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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16" title="August 16">August 16</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1513" title="1513">1513</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai" title="War of the League of Cambrai">War of the League of Cambrai</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">English</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Imperial</a> forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Spurs" title="Battle of the Spurs">defeated</a></b> French cavalry, forcing them to retreat.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896" title="1896">1896</a> – A group including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carmack" title="George Carmack">George Carmack</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keish" title="Keish">Skookum Jim Mason</a> discovered gold near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_City" title="Dawson City">Dawson City</a>, Canada, setting off the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush" title="Klondike Gold Rush">Klondike Gold Rush</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906" title="1906">1906</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Valpara%C3%ADso_earthquake" title="1906 Valparaíso earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> registering approximately 8.2 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub>w</sub></a> struck <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valpara%C3%ADso" title="Valparaíso">Valparaíso</a>, Chile, killing 3,882 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946" title="1946">1946</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Action_Day" title="Direct Action Day">Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims</a></b> took place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Calcutta</a> following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-India_Muslim_League" title="All-India Muslim League">All-India Muslim League</a>'s call for an independent Pakistan.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2009 World Championships in Athletics">World Championships in Athletics in Berlin</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt" title="Usain Bolt">Usain Bolt</a></b> ran the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_metres" title="100 metres">100 metres</a> in 9.58 seconds, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_100_metres_world_record_progression" title="Men's 100 metres world record progression">breaking his own record</a> set a year earlier.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianos_Argyros" title="Marianos Argyros">Marianos Argyros</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 963); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Inglis" title="Elsie Inglis">Elsie Inglis</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1864); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1958); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Nidal" title="Abu Nidal">Abu Nidal</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2002)</p>
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