On this day: August 16
POSTED: 09:42 PM PDT Aug 13, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Aug 15, 2012
Politics get ugly on the White House lawn, Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, the Bambino and The King both die, and the Beatles find a new drummer, all on this day.
Sports Illustrated
1954: Sports Illustrated is published for the first time, with the cover showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat and New York Giants catcher Wes Westrum in Milwaukee County Stadium. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off of the presses.
