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What happened in history on this day: August 16?
On August 16 in ...
- 1777 - Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vermont.
- 1780 - British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, South Carolina.
- 1812 - US General William Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to a smaller force under British Major General Isaac Brock and Shawnee allies.
- 1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln prohibits USA states from trading with Confederate states.
- 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation signed.
- 1890 - Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, is named US minister to Liberia.
- 1934 - US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028 feet (1922 m) in Bathysphere.
- 1956 - Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic US presidential candidate.
- 1984 - John De Lorean is acquitted of all eight charges of possessing and distributing cocaine.
- 1987 - Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan, killing 155 people on-board. Second worst airline disaster in US history.
- 1990 - Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq.
- 2001 - Rosario Marin begins term as 41st Treasurer of the US.
- 2002 - At the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, in Monterey, California, the 29th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races are held, over three days. Corvette is the honored marque. Over sixty historic Corvettes are on display and participate in racing, including: Corvette SR-2, Corvette SS, 1959 Sting Ray, CERV-I, Daytona-winning Corvette C5-R, Mako Shark, Aerovette, Grand Sport, 1953 Corvette #2 (EX-122), and plenty of early race Corvettes.
- 2007 - The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah, collapses a second time, killing three rescue workers and injuring six more.
- 2007 - José Padilla is convicted in the USA of conspiracy to murder individuals overseas, conspiracy to materially aid terrorists, and materially aiding terrorists in fact. Padilla had first been arrested in May 2002.
- 2011 - (to August 20) At ANA World's Fair of Money in Rosemont, Illinois, Stack's Bowers Galleries sells at auction USA 1896 Silver Certificates, three uncut sheets of first $1, $2, and $5, for US$1,265,000, highest paid for single US currency lot at auction.
Births on August 16
- 1894 - Birth of George Meany in New York City, New York, USA; labor leader (headed AFL-CIO).
- 1895 - Birth of Lucien Littlefield in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actor (Mr Beasley - Blondie).
- 1899 - Birth of Glenn Strange in Weed, New Mexico, USA; actor (Sam the Bartender - Gunsmoke).
- 1910 - Birth of Mae Clarke in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl).
- 1915 - Birth of Al Hibbler in Tyro, Mississippi, USA; singer (Duke Ellington Orchestra, solo - "Unchained Melody", "He", "After the Lights go Down Low").
- 1924 - Birth of Fess Parker in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller, Daniel Boone).
- 1928 - Birth of Eydie Gormé in Bronx, New York, USA; singer (The Tonight Show, Bossa Nova).
- 1928 - Birth of Ann Blyth in Mount Kisko, New York, USA; actress (Kismet, Mildred Pierce).
- 1930 - Birth of Frank Gifford in California, USA; NFL halfback (New York Giants), sportscaster (ABC's Monday Night Football).
- 1930 - Birth of Robert Culp in Berkley, California, USA; actor (I Spy, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, Greatest Americn Hero, Everybody Loves Raymond).
- 1933 - Birth of Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa in Durango, Colorado, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Apollo 14).
- 1935 - Birth of Julie Newmar in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Catwoman - Batman, Living Doll).
- 1936 - Birth of Anita Gillette in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Quincy M.E., Marathon, Moonstruck, Normal Ohio).
- 1936 - Birth of Gary Clarke in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Hondo, The Virginian, Michael Shayne).
- 1938 - Birth of Ketty Lester in Hope, Arkansas, USA; actress (Hester - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1945 - Birth of Robert Balaban in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Absence of Malice, Altered States, Seinfeld).
- 1945 - Birth of Suzanne Farrell in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; dancer (Don Quioxote).
- 1946 - Birth of Lesley Ann Warren in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Cinderella, Mission Impossible, In Plain Sight). (Cinderella, Mission Impossible).
- 1947 - Birth of John Howard (US); speed record (152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, Utah).
- 1952 - Birth of Gianna Rolandi in New York City, New York, USA; soprano (Der Rosenkavalier).
- 1953 - Birth of Catlin O'Heaney in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Snow White - Charmings).
- 1953 - Birth of Kathie Lee Gifford in Paris, Florida, USA; hostess (Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Today).
- 1958 - Birth of Jonathan Prince in Beverly Hills, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Danny - "Alice").
- 1958 - Birth of Madonna (Ciccone) in Bay City, Michigan, USA; singer/actress ("Like a Virgin").
- 1964 - Birth of Jimmy Arias in Buffalo, New York, USA; tennis player (US Davis Cup team).
Deaths on August 16
- 1790 - Death of David A. Brearley in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; signed the U.S Constitution on behalf of New Jersey, chief justice of New Jersey (1779-89), first federal district judge for the US District Court for New Jersey.
- 1948 - Death of George Herman "Babe" Ruth of throat cancer at age 53 in New York City; baseball player (Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, record 714 home runs).
- 1977 - Death of Elvis Presley at age 42 of heart ailment at Graceland, in Memphis, Tennesee, USA; singer/actor ("Don't Be Cruel", "Hound Dog").
- 1989 - Amanda Blake, American actress (Gunsmoke), dies at age 60 (born 1929).
- 1991 - Shamu the Whale dies at age 16, from respiratory failure.
- 2023 - Death of Jerry Moss at age 88 at home in Los Angeles, California; music executive (co-founded A&M Records).
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