On this day in history
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Source: HistoryNet.com
1812: American General William Hull surrenders Detroit without resistance to a smaller British force under General Issac Brock.
1858: U.S. President James Buchanan and Britain's Queen Victoria exchange messages inaugurating the first transatlantic telegraph line.
1896: Gold is discovered in the Klondike of Canada's Yukon Territory, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1965: The Watts riots end in south-central Los Angeles after six days.
1977: Elvis Presley dies of a heart attack in the upstairs bedroom suite area of his Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.
1984: The safe of the sunken ocean liner Andrea Doria is opened on TV after three decades, revealing cash and certificates but no other valuables.
1987: Astrological alignment of sun, moon and six planets marks what believers maintain is the dawning of a New Age.
1988: IBM introduces artificial intelligence software.
2012: In South Africa police fire on striking mine workers, killing at least 34.
