Good Morning Deplorables

It is Wednesday 8/16/2017

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• Lead Story

•  1896 Gold discovered in the Yukon

• American Revolution

• 1780 Continentals routed at Camden, South Carolina

• Automotive

• 1984 Los Angeles jury clears John Z. DeLorean of drug charges

• Civil War

• 1864 Confederate General John Chambliss is killed

• Cold War

• 1955 Paul Robeson loses appeal over his passport

• Crime

• 1984 Auto exec DeLorean cleared in drug-trafficking case
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• Disaster

• 1987 Plane crashes into highway

• General Interest

• 1812 Detroit surrenders without a fight
• 1948 Babe Ruth dies
• 1972 Moroccan king survives attack by own air force
• 1977 Elvis Presley dies

• Hollywood

• 1958 Madonna born

• Literary

• 1920 Poet Charles Bukowski is born

• Music

• 1974 The Ramones play their first public gig at CBGB’s in downtown Manhattan

• Old West

• 1896 George Carmack discovers Klondike gold

• Presidential

• 1841 Tyler is burned in effigy outside White House

• Sports

• 1920 Batter sustains fatal injury at plate

• Vietnam War

• 1964 General Khanh ousts General Minh as chief of state
• 1966 Congress investigates antiwar demonstrators
• 1967 Tonkin Gulf Resolution challenged
• 1972 Heavy air attacks on North Vietnam

• World War I

• 1917 Battle of Langemarck

• World War II

• 1945 Senior U.S. POW is released