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What happend on 16. August in History
In our data base we found 330 events happened on 16. August:
• 1027: George I of Georgia (b. 998) [category: Deaths]
• 1297: John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) [category: Deaths]
• 1327: Saint Roch, French saint (b. 1295) [category: Deaths]
• 1328: The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708. [category: Events]
• 1355: Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (d. 1382) [category: Births]
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• 1358: Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298) [category: Deaths]
• 1378: Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) [category: Births]
• 1401: Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (d. 1436) [category: Births]
• 1419: Wenceslaus, King of the Romans (b. 1361) [category: Deaths]
• 1443: Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) [category: Deaths]
• 1445: Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (b. 1424) [category: Deaths]
• 1513: Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) – King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat. [category: Events]
• 1518: Loyset Compère, French composer (b. 1445) [category: Deaths]
• 1532: John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468) [category: Deaths]
• 1557: Agostino Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1602) [category: Births]
• 1573: Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1598) [category: Births]
• 1596: Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (d. 1632) [category: Births]
• 1637: Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen, German hymn writer (d. 1706) [category: Births]
• 1645: Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696) [category: Births]
• 1650: Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer (d. 1718) [category: Births]
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• 1661: Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (b. 1608) [category: Deaths]
• 1678: Andrew Marvell, English poet (b. 1621) [category: Deaths]
• 1682: Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1712) [category: Births]
• 1705: Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (b. 1654) [category: Deaths]
• 1733: Matthew Tindal, English author (b. 1657) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1777: American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York. [category: Events]
• 1780: American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1791: Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal. [category: Events]
• 1793: French Revolution: a levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention. [category: Events]
• 1812: War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army. [category: Events]
• 1815: John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1819: Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1820: Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian politician (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1831: John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1832: Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1836: Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1841: U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history. [category: Events]
• 1842: Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1845: Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1855: Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1856: Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan politician and military leader (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1858: Arthur Achleitner, German writer (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1858: U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks. [category: Events]
• 1859: The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. [category: Events]
• 1860: Jules Laforgue, French poet (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1860: Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, England cricketer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1862: Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1863: The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country. [category: Events]
• 1868: Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder, author, and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1869: Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War. [category: Events]
• 1870: Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory. [category: Events]
• 1876: Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1876: Julian Ashby Burruss, American academic (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1877: Roque Ruaño, Spanish engineer (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1878: Léon Binoche, French rugby player (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1882: Christian Mortensen, Danish-American super-centenarian (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1882: Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1884: Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American writer and publisher (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1886: Ramakrishna, Indian mystic (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Armand J. Piron, American violinist, bandleader, and composer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1888: T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1888: John Pemberton, American chemist, inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: The Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed. [category: Events]
• 1892: Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1893: Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: George Meany, American labor leader (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1895: Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1895: Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1896: Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush. [category: Events]
• 1899: Robert Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese writer (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. [category: Events]
• 1902: Georgette Heyer, English novelist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1904: Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot and politician (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1904: Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1904: Prentiss Ingraham, American writer (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people. [category: Events]
• 1907: James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1908: William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American novelist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1909: Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1911: E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1911: Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Ted Drake, English footballer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1913: Menachem Begin, Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1913: Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary. [category: Events]
• 1913: Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students. [category: Events]
• 1914: Carl Theodor Schulz, Norwegian gardener (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: World War I: Battle of Cer begins. [category: Events]
• 1915: Al Hibbler, American singer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1916: Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1917: Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1917: Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1920: Charles Bukowski, American poet (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1920: Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw. [category: Events]
• 1920: Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. [category: Events]
• 1920: The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution. [category: Events]
• 1921: Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1923: Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian playwright (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Fess Parker, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Inez Voyce, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1925: Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1927: The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear. [category: Events]
• 1928: Ann Blyth, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1928: Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1928: Eydie Gormé, American singer [category: Births]
• 1929: Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1929: Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1929: Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1929: Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist [category: Births]
