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| Birthday August 16, 1868 Bernard MacFadden, publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances) |
| Birthday August 16, 1884 Hugo Gernsback, science fiction writer |
| Birthday August 16, 1892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant" |
| Birthday August 16, 1894 George Meany, labor leader, NYC |
| Birthday August 16, 1904 Wendell Stanley, biochemist, 1st to crystallize a virus (Nobel '46) |
| Birthday August 16, 1906 Franz Josef II, prince of Liechtenstein (1938-, ) |
| Birthday August 16, 1913 Menachem Begin, Israeli PM (1977-83) (Nobel 1978) |
| Birthday August 16, 1920 Poet Charles Bukowski is born |
| Birthday August 16, 1925 Fess Parker, Actor (Davy Crockett) |
| Birthday August 16, 1928 Ann Blyth, Actress in Mt Kisko NY |
| Birthday August 16, 1930 Robert Culp, Actor (I Spy) |
| Birthday August 16, 1930 Frank Gifford, NFL halfback (NY Giants), sportscaster |
| Birthday August 16, 1930 Ted Hughes, English poet laureate (1984-, ) |
| Birthday August 16, 1931 Betsy Von Furstenberg, in Germany |
| Birthday August 16, 1932 Eydie Gorme, in Bronx NY |
| Birthday August 16, 1933 Stuart (Smoky) Roosa, US astronaut (Apollo 14) |
| Birthday August 16, 1935 Julie Newmar |
| Birthday August 16, 1936 Anita Gillette, in Baltimore Md |
| Birthday August 16, 1939 Valeri V. Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32) |
| Birthday August 16, 1939 Carole Shelley, in London |
| Birthday August 16, 1946 Leslie Ann Warren, NYC |
| Birthday August 16, 1958 Madonna (Ciccone), in Bay City Michigan |
| Birthday August 16, 1958 Madonna born |
| Birthday August 16, 1960 Timothy Hutton, Actor |
| History August 16, 1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington Vt |
| History August 16, 1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden S.C |
| History August 16, 1780 Continentals routed at Camden, South Carolina |
| History August 16, 1812 Detroit fell to British & Indian forces in the War of 1812. |
| History August 16, 1812 Detroit surrenders without a fight |
| History August 16, 1819 Manchester Massacre; English police charge unemployed demonstrators |
| History August 16, 1829 Siamese twins Chang & Eng Bunker arrived in Boston to be exhibited |
| History August 16, 1841 Tyler is burned in effigy outside White House |
| History August 16, 1861 Pres Lincoln prohibit Union states from trading with Confederacy |
| History August 16, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed |
| History August 16, 1864 Confederate General John Chambliss is killed |
| History August 16, 1896 George Carmack discovers Klondike gold |
| History August 16, 1896 Gold found at Bonanza Creek Ala |
| History August 16, 1903 Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio Yanks win 12-8 |
| History August 16, 1917 Battle of Langemarck |
| History August 16, 1920 Yanks Carl Mays' pitch hits Indian Ray Chapman in the head. Chapman dies the next day the only major league fatality |
| History August 16, 1920 Batter sustains fatal injury at plate |
| History August 16, 1920 Norman Lockyer editor of NATURE discoverer of helium in sun dies |
| History August 16, 1945 Senior U.S. POW is released |
| History August 16, 1948 Babe Ruth dies |
| History August 16, 1948 Baseball legend Babe Ruth died in NY at the age of 53 |
| History August 16, 1955 Paul Robeson loses appeal over his passport |
| History August 16, 1956 Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate |
| History August 16, 1960 Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon at 31 330 m (record) |
| History August 16, 1960 Britain grants independence to the crown colony of Cyprus |
| History August 16, 1964 General Khanh ousts General Minh as chief of state |
| History August 16, 1965 AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise to Miami Dolphins |
| History August 16, 1966 Congress investigates antiwar demonstrators |
| History August 16, 1967 Tonkin Gulf Resolution challenged |
| History August 16, 1969 Woodstock festival begins in NY |
| History August 16, 1970 Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus |
| History August 16, 1972 Moroccan king survives attack by own air force |
| History August 16, 1972 Heavy air attacks on North Vietnam |
| History August 16, 1974 The Ramones play their first public gig at CBGB's in downtown Manhattan |
| History August 16, 1977 Elvis Presley dies |
| History August 16, 1977 Elvis Presley dies of heart ailment at Graceland at age 42 |
| History August 16, 1977 Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th |
| History August 16, 1984 Auto exec DeLorean cleared in drug-trafficking case |
| History August 16, 1984 LA federal jury acquits automaker John Z. De Lorean |
| History August 16, 1984 Los Angeles jury clears John Z. DeLorean of drug charges |
| History August 16, 1987 Plane crashes into highway |
| History August 16, 1987 Astrological Harmonic Convergence - Dawn of New Age |