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''Knowing the past, we can make wise
choices for a brighter, and more positive future.''
| 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. | |
| 1984 | The safe of the sunken ocean liner Andrea Doria is opened on TV after three decades, revealing cash and certificates but no other valuables. | |
| 1986 | Sudanese rebels shoot down a Sudanese Airways plane, killing 57 people. | |
| 1987 | Astrological alignment of sun, moon and six planets marks what believers maintain is the dawning of a New Age. | |
| 1988 | IBM introduces artificial intelligence software. | |
| 1990 | Iraq orders 2,500 Americans and 4,000 British nationals in Kuwait to Iraq, in the aftermath of Iraq's invasion of that country. | |
| 2012 |
In South Africa police fire on striking mine workers, killing at least 34.
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Born on August 16
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| 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. | |
| 1960 | Timothy Hutton, youngest actor ever to receive an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Ordinary People). | |
| 1962 | Steve Carell, actor and comedian (The Daily Show with John Stewart, The Office, Evan Almighty). | |
| 1967 | Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish-born actress, model and UK television personality. | |
| 1972 | Emily Robison, singer, musician, songwriter, member of the bestselling Country group Dixie Chicks. | |
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