On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of Soul,” died in Detroit at the age of 76.
FILE-- Elvis Presley is shown in this undated file photo. ; FILE--Aretha Franklin poses while attending the Broadway show “Hairspray,” on March 23, 2007 in New York. FILE-- Elvis Presley is shown in this undated file photo. ; FILE--Aretha Franklin poses while attending the Broadway show “Hairspray,” on March 23, 2007 in New York. FILE-- Elvis Presley is shown in this undated file photo. ; FILE--Aretha Franklin poses while attending the Broadway show “Hairspray,” on March 23, 2007 in New York.
In 1896, gold was discovered in Canada’s Yukon Territory, sparking the “Klondike Fever” that would draw tens of thousands to the region in search of fortune. Celebrants raise their hands as the sun rises over the northwestern New Mexico landscape near Chaco Canyon, N.M., Aug. 16, 1987. About a thousand people participated in various activities, part of the “harmonic convergence” including chanting, prayer and meditation.
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