August 16 in history: • 1891 – San Sebastian Church (pictured), an all-iron church in Manila, was officially consecrated. → go there • 1896 – A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush. → go there • 1900 – Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison. → go there • 1906 – An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people. → go there • 1986 – Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days. → go there Died 1861: Ranavalona I Wiki link Born 1902: Georgette Heyer Wiki link Born 2001: Jannik Sinner Wiki link Died 2008: Dorival Caymmi Wiki link Pictured: San Sebastian Church in Manila.