Friday, August 15, 2008

This Day in History...August 16

1777
The Revolutionary War battle of Bennington, Vermont, was won by Americans.
1829
The original Siamese twins, Eng and Chang, arrived in Boston.
1948
Baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York City at the age of 53.
1960
Cyprus, the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, became an independent republic.
1962
Algeria was admitted to the Arab League.
1977
Elvis Presley died at Graceland, his Memphis, Tennessee, home, from heart failure.
1997
James Cecil Carlson and Gina Gale De Santis were married in Canton, Ohio.
"This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes." -Psalm 118:23

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