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 - Lawrence of Arabia
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1888: T. E. Lawrence, the English writer and soldier known as "Lawrence of Arabia," is born in Tremadog, Caernarfonshire, Wales. His nickname was used for the 1962 film based on his World War I activities during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule.

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