History for August 16 - On-This-Day.com
T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") 1888, Menachem Begin (Israel) 1913, Reginald Vel Johnson 1952
Kathie Lee Gifford 1953 - Television host ("Today"), James Cameron 1954 - Director ("Titanic"), Madonna Louise Ciccone 1958
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.
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