August 16
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[edit] Events
- 1787 - Lietenant William Bligh takes command of HMAV Bounty.
- 1960 - Cyprus gains its independence from thr United Kingdom.
- 1962 - The Beatles fire Pete Best and hire Ringo Starr.
- 2004 - Heavy rains cause a river to flood the small coastal town of Boscastle in Cornwall, England.
[edit] Births
- 1947 - Carol Moseley Braun, First Black United States Senator
- 1958 - Madonna, American Singer