August 16
1777 - The Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington (Vermont) was won by American forces; the battle was considered a major turning point in the war.
1812 - Detroit fell to British and Native American forces during the War of 1812.
1829 - The original Siamese twins, Eng and Chang, arrived in Boston.
1861 - President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 86, which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial trade with states that were in rebellion (the Confederacy).
1960 - Cyprus, the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, became an independent republic.
1962 - The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, and replaced him with Ringo Starr.
1962 - Algeria was admitted to the Arab League.
1977 - Elvis Presley died at Graceland, his Memphis, Tennessee home, from heart failure at age 42.
1978 - James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., told a Capitol Hill hearing he did not commit the crime, saying he had been set up by a mysterious man called "Raoul."
1987 - People worldwide began a two-day celebration of the "harmonic convergence," which heralded what believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind.
2003 - Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda, died in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia; he was believed to have been about 80.
2014 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, where police and protesters repeatedly clashed in the week since a Black 18-year-old, Michael Brown, was shot to death by a white police officer.
2018 - Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul," died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.
2020 - California's Death Valley recorded a temperature of 130 degrees amid a blistering heat wave, the third-highest temperature ever measured.
2022 - President Joe Biden signs Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill. It was the "final piece" of the president's pared-down domestic agenda as he aimed to boost his party's standing with voters ahead of midterm elections.
Birthdays
21 - Talia Ryder (actress)
26 - Greyson Chance (singer)
26 - Piper Curda (actress)
27 - Caeleb Dressel (swimmer)
29 - Sabrina Nicole Stewart (singer)
30 - Cameron Monaghan (actor)
32 - Evanna Lynch (actress)
35 - Parker Young (actor)
35 - Rumer Willis (actress)
35 - Kevin G. Schmidt (actor)
38 - Arden Cho (actress)
38 - Cristin Milioti (actress)
38 - Agnes Bruckner (actress)
43 - Vanessa Carlton (singer)
48 - George Stults (actor)
51 - Emily Strayer (singer)
53 - Seth Peterson (actor)
54 - Jase Robertson (reality star)
55 - Andy Milder (actor)
56 - Donovan Leitch (actor/singer)
61 - Steve Carell (actor)
63 - Timothy Hutton (actor)
65 - Angela Bassett (actress)
65 - Madonna (singer)
66 - Laura Innes (actress)
68 - Jeff Perry (actor)
69 - James Cameron (director)
70 - J.T. Taylor (singer)
70 - Kathie Lee Gifford (TV host)
71 - Reginald VelJohnson (actor)
73 - Marshall Manesh (actor)
77 - Lesley Ann Warren (actress)
87 - Anita Gillette (actress)
89 - John Standing (actor)
89 - Ketty Lester (actress/singer)
90 - Julie Newmar (actress)
90 - Gary Clarke (actor)
95 - Ann Blyth (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 16
1920 - The only fatality to occur in a major league baseball game happened. Ray Chapman (Cleveland Indians) was hit in the head with a fastball from Carl Mays of the New York Yankees.
1948 - Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth died in New York City at age 53.
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.
1965 - The AFL grants a franchise to the Miami Dolphins.
1996 - In Monterrey, Mexico, the New York Mets played the San Diego Padres. The Padres won the game 15-10. It was the first-ever regular season major league game to be played outside the United States and Canada.
2002 - Curt Shilling (Arizona Diamondbacks) won his 20th game of the year.
2003 - The Canadian Football League announced that it had taken control of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats franchise until new ownership agreements were in place.
2009 - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wins the 100 meter dash at the World Track & Field Championships in Berlin and sets a new world record in the process with a time of 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record of 9.69 he ran at the 2008 Olympic Games.
2015 - Jason Day sets a majors record by winning the PGA championship with a score of 20-under par.
2022 - The Philadelphia Phillies become the ninth franchise in MLB history to record 10,000 all-time wins.
