TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT August 16, 1977

Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.

ON THIS DATE 1954

Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc.

1962

The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr.

1977

A judge in New York ruled that Renee Richards, a male-to-female transgender, had the right to compete in the U.S. Open without having to pass a sex chromosome test.