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On August 16, 2012, the Ecuadorean authorities stated it was granting political asylum in its London Embassy to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, attempting to keep away from extradition to Sweden to face questioning in a sexual assault investigation. File Picture by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 16 (UPI) — On this date in historical past:
In 1812, British forces foiled plans for a U.S. invasion of Canada by capturing town of Detroit.
In 1896, the North Nation gold rush started with the invention of gold within the Klondike area of Canada’s Yukon Territory.
In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York of most cancers at age 53.
In 1954, the primary version of Sports activities Illustrated was revealed.
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In 1977, Elvis Presley, the king of rock ‘n’ roll, died of heart failure at his dwelling in Memphis at age 42.
In 1987, a Northwest Airways jet certain for Phoenix crashed on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing 156 individuals. A 4-year-old lady, Celia Cichan, was the only survivor.
In 2005, a West Caribbean Airways flight from Colombia crashed in a distant space of northwest Venezuela, killing 160 people.
In 2008, American swimmer Michael Phelps received his record eighth gold medal in a single Olympics within the Summer time Video games at Beijing.
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In 2009, John Yettaw, a Missouri man convicted in Myanmar of illegally visiting political opposition chief Aung San Suu Kyi, serving a prolonged house-arrest sentence, was allowed to leave the nation.
In 2012, the Ecuadorean authorities stated it was granting political asylum in its London Embassy to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, attempting to keep away from extradition to Sweden to face questioning in a sexual assault investigation and subsequent extradition to the USA on allegations he revealed categorised materials. Ecuador withdrew its provide of asylum in April 2019, and London police arrested him.
In 2013, the MV Thomas Aquinas ferry carrying practically 700 individuals collided with a cargo ship and sank off the Philippines. Authorities later stated the accident killed about 60 people and lots of others have been reported lacking.
In 2020, Japan reported that its gross home product shrank 27.8% within the second quarter of 2020, its best financial contraction on file.
In 2021, the U.S. authorities declared its first ever water shortage within the Colorado River Basin, prompting obligatory water consumption cuts all through the Southwest. Over the subsequent yr, water ranges would drop so low in Lake Mead that a number of units of skeletal remains can be uncovered.
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