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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Aug. 16, 1977, singer Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.
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1858<\/td>\nA telegraphed message from Britain’s Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1888<\/td>\nT.E. Lawrence, the British soldier who gained fame as “Lawrence of Arabia,” was born in Tremadoc, Wales.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1913<\/td>\nIsraeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was born in Brest-Litovsk in present-day Belarus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth died at age 53.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\nSports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956<\/td>\nAdlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1960<\/td>\nBritain granted independence to Cyprus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nThousands of people worldwide began a two-day celebration of the “harmonic convergence,” which believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nVice President George H.W. Bush tapped Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle to be his running mate on the Republican ticket.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nDelegates to the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles nominated Vice President Al Gore for president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nTerrorist mastermind Abu Nidal was found shot to death in Baghdad, Iraq.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nIdi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda, died in Saudi Arabia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nJose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for 3-1\/2 years as an enemy combatant, was convicted in Miami of helping Islamic extremists and plotting overseas attacks. (He was sentenced to 17 years, four months in prison.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nMichael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly by a hundredth of a second for his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, tying Mark Spitz’s 1972 record.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nTalk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Portia de Rossi were married at their Beverly Hills, Calif., home.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nChina eclipsed Japan as the world’s second biggest economy after three decades of blistering growth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actor Steve Carell (“The Office”) turns 54 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Shimon Peres<\/td>\nIsraeli politician<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ann Blyth<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frank Gifford<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony Trabert<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eydie Gorme<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julie Newmar<\/td>\nActress (“Batman”)<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bob Balaban<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lesley Ann Warren<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carol Moseley-Braun<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, D-Ill.<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathie Lee Gifford<\/td>\nTV host (“Today”)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Cameron<\/td>\nDirector (“Titanic”)<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laura Innes<\/td>\nActress (“ER”)<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angela Bassett<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Timothy Hutton<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donovan Leitch<\/td>\nActor, singer<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andy Milder<\/td>\nActor (“Weeds”)<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emily Robison<\/td>\nCountry singer, musician (The Dixie Chicks)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vanessa Carlton<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rumer Willis<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Singer Madonna turns 58 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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