August 16th, 1896
Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush. event on August 16, 1896. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around August 16, 1896
August 18th, 1896 | Birth | Jack Pickford, Canadian-born actor (died in 1933) |
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