SUNDAY IN HISTORY

From the Pages of the Oneida Dispatch

Aug. 16, 1859: One team of the Oneida Base Ball Club defeated the other, 64-51.

Aug. 16, 1907: Lulu Paine and Addie Coppernoll of Oneida had been engaged to teach at Oneida Valley and Lenox Basin, respectively.

Aug. 16, 1925: The cornerstone of the new Durhamville Baptist Church was laid.

Today is Sunday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2015. There are 137 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.

On this date:

In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington.

In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812.

In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53.

In1960, Britain ceded control of the crown colony of Cyprus.

In1962, The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr.

In 1978, James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., told a Capitol Hill hearing he did not commit the crime, saying he’d been set up by a mysterious man called “Raoul.”

Ten years ago: Hundreds of defiant Jewish settlers hunkered down in advance of a midnight deadline to leave Gaza.

Five years ago: China eclipsed Japan as the world’s second biggest economy.

One year ago: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, where police and protesters repeatedly clashed in theweek since a black teenager was shot to death by a white police officer.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Julie Newmar is 82. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 62. Movie director James Cameron is 61. Singer Madonna is 57. Actor Steve Carell is 53.

Thought for Today: “Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent — the power to do the right thing the first time.” — Elbert Hubbard, American writer (1856-1915).