Today is Thursday, Aug. 16, the 229th day of 2012. There are 137 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight:
On Aug. 16, 1962, The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr.
On this date:
In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington.
In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812.
In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 86, which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial trade with states in rebellion — i.e., the Confederacy.
In 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain’s Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable.
In 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.
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