AUGUST 16: Elvis Presley passes away / 1st time in Slane Castle / The Kitchen / 'Suspicious Minds' for Elvis / ONE campaign and EDUN, new shirt to benefit Lesotho: 'The Power In Your Pocket'!

Elvis Aaron Presley - august 16, 1977. The King of Rock 'N' Roll, Elvis Aaron Presley passes away.

"Boy" tour - august 16, 1981. U2 perform in Dublin, Ireland at Slane Castle, supporting "Thin Lizzy". U2 plays its first show ever at Slane Castle outside Dublin, and its only Irish show of 1981. They are on the supporting bill for the annual Slane Festival, which is headlined this year by Thin Lizzy. The band performs five tracks from the forthcoming October album, but none have lyrics that match what will eventually be released on the record. During the encore, the band sings "Happy Birthday" for The Edge's girlfriend Aislinn.

"ZOOTV" tour - august 16, 1992. U2 perform in Washington, D.C. at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. On this second night, Bono asks for George Bush, and when unable to get through to him Bono asks to leave a message: "Could you just tell the President to watch more TV?" A full version of "Can't Help Falling In Love" is played at the end of the show, which features the crowd singing along. Over these two dates, U2 perform in front of over 97,000 fans. Support is B.P. Fallon, "Primus" and "Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy".

"Clarence Hotel fire forces The Kitchen evacuation" - august 16, 1995. More than 100 people are evacuated from The Kitchen, the basement nightclub below the U2-owned Clarence Hotel in Dublin, when a fire is spotted on the hotel's roof. No one is inside the hotel itself, which was undergoing renovations at the time.

"POPMart" tour - august 16, 1997. Wiener Neustadt, Austria - Airfield - Paradise Now. On the 20th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, U2's PopMart show in Vienna, Austria is filled with tributes and references to the King. After performing an acoustic version of "His Latest Flame," Bono jokingly tells the audience, "We ain't gonna kill him a second time!" Before "Last Night on Earth," Bono speaks at some length about Presley while images of pills appear on the video screen. Edge's karaoke is Elvis' "Suspicious Minds." And after the closing song, "One," Bono sings "Can't Help Falling In Love" and just as he did during the Zoo TV tour, tells the audience "Elvis is still in the building."

ONE campaign and EDUN, new shirt to benefit Lesotho: 'The Power In Your Pocket' - August 16, 2006 - EDUN, the socially conscious clothing brand created by Ali Hewson, Bono and New York clothing designer Rogan Gregory, has partnered with ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History to launch a new ONE T-shirt made by EDUN at Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com ($40 retail). The project will help fight global AIDS and extreme poverty, and bring fair trade and AIDS treatment to factory workers and their families in Lesotho, Africa. The ONE T-shirt made by EDUN, will be available at Nordstrom on September 11, 2006. The tee will be sold exclusively at Nordstrom (USA),Harvey Nichols (UK), Printemps (France) and Isetan (Japan) as well as online at one.org, edun.ie, nordstrom.com.