Today in History: First issue of ‘Sports Illustrated' released
Today in history:
On Aug. 16, 1954, the first issue of 'Sports Illustrated' was released.
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In 1777, American forces won the Battle of Bennington in what was considered a turning point of the Revolutionary War.
In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Native American forces in the War of 1812.
In 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.
In 1896, gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory, sparking the 'Klondike Fever' that would draw tens of thousands to the region in search of fortune.
In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53.
In 1962, the Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr.
In 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known as the 'Queen of Soul,' died in Detroit at the age of 76.
In 1978, James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., told a Capitol Hill hearing he did not commit the crime, saying he'd been set up by a mysterious man called 'Raoul.'
In 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.
In 2014, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, where police and protesters repeatedly clashed in the week since a Black 18-year-old, Michael Brown, was shot to death by a white police officer.
In 2020, lightning sparked the August Complex wildfire in California. More than 1,600 square miles — greater than the size of Rhode Island — would burn over the following three months.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Julie Newmar is 92. Film director Bruce Beresford is 85. Actor Bob Balaban is 80. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 80. Actor Lesley Ann Warren is 79. Actor Reginald VelJohnson is 73. Singer/author/TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 72. Singer J.T. Taylor (Kool and the Gang) is 72. Movie director James Cameron is 71. Singer/actor Madonna is 67. Actor Angela Bassett is 67. Actor Timothy Hutton is 65. Actor Steve Carell is 63. Country musician Emily Strayer (The Chicks) is 53. Actor/filmmaker Taika Waititi is 50. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 45. Country singer Dan Smyers (Dan & Shay) is 38. Actor Rumer Willis is 37. U.S. Olympic gold medal swimmer Caeleb Dressel is 29. Tennis player Jannik Sinner is 24.
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