This Day In History

August 16th

1777  General John Stark led patriot forces to defeat the British under General Burgoyne at the Battle of Bennington, New York
1812  American General William Hull surrendered without resistance in Detroit to a lesser British and Indian force under General Issac Brock and was court marshalled two years later.
1960  Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean, becamesan an independent republic after having been Annexed from Turkey during World War I, Cyprus became a British crown colony in 1925.
1977  The "King of Rock & Roll" Elvis Presley dies of a heart attack complicated by drugs at age 42

1913  Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin
1930  Football Star & Broadcaster Frank Gifford
1931  Singer Eydie Gorme
1935  Actress Julie Newmar (Newmeyer)
1953  TV Host Kathie Lee (Epstein) Gifford
1953  Singer James J.T. Taylor
1958  Singer Madonna Ciccone
1960  Actor Timothy Hutton

Top Hits Courtesy of...

1955

• Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets

• Hard to Get - Giselle Mackenzie

• Wake the Town and Tell the People - Les Baxter

• The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller

1963

• Fingertips - Part 2 - Little Stevie Wonder

• Judy's Turn to Cry - Lesley Gore

• Candy Girl - Four Seasons

• You're the Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley

1971

• How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - The Bee Gees

• Draggin' the Line - Tommy James

• Signs - Five Man Electrical Band

• I'm Just Me - Charley Pride

1979

• Bad Girls - Donna Summer

• My Sharona - The Knack

• After the Love has Gone - Earth, Wind and Fire

• Suspicions - Eddie Rabbitt

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