Today In History
Today is Thursday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2018. There are 137 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1858: A telegraphed message from Britain’s Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable.
ON THIS DATE
› 1812: Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812.
› 1861: President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 86, which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial trade with states that were in rebellion — i.e., the Confederacy.
› 1954: Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc.
› 1962: The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr.
› 1977: Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.
› 1987: People worldwide began a two-day celebration of the “harmonic convergence,” which heralded what believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind.
› 1991: Pope John Paul II began the first-ever papal visit to Hungary.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actress Ann Blyth is
90. Actor Gary Clarke is 85. Actress Julie Newmar is 85. Actress-singer Ketty Lester is 84. Actor John Standing is 84. College Football Hall of Famer and NFL player Bill Glass is 83. Actress Anita Gillette is 82. Actor Bob Balaban is 73. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is
73. Actress Lesley Ann Warren is 72. Rock singer-musician Joey Spampinato is 70. Actor Marshall Manesh is 68. Actor Reginald VelJohnson is 66. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 65. Rhythm and blues singer J.T. Taylor is
65. Movie director James Cameron is 64. Actress Angela Bassett is 60. Actor Timothy Hutton is
58. Actor Steve Carell is
56. Actor-singer Donovan Leitch is 51. Actor Andy Milder is 50. Actor Seth Peterson is 48. Country singer Emily Robison (The Dixie Chicks) is 46. Actor George Stults is
43. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 38. Actor Shawn Pyfrom is 32. Country singer Ashton Shepherd is 32. Actor Okieriete Onaodowan is 31. Country singer Dan Smyers (Dan & Shay) is 31. Actor Kevin G. Schmidt is 30. Actress Rumer Willis is 30. Rapper Young Thug is 27. Actor Cameron Monaghan is 25. Singer-pianist Greyson Chance is 21.