle Magic
5. Red House
6. Mastermind
7. Lover Man
8. Foxy Lady
9. Beginning > Jam Back at the House
10. Izabella
11. Gypsy Woman
12. Fire
13. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
14. Stepping Stone
15. Star Spangled Banner
16. Purple Haze
17. Woodstock Improvisation
18. Villanova Junction
19. Hey Joe

All of this information was taken from the following source (according to the website, it is entirely accurate, and it did seem like the best that I found, nevertheless):

http://woodstock.wikia.com/wiki/Setlist

August 16th:This Day in History

 

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

• On this day in 1384, the Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong, heard a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them—a case considered equal to the act of destroying stamped government documents, which by law necessitated one hundred floggings by a bamboo rod. However, the Hongwu Emperor decided to pardon them, seeing as how their intention was not to tear up the money. 

• In 1513 on this day, the Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate was fought, with Maximilian & Henry VIII defeating France. 

• King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signed a secret treaty with Maximilian II on this day in 1570. 

• On this day in 1625, Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz was appointed Viceroy of Drenthe Yorktown, Virginia, was founded on this day in 1691. 

• In 1717 on this day, Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupied Belgrade, in present day Serbia. 

• On this day in 1743, the earliest boxing code of rules were formulated in England (Jack Broughton). 

• In 1745 on this day, there was a skirmish at Laggan, as Glengarry defeated the Royal Scots. "Geldermalsen" sailed to the East-Indies on this day in 1748. 

Statue of a Continental Soldier of the American Revolutionary War of Independence in Trenton, New Jersey

• On this day in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War of Independence, the Battle of Bennington, Vermont, took place. New England's minutemen routed the British regulars. 

• In 1780 on this day, the British decisively defeated the Americans in the Battle of Camden, South Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War of Independence.. 

• Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics was arrested in Vienna on this day in 1794. 

• Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approached 0.0879 AUs of Earth on this day in 1797. 

• On this day in 1812, General Hull surrendered Detroit & Michigan territory to England in the War of 1812. 

• The Manchester Massacre occurred on this day in 1819, after the English police charged unemployed demonstrators. 

• The "Siamese twins," Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston, MA, on this day in 1829. They had come to the Western world to be exhibited. They were 18 years old and joined at the waist. 

British Botanist Charles Darwin

• English scientist Charles Darwin successfully climbed Mt Campana in Chile on this day in 1834.

Charles Darwin/Second Voyage Around the World (2005-2009)

https://www.darwin2.org/step4/step4.htm

• In 1858 on this day, a telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to U.S. President Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable.   

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC

On this day in 1861 during the American Civil War, U.S. President Lincoln prohibited the Union states from trading with the states of the Confederacy. Also on this day in 1861, there were skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri. 

• The Chickamauga campaign in Georgia occurred on this day in 1863. 

• This day in 1864 was the fourth day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault. 

• The Palace for People's industry official opened in Amsterdam on this day in 1864. 

Flag of the Dominican Republic

• This day in 1865 was Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic regained its independence after 4 years of fighting against the Spanish Annexation. 

• The Battle of Acosta Ñu was fought on this day in 1869, when a Paraguay battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance. Opera "Siegfried" premiered in Bayreuth on this day in 1876. 

• On this day in 1882, the British under General Wolseley landed in Alexandria, Egypt. 

• Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, was named minister to Liberia on this day in 1890. In 1894 on this day, Indian chiefs from the Sioux & Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity & return to their old Indian faith. 

• In 1896 on this day, gold was discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska. Edwin Prescott patented the roller coaster on this day in 1898. 

• NYC began building Grand Central Station on this day in 1904. 

• On this day in 1905 during the Maji Maji (Mbunga) Rebellion in what was then German East Africa (present day Tanzania), rebels occupied German post Ifakara East-Africa. 

• On this day in 1906 (and going through August 17th) an 8.6 magnitude earthquake destroyed much of Valparaiso Chile, with a massive fire as well. Approximately 20,000 were killed. 

