August 16

August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 137 days remaining.

Events

• 1777 - Battle of Bennington, British are defeated by Americans
• 1780 - Battle of Camden
• 1812 - Detroit, Michigan surrenders to British Army during War of 1812
• 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation signed
• 1896 - Gold discovered in the Klondike
• 1960 - Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330m
• 1960 - Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom
• 1960 - Democratic Republic of the Congo forms
• 1962 - Beatle Pete Best fired and replaced by Ringo Starr
• 1969 - British Troops sent into Northern Ireland for first time

Births

• 1845 - Gabriel Lippmann[?], physicist (+ 1921)
• 1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg[?], college sports coach (football, basketball and baseball) (+ 1965)
• 1868 - Bernarr McFadden[?], publisher
• 1884 - Hugo Gernsback, editor and publisher
• 1888 - T. E. Lawrence, writer, soldier
• 1894 - George Meany[?], labor union activist (+ 1980)
• 1902 - Georgette Heyer, novelist (+ 1975)
• 1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli soldier and politician (+ 1992)
• 1920 - Charles Bukowski, poet (+ 1994)
• 1925 - Fess Parker[?], actor
• 1928 - Ann Blyth[?], actress
• 1930 - Frank Gifford[?], pro football player, sports announcer
• 1930 - Robert Culp[?], actor
• 1931 - Eydie Gorme[?], singer
• 1940 - Bruce Beresford[?], film director
• 1946 - Lesley Ann Warren[?], actress
• 1954 - James Cameron, director
• 1958 - Angela Bassett[?], actress
• 1959 - Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone), singer, actress
• 1960 - Timothy Hutton[?], Academy Award winning actor
• 1982 - The One and Only Jack Schitt

Deaths

• 1864 - Confederate General John Chambliss[?]
• 1899 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, chemist
• 1921 - King Peter I of Serbia[?]
• 1938 - Robert Johnson, blues singer and guitarist
• 1948 - Babe Ruth, baseball player
• 1949 - Margaret Mitchell, novelist
• 1956 - Bela Lugosi, actor
• 1977 - Elvis Presley, singer, actor
• 1979 - John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada
• 1989 - Amanda Blake[?], actress
• 2002 - Martin Deutsch[?], physicist, discoverer of positronium

Holidays and observances

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