Sybil Bruncheon's "On This Day in Yesteryear!"... August 16th.
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... in 1743, Champion of England titleholder Jack Broughton publishes 'Rules of the Ring', the earliest boxing code. Prior to this, all boxing was done in heavily padded clothes until Broughton suggested that it might be more fun in the nude. Interestingly, Broughton was also the British champion at strip-poker which he hosted at all-male retreats along with Naked Croquet at his estate, Flouncy Farm.
... in 1943, Czar Boris III of Bulgaria visits Adolph Hitler for a friendly luncheon and treaty-signing, but realizes that a career in show business might be more appealing in the long run. He contacts Rocky and Bullwinkle, his former classmates from the University of Frostbite Falls, and becomes a contract player along with his wife, Natasha.
... in 1969, the second day of the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York; performers include Santana, John Sebastian; Mountain, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who, and Jefferson Airplane. The Guinness Book of World Records declares it to be the largest number of unwashed people in one place at one time... and just one week later, the smell resulted in the deaths of thousands of livestock in surrounding farms for over a hundred miles...
... and that's what happened on this day in yesteryear.
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