Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/August 16

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  • August 16:
  • 1812 - Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812.
  • 1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln prohibited the states of the Union from trading with the seceding states of the Confederacy.
  • 1954 - Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc.
  • 1962 – Steve Carell, American actor and comedian
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