Daily Calendar for Thursday, August 16, 2029
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Thursday, August 16, 2029
Born
- Gabriel Lippmann (physicist) –
- Menachem Begin (Prime Minister of Israel) –
- Lesley Ann Warren (actress) –
- Madonna (singer) –
- Angela Bassett (actress) –
- Timothy Hutton (actor) –
- Steve Carell (actor) –
- Vanessa Carlton (singer) –
- Evanna Lynch (actress; plays Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter films) –
Died
- Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (chemist) –
- Babe Ruth (baseball player) –
- Margaret Mitchell (author) –
- Elvis Presley (American entertainer ) –
- Phil Leeds (actor) –
- Emma Didlake (oldest known U.S. veteran at the time of death; she was 110) –
- Aretha Franklin (singer, known as the Queen of Soul) –
Events
- The Battle of Camden fought in South Carolina –
- Siamese twins arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, to start U.S. tour –
- U.S. President John Tyler vetoed a bill calling for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States –
- U.S. President James Buchanan and Queen Victoria exchanged greetings by telegraph to celebrate the laying of the transatlantic cable –
- Trade between Union and Confederate states prohibited –
- Gold is discovered in Rabbit Creek in the Yukon Territory, Canada, starting the Klondike Gold Rush –
- U.S./Canadian Migratory Bird Treaty signed –
- In a pool at Manhattan Beach, New York, Ethelda Bleibtrey swam against Fanny Durack of Australia, winning the race and a place on the United States Olympic team for the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium. She and her teammates were the first American women to swim in the Olympics. –
- Delaware Memorial bridge opened –
- Volume 1, Issue 1 of Sports Illustrated published –
- From 102,800 feet, Joe Kittinger free-fell 4 minutes, 36 seconds over New Mexico –
- 5-pound 15-ounce Arctic grayling caught in Katseyedie River, Northwest Territories –
- Northern hogsucker weighed in at one pound fifteen ounces, making Minnesota state fishing record –
- Element 110 named “darmstadtium” –
- The Texas Rangers turned a rare 5-4 triple play against the Los Angeles Angels, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. It was major league baseball’s first triple play without retiring the batter since June 3, 1912. –
Weather
- Rain delayed the start of the Battle of Bennington –
- A hurricane struck along the northeast coast –
- 106 degrees F in Nashville, Tennessee –