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Events on Sunday 16 August 1896 1
1896Klondike Gold Rush beginsGold discovered on Bonanza Creek in the YukonOn 16 August 1896 prospectors discovered gold on Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. News of the strike reached the outside world the following year, triggering a rush of an estimated 100,000 prospectors. The gold rush reshaped the economy and settlement of the Canadian and Alaskan north.