• Abd al-Hafid proclaimed himself Sultan of Morocco on this day in 1907. In 1913 on this day, Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) admitted it's first female students. On this day in 1914 during World War I, German army occupied the last fort at Luik, and Belgian General Leman was captured. Also on this day in 1914 during the early phase of World War I, the Battle of Cer began. Zapata & Pancho Villa overran Mexico on this day in 1914. Conference about German recovery payments opened in London on this day in 1924. In 1924 on this day, a Dutch-Turkish Peace treaty was signed. 

Flag of Haiti

• On this day in 1934, the US ended it's occupation of Haiti (American forces had been there since 1915).

Flag of the Olympics

• In 1936 on this day, the XI (11th) Olympic games closed in Berlin, Germany. 

• On this day in 1940 during World War II, 45 German aircrafts were shot down over England. On this day in 1941, HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opened at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England. In 1942 on this day, 

Statue of soldier, author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London

• British Prime Minister Winston Churchill traveled back to Cairo from Moscow on this day in 1942.

• First "Long Tom" shells on Italian mainland (from Sicily) came on this day in 1943. On this day in 1943, Bulgarian Czar Boris III visited Adolf Hitler. The Second Canadian Division occupied Falaise, Normandy, on this day in 1944. 

• Chartres was liberated on this day in 1944. 

• Dutch began diplomatic contact with the Vatican in London on this day in 1944. The US 15th Army corp reached Eure, and surrounded Dreux on this day in 1944. 

• In 1944 on this day was the first flight of the Junkers Ju 287. 

• On this day in 1945, Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops.

1946 - Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die)

1947 - Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs

1948 - Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem

1948 - Israeli pound becomes legal tender

1950 - West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England

1953 - KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins

1953 - Shah of Persia & princess Soraya flee to Baghdad & Rome

1954 - "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing

1954 - 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood

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 (84,700')

1960 - Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms

1961 - 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin

1961 - Martin L King protests for black voting right in Miami

  

This picture was taken, and recently cropped, by me. Taken from the Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band show in Worcester, Massachusetts, June 11, 2016

• In 1962 on this day, Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best as the drummer of the Beatles.

• 1963 - Independence is restored to Dominican Republic

1964 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational

1964 - St Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader

1965 - AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins)

1967 - Cin Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured & leaves

• 1969 - Woodstock rock festival begins in NY

1972 - Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at

1972 - Philip Potter appointed sect-gen of World council of Churches

1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1974 - Ramones concert debut (NY's CBGBs)

 1975 - "Rodgers & Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 108 perfs

1975 - Peter Gabriel quits Genesis

1976 - 58th PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots a 281 at Congressional MD

1976 - St Louis Cards beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo)

1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1977 - Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th

1980 - Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath

1980 - Cozy Powell quits Rainbow

1980 - Jools Holland quits Squeeze

1981 - Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)

1981 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

1981 - Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)

1984 - Andrea Doria's safe opened

1984 - LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges

1984 - Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)

1984 - NASA launches Ampte

1986 - Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed

1986 - "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks

1986 - Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks & her single

Pop Star Madonna 1987 - Astrological Harmonic Convergence-Dawn of New Age

1987 - NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9

1987 - Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives)

1988 - IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence

Statue of Nelson Mandela in the gardens in front of the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa

• On this day in 1988 during the era of apartheid white minority rule in South Africa, jailed anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was struck with tuberculosis.

1988 - Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers

1989 - Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich

1989 - A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.

1990 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1990 - Iraq orders 4000 Britons & 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq

1991 - Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants

1991 - Pres Bush declares recession is near an end

1992 - 20th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sherri Steinhaur

Anti-apartheid activist/South African President Nelson Mandela 1992 - 74th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 278 at Bellerive St Louis

1992 - Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96)

1993 - The Debian distribution was first announced by Ian Murdock, then a student at Purdue University. Murdock initially called his system the "Debian Linux Release"

1994 - Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections

1994 - Shauna Gambill, 17, of California, crowned 12th Miss Teen USA

1997 - For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia)

1998 - 80th PGA Championship at Sahalee CC, Seattle WA

1998 - Weetabix Women's British Golf Open

2003 - U.S. Representative from South Dakota Bill Janklow hits and kills a motorcyclist with his car at a rural intersection near Trent, South Dakota; he will eventually be convicted of manslaughter and will resign from Congress.

