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Today in History
August 16

1513   Henry VIII of England and Emperor Maximilian defeat the French at Guinegatte, France, in the Battle of the Spurs.
1777   France declares a state of bankruptcy.
1780   American troops are badly defeated by the British at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina.
1812   American General William Hull surrenders Detroit without resistance to a smaller British force under General Issac Brock.
1858   U.S. President James Buchanan and Britain’s Queen Victoria exchange messages inaugurating the first transatlantic telegraph line.
1861   Union and Confederate forces clash near Fredericktown and Kirkville, Missouri.
1863   Union General William S. Rosecrans moves his army south from Tullahoma, Tennessee to attack Confederate forces in Chattanooga.
1896   Gold is discovered in the Klondike of Canada’s Yukon Territory, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1914   Liege, Belgium, falls to the German army.
1945   Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, who was taken prisoner by the Japanese on Corregidor on May 6, 1942, is released from a POW camp in Manchuria by U.S. troops.
1965   The Watts riots end in south-central Los Angeles after six days.
1977   Elvis Presley dies of a heart attack in the upstairs bedroom suite area of his Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.

Born on August 16
1645   Jean de la Bruyere, French writer and moralist famous for his work Characters of Theophratus.
1868   Bernard McFadden, publisher responsible for the magazine True Story.
1913   Menachem Begin, Israeli statesman and Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
1920   Charles Bukowski, poet and novelist.
1929   Bill Evans, jazz pianist.
1930   Ted Hughes, English poet.
1940   Bruce Beresford, Australian film director whose films include Breaker Morant and Driving Miss Daisy.
1945   Suzanne Farrel, ballerina.
1958   Madonna [Louise Veronica Ciccone], entertainer and singer.

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