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.

OTD August 16 - Monkees
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RCA Records

1966: The Monkees' first single, "Last Train to Clarksville," is released. The song would go on to top the Billboard Hot 100 on Nov. 5, 1966.

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