This Day in History

August 16th in History

Gold discovered in the Klondike! In other news, the first color sound cartoon premiers and the Beatles fire Pete Best. Amos Alonzo Stagg, Hugo Gernsback, Lawrence of Arabia, and Julie Newmar are born; Babe Ruth, Bela Lugosi, Admiral Halsey, Elvis Presley, and Idi Amin die. Happy Xicolatada!

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Quote of the Day

"To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail."

T. E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia" born August 16, 1888