August 16
1777 American rebels won the Revolutionary War Battle of Benington, VT.
1812 American General William Hull surrendered Fort Detroit without a fight to the British and Indian forces in the War of 1812.
1977 Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.
August 17
1786 Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and politician, was born.
1807 Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1896 A prospecting party discovered gold in Alaska, a finding that set off the Klondike gold rush.
August 18
1227 The mongol conqueror Genghis Khan died in late August.
1587 Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, NC. Died before 1591.
1868 French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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