Digistoria – cele mai importante evenimente petrecute pe 16 august

Cyprus gained independence from British rule, with Archbishop Makarios III as its first president, but ethnic tensions led to violence shortly after. Elvis Presley died in 1977, found by his fiancée, and was later buried at Graceland. In 2004, President George W. Bush announced the withdrawal of 70,000 U.S. troops from Europe and Asia, marking a shift in U.S. military strategy post-Cold War.