Today in History: August 16, state of emergency declared amid Michael Brown shooting protests
In the current era is Saturday Aug the th day of There are days left in the year In the present day in history On Aug 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 -year-old Michael Brown was shot to death by a white police officer Also on this date In American forces won the Battle of Bennington in what was considered a turning point of the Revolutionary War Related Articles Hundreds may have been exposed to rabies at bat-infested cabins in Grand Teton National Park Arizona Nevada and Mexico will again get less Colorado River water in FACT FOCUS No taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summer President Trump ramps up takeover of Washington s police department Here s what to know Solar panels that fit on your balcony or deck are gaining traction in the US In Detroit fell to British and Native American forces in the War of In President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial agreement with states that were in rebellion i e the Confederacy In 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 baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age In the first issue of Sports Illustrated was circulated In the Beatles fired their original drummer Pete Best replacing him with Ringo Starr In Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis Tennessee at the age of forty-one years later in singer Aretha Franklin known as the Queen of Soul died in Detroit at the age of In James Earl Ray convicted assassin of Dr Martin Luther King Jr stated a Capitol Hill hearing he did not commit the crime saying he d been set up by a mysterious man called Raoul In 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 lightning sparked the August Complex wildfire in California More than square miles greater than the size of Rhode Island would burn over the following three months This day s Birthdays Actor Julie Newmar is Film director Bruce Beresford is Actor Bob Balaban is Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is Actor Lesley Ann Warren is Actor Reginald VelJohnson is Singer author TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is Singer J T Taylor Kool and the Gang is Movie director James Cameron is Singer actor Madonna is Actor Angela Bassett is Actor Timothy Hutton is Actor Steve Carell kuh-REHL is Country musician Emily Strayer The Chicks is Actor filmmaker Taika Waititi is Singer Vanessa Carlton is Country singer Dan Smyers Dan Shay is Actor Rumer Willis is U S Olympic gold medal swimmer Caeleb Dressel is Tennis performer Jannik Sinner is