2005 - West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes near Machiques, Venezuela, killing the 160 aboard.

2008 - Usain Bolt sets a new 100 metres dash world record of 9.69 seconds at the Beijing 2008 summer olympics.

2011 - Beginning of World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid

2012 - Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador

2012 - 113 people are killed and over 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Iraq

This was a picture (which I have since cropped) of the new South Africa flag of the post-apartheid era. I actually took this one at the apartheid museum, as this was the final display, if you will, of the museum, the symbol of the emergence of a "new South Africa."

• 2012 - South African police open fire on striking mine workers and kill at least 34 people

1923 - Carnegie Steel Corporation put into place the eight-hour workday for its employees.   1930 - The first British Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event is now called the British Commonwealth Games.   1937 - Harvard University became the first school to have graduate courses in traffic engineering and administration.   1954 - Sports Illustrated was published for the first time. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off of the presses.   1954 - Jack Paar replaced Walter Cronkite as host of "The Morning Show" on CBS-TV.   1960 - Cyprus was granted independence by Britain.   1960 - The free-fall world record was set by Joseph Kittinger. He fell more than 16 miles (about 84,000 feet) before opening his parachute over New Mexico.   1978 - Xerox was fined for excluding Smith-Corona Mfg. from the copier market. The fine was $25.6 million.   1984 - The U.S. Jaycees voted to admit women to full membership in the organization.   1995 - Voters in Bermuda rejected independence from Great Britain.   1999 - In Russia, Vladimir V. Putin was confirmed as prime minister by the lower house of parliament.

1960 Cyprus, the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, became an independent republic.  1962 Algeria was admitted to the Arab League.  1977 Elvis Presley died at Graceland, his Memphis,Tenn., home, from heart failure at age 42.  2003 Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin died.

The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php

http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/aug16.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

NFL Preseason: Carolina Panthers at Buffalo Bills - August 15, 2026

  

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Years ago, I saw the Buffalo Bills in the preseason three times in a span of for years or so. The first game was played in Toronto against the Colts in 2010, I believe. Then I saw the Bills against the Steelers (think it was 2012) and the Lions (in 2013). would finally be in the Super Bowl again this postseason, their end came earlier than I wanted or expected.

I have been wanting to go to another one ever since, particularly during the Josh Allen era. Seems like it should have been easier even than when I went to those games back then, once my parents moved to a town not even two hours away from Buffalo (on a good day). 

Yet somehow, I had not managed to make it to a single game. Always tried to, but it just never quite worked out. The games were scheduled right in the middle of a work block last year, requiring me to need to use up several days off that were getting a bit too rare for my comfort by that point. Other years, it as something similar.

This time, I was determined to make it happen.

I saw that there was a preseason game between the visiting Panthers and the Bills which fell on a weekend this summer. But it was a weekend off from my main job. If I could take off a couple of days - and this time I actually had a few extra in my pocket - and find a way out of my weekend job, finally I would manage to get to a game. 

So I worked it out. Took the days off during the weekdays required to make a mini vacation. Then I found some decent seats at a reasonable price. And I was on my way.

Finally, another Bills game. 

Now, I know some people will be dismissive because this was just a preseason game,  right?

Hey,  so be it. Fact is that preseason games are more affordable and you can generally find very good seats available. Also,  the weather is more accommodating. In fact, there are a lot of reasons why I generally prefer going to these games rather than the regular season games. 

To me, they seem like a win - win.

And so,  I went to this particular game,  which proved to be a very enjoyable one. 

The weather was perfect. The stadium was impressive. All in all,  we had a good time. 

Below are some of the pictures that I took and which seemed worth sharing here. 

Enjoy.