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