What Happened on Aug 16

Battle Of A Thousand Islands

The Battle of the Thousand Islands was fought 16–24 August 1760, in the upper St. Lawrence River, amongst the Thousand Islands, along the present... Read more

Battle of Bennington

The Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place on August 16, 1777, in Walloomsac, New York, about 10 miles... Read more

Battle of Camden

Both armies advanced at each other just after dawn. The British troops opened the battle, when the right flank fired a volley into the militia... Read more

Battle of Guard Hill

Description: Kershaw’s infantry division and Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry, under overall command of Lt. Gen. Richard Anderson (Army of Northern Virginia,... Read more

Skookum Party Discovers Gold Deposits in Bonanza Creek, Yukon

In August 1896, three people led by Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), a member of the Tagish First Nations, headed north, down the Yukon River from the... Read more

Robert Johnson Dies

Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician, among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. His landmark... Read more

New York City's Hippodrome Theater Closes

On August 16, 1939, New York City's Hippodrome Theater closed its doors for the last time. Built in 1905 with a seating capacity of 5,200, for a... Read more

Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou

The Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou (simplified Chinese: 桂柳会战; traditional Chinese: 桂柳會戰; pinyin: Gùilǐu Huìzhàn), also known as the Battle of Guiliu was... Read more

Direct Action Day, Also Known as the "Great Calcutta Killing"

Direct Action Day, also known as the Great Calcutta Riot, was on 16 August 1946—a day of widespread riot and manslaughter in the city of Calcutta... Read more

Babe Ruth dies

Shortly after he attended the Yankee Stadium anniversary event, Ruth was back in the hospital. He received hundreds of well-wishing letters and... Read more

Madonna is Born

Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone; August 16, 1958), is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and... Read more

Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969 - Day two

Saturday, August 16 The day opened at 12:15 pm, and featured some of the event's biggest psychedelic and guitar rock headliners. * Quill,... Read more

The Rolling Stones Release 'Gimme Shelter'

Gimme Shelter is a compilation by The Rolling Stones released on the Decca label in 1971. It reached #19 on the U.K chart. This is not a... Read more

Elvis Presley Dies

In 2006, a journalist recalled: "Elvis Presley had [in 1977] become a grotesque caricature of his sleek, energetic former self... he was barely... Read more

Red Hot Chili Peppers release Freaky Styley

Freaky Styley is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 16, 1985 on EMI. The album is... Read more

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crashes After Take-off

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 was a flight that originated in Saginaw, Michigan, United States's MBS International Airport and was scheduled to... Read more

Uncle Buck is released

Uncle Buck is a 1989 comedy-drama starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly and Gaby Hoffmann, and co-stars Macaulay Culkin, Jay... Read more

Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Andrew in 1992 proved to be one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the United States. By the time Andrew made it to Florida’s... Read more

Savatage release Handful of Rain

Handful of Rain is a heavy metal album by Savatage that was released in 1994. The first album since the death of their lead guitarist, Criss Oliva,... Read more

The Usual Suspects released

The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American neo-noir film written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer. The film tells the story of... Read more

MST3K Ep. 816 - "Prince of Space"

Extraterrestrial superhero Prince of Space defends Earth from evil aliens, led by the Phantom, dictator of Krankor. Catchphrases: Your weapons are... Read more

David Toms beats out Phil Mickelson for PGA Championship

Phil Mickelson had seen it before. He knew what was coming. Mickelson stood behind the 18th green Sunday at the PGA Championship, not far from... Read more

FDA Approves Deltec's Cozmo Insulin Pump

The Deltec Cozmo pump is the first to integrate a blood glucose monitor with the actual pump. They communicate with each other and make figuring... Read more

"FZ:OZ" by Frank Zappa Is Released

FZ:OZ is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in 2002 as a two-CD set and is the first release on the Vaulternative Records label from the Zappa... Read more

Rascal Flatts Joins Toby Keith's "Unleashed" Tour

NASHVILLE - (August 16, 2002) Rascal Flatts joined Toby Keith`s "Unleashed" tour last night in Louisville, Kentucky to a near capacity crowd as the... Read more