Today is Monday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2010. There are 137 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.

ON THIS DATE

In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington.

In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53.

In 1954, Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc.

In 1956, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

In 1978, James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., told a Capitol Hill hearing he did not commit the crime, saying he had been set up by a man called “Raoul.”

In 1987, 156 people were killed when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed while trying to take off from Detroit.

In 2000, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was diagnosed with a second bout of melanoma (the cancer was later surgically removed).

In 2009, Y.E. Yang of South Korea became the first Asian player to win one of golf’s majors with a three-stroke win over Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship in Chaska, Minn. Usain Bolt ran to another world record, winning the 100-meter race in 9.58 seconds at the world championships in Berlin.

Associated Press