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Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and nine Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2023, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential ...
August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1 BC – ...
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. [4] [5] [6]The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
The Associated Press. July 29, 2024 at 8:55 AM. Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 4-10: Aug. 4: Actor Tina Cole (“My Three Sons”) is 81. Actor Billy Bob Thornton is 69. Actor Kym Karath ...
Selected anniversaries/August. 30 BC – War of Actium: Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Alexandria, establishing Roman Egypt. 902 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Led by Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid forces captured the Byzantine stronghold of Taormina, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
Young Thug. Jeffery Lamar Williams [6] (born August 16, 1991), known professionally as Young Thug, [a] is an American rapper. Known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, [8] he is considered an influential figure in modern hip hop and trap music, and a pioneer of the mumble rap microgenre. [9] [3] Williams embarked on a musical career in ...
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August 16. Skookum Jim Mason. 1513 – War of the League of Cambrai: English and Imperial forces defeated French cavalry, forcing them to retreat. 1896 – A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.