Im just a Bill Im just a Bill but someday Ill be a law A1241

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On This Day: August 16
This is the 228th day of the year.

Fact of the Day: homo sapiens
Behavior particular to Homo sapiens, together with the material objects used as an integral part of this behavior includes: language, ideals, beliefs, customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, works of art, rituals, and ceremonies.

Holidays
Feast day of St. Stephen of Hungary, St. Armel, and St. Arsacius.

Dominican Republic: Restoration of the Republic (1863).

Events
1777 - American forces won the Revolutionary War's Battle of Bennington (Vermont).

1777 - France declared bankruptcy.

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

1858 - U.S. President James Buchanan and Britain's Queen Victoria exchanged messages inaugurating the first transatlantic telegraph line.

1896 - Gold was discovered in the Klondike region of Canada's Yukon Territory, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

1906 - Earthquakes erupted in San Francisco, California, and Valparaiso, Chile.

1954 - "Sports Illustrated" was first published by Time Incorporated.

1960 - Britain granted independence to the crown colony of Cyprus.

1962 - Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, handed drummer Pete Best his walking papers.

1965 - The Watts riots ended in south-central Los Angeles after six days.

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

2007 - Governer of NY signs bill A1241 into law allowing the display of switchblades as historical artifacts.

Births
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American basketball and football Hall-of-Famer, coach.

1894 - George Meany, American, first president of the AFL-CIO.

1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister.

1951 - Larry Vickery, American Schrade collector and web site author.

1958 - Madonna (Louise Veronica Ciccone), American entertainer, singer.

Deaths
1948 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Hall of Fame and popular professional baseball player.

1977 - Elvis Presley, popular American singer died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.

2003 - Idi Amin, former dictator of Uganda.
“A knife in a man’s hand is as precious as a diamond necklace on a woman’s neck” - Michael Mirando I.S.C.
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What an amazing bunch of events!! Thanks for the history review, Larry! And Happy Birthday again!
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I had nothing to do with most of this. Best wishes LT
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