1777 - The Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington (Vermont) was won by American forces; the battle was considered a major turning point in the war.
1812 - Detroit fell to British and Native American forces during the War of 1812.
1829 - The original Siamese twins, Eng and Chang, arrived in Boston.
1861 - President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 86, which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial trade with states that were in rebellion (the Confederacy).
1960 - Cyprus, the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, became an independent republic.
1962 - The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, and replaced him with Ringo Starr.
1962 - Algeria was admitted to the Arab League.
1977 - Elvis Presley died at Graceland, his Memphis, Tennessee home, from heart failure at age 42.
1978 - James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., told a Capitol Hill hearing he did not commit the crime, saying he had been set up by a mysterious man called "Raoul."
1987 - People worldwide began a two-day celebration of the "harmonic convergence," which heralded what believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind.
2003 - Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda, died in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia; he was believed to have been about 80.
2014 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, where police and protesters repeatedly clashed in the week since a Black 18-year-old, Michael Brown, was shot to death by a white police officer.
2018 - Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul," died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.
2020 - California's Death Valley recorded a temperature of 130 degrees amid a blistering heat wave, the third-highest temperature ever measured.
2022 - President Joe Biden signs Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill. It was the "final piece" of the president's pared-down domestic agenda as he aimed to boost his party's standing with voters ahead of midterm elections.
Birthdays
21 - Talia Ryder (actress)
26 - Greyson Chance (singer)
26 - Piper Curda (actress)
27 - Caeleb Dressel (swimmer)
29 - Sabrina Nicole Stewart (singer)
30 - Cameron Monaghan (actor)
32 - Evanna Lynch (actress)
35 - Parker Young (actor)
35 - Rumer Willis (actress)
35 - Kevin G. Schmidt (actor)
38 - Arden Cho (actress)
38 - Cristin Milioti (actress)
38 - Agnes Bruckner (actress)
43 - Vanessa Carlton (singer)
48 - George Stults (actor)
51 - Emily Strayer (singer)
53 - Seth Peterson (actor)
54 - Jase Robertson (reality star)
55 - Andy Milder (actor)
56 - Donovan Leitch (actor/singer)
61 - Steve Carell (actor)
63 - Timothy Hutton (actor)
65 - Angela Bassett (actress)
65 - Madonna (singer)
66 - Laura Innes (actress)
68 - Jeff Perry (actor)
69 - James Cameron (director)
70 - J.T. Taylor (singer)
70 - Kathie Lee Gifford (TV host)
71 - Reginald VelJohnson (actor)
73 - Marshall Manesh (actor)
77 - Lesley Ann Warren (actress)
87 - Anita Gillette (actress)
89 - John Standing (actor)
89 - Ketty Lester (actress/singer)
90 - Julie Newmar (actress)
90 - Gary Clarke (actor)
95 - Ann Blyth (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 16
1920 - The only fatality to occur in a major league baseball game happened. Ray Chapman (Cleveland Indians) was hit in the head with a fastball from Carl Mays of the New York Yankees.
1948 - Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth died in New York City at age 53.
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.
1965 - The AFL grants a franchise to the Miami Dolphins.
1996 - In Monterrey, Mexico, the New York Mets played the San Diego Padres. The Padres won the game 15-10. It was the first-ever regular season major league game to be played outside the United States and Canada.
2002 - Curt Shilling (Arizona Diamondbacks) won his 20th game of the year.
2003 - The Canadian Football League announced that it had taken control of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats franchise until new ownership agreements were in place.
2009 - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wins the 100 meter dash at the World Track & Field Championships in Berlin and sets a new world record in the process with a time of 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record of 9.69 he ran at the 2008 Olympic Games.
2015 - Jason Day sets a majors record by winning the PGA championship with a score of 20-under par.
2022 - The Philadelphia Phillies become the ninth franchise in MLB history to record 10,000 all-time wins.
