Today in History – August 16

1967 – Australian Attack-class patrol boat HMAS Advance (P 83) is launched.

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Australian Attack-class patrol boat HMAS Advance (P 83)

1977 – Elvis Presley, one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century, dies.

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'Elvis Presley' by Ralph Wolfe Cowan