History for August 16

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George Meany 1894, Menachem Begin (Israel) 1913, Charles Bukowski 1920


Shimon Peres 1923 - Israeli politician,  Madonna Louise Ciccone 1958 - Singer, Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go's) 1958


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


1829 - The "Siamese twins," Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston, MA. They had come to the Western world to be exhibited. They were 18 years old and joined at the waist.


1861 - U.S. President Lincoln prohibited the Union states from trading with the states of the Confederacy.


1954 - Sports Illustrated was published for the first time. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off of the presses.


1954 - Jack Paar replaced Walter Cronkite as host of "The Morning Show" on CBS-TV.


1960 - Cyprus was granted independence by Britain.


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


1999 - In Russia, Vladimir V. Putin was confirmed as prime minister by the lower house of parliament.