History for August 16

History for August 16 - On-This-Day.com:
Menachem Begin (Israel) 1913, Charles Bukowski 1920, Shimon Peres 1923 - Israeli politician


Julie Newmar 1933 - Actress ("Batman"), Lesley Ann Warren 1946 - Actress, Madonna Louise Ciccone 1958 - Singer Madonna Merchandise


1812 - Detroit fell to Indian and British troops in the War of 1812.


1829 - The "Siamese twins," Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston, MA. They had come to the Western world to be exhibited. They were 18 years old and joined at the waist.


1861 - U.S. President Lincoln prohibited the Union states from trading with the states of the Confederacy.


1954 - Sports Illustrated was published for the first time. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off of the presses.


1978 - Xerox was fined for excluding Smith-Corona Mfg. from the copier market. The fine was $25.6 million.


1984 - The U.S. Jaycees voted to admit women to full membership in the organization.



1995 - Voters in Bermuda rejected independence from Great Britain.


1999 - In Russia, Vladimir V. Putin was confirmed as prime minister by the lower house of parliament.