• 1929: The 1929 Palestine riots break out in the British Mandate of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed. [category: Events]
• 1930: Frank Gifford, American football player and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1930: Robert Culp, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1930: Tony Trabert, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1930: The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon. [category: Events]
• 1930: The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks. [category: Events]
• 1933: Julie Newmar, American actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1933: Stuart Roosa, American astronaut (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1934: Diana Wynne Jones, English author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1934: Donnie Dunagan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: John Standing, English actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Ketty Lester, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Pierre Richard, French actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1935: Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman [category: Births]
• 1936: Anita Gillette, American actress [category: Births]
• 1937: David Anderson, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1937: David Behrman, American composer and producer [category: Births]
• 1937: Lorraine Gary, American actress [category: Births]
• 1938: Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Billy Joe Shaver, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1939: Seán Brady, Irish cardinal and archbishop [category: Births]
• 1939: Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-English journalist [category: Births]
• 1940: Bruce Beresford, Australian film director [category: Births]
• 1940: John Craven, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1941: Théoneste Bagosora, Rwandan army officer [category: Births]
• 1942: Barbara George, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California. [category: Events]
• 1943: Sharon Baird, American actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1943: Woody Peoples, American football player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1944: First flight of the Junkers Ju 287. [category: Events]
• 1945: Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soft Machine) [category: Births]
• 1945: Russell Brookes, British World Racing Driver, and 1977 British Rally Champion [category: Births]
• 1945: Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina [category: Births]
• 1945: Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki. [category: Events]
• 1945: Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops. [category: Events]
• 1946: Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1946: Lesley Ann Warren, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Massoud Barzani, Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan [category: Births]
• 1946: Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours. [category: Events]
• 1946: The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad. [category: Events]
• 1947: Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1947: Marc Messier, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Barry Hay, Indian-Dutch singer (Golden Earring) [category: Births]
• 1948: Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: Pierre Reid, Canadian politician and teacher [category: Births]
• 1948: Babe Ruth, American baseball player (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Barbara Goodson, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter (The Tubes) [category: Births]
• 1949: Scott Asheton, American drummer (The Stooges and Sonic's Rendezvous Band) [category: Births]
• 1949: Margaret Mitchell, American novelist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner [category: Births]
• 1950: Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1950: Stockwell Day, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1951: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian politician, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1951: Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Gianna Rolandi, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1952: Mahes Goonatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1952: Reginald VelJohnson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1954: George Galloway, Scottish journalist and politician [category: Births]
• 1954: James Cameron, Canadian film director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1954: The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published. [category: Events]
• 1955: James Reilly, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1956: Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Bela Lugosi, Hungarian actor (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Laura Innes, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: R. R. Patil, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Randhir Singh, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1957: Tim Farriss, Australian bass player (INXS) [category: Births]
• 1957: Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Angela Bassett, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: José Luis Clerc, Argentine tennis player [category: Births]
• 1958: Madonna, American singer-songwriter, actress, producer, and director [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael E. Harkin, American anthropologist [category: Births]
• 1958: Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach [category: Births]
• 1959: Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1959: Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: William Halsey, Jr., American navy admiral (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Timothy Hutton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1960: Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft. [category: Events]
• 1961: Christian Okoye, American football player [category: Births]
• 1961: Michaela Dornonville de la Cour, Swedish singer and actress (Army of Lovers) [category: Births]
• 1961: Abdul Haq, Indian scholar, and linguist (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Manfred Hellmann, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official. [category: Events]
• 1963: Christine Cavanaugh, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Paul Weinstein, German jumper (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy. [category: Events]
• 1966: Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. [category: Events]
• 1967: Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish actress and author [category: Births]
• 1968: Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier [category: Births]
• 1970: Bonnie Bernstein, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1970: Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1970: Manisha Koirala, Nepali-Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Rulon Gardner, American Greco-Roman wrestler [category: Births]
• 1971: Stefan Klos, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Spyros Skouras, Greek-American movie executive (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian and writer [category: Births]
• 1972: George Stroumboulopoulos, Canadian television and radio host [category: Births]
• 1972: Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat. [category: Events]
• 1973: Damian Jackson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1974: Roger Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer [category: Births]
• 1974: Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB. [category: Events]
• 1975: Didier Agathe, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: George Stults, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Soviet runner (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Tiina Kankaanpää, Finnish discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1977: Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer-songwriter composer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (The Blue Moon Boys) (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Eddie Gill, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Fu Mingxia, Chinese diver [category: Births]
• 1978: Jean Acker, American actress (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch nobleman and statesman (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1979: Monder Rizki, Belgian runner [category: Births]
• 1979: Paul Gallacher, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: John Diefenbaker, Canadian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Emerson Ramos Borges, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Hwangbo, South Korean singer, rapper, and actress (Chakra) [category: Births]
• 1980: Piet Rooijakkers, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1980: Raniere Silva dos Santos, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Denis Gremelmayr, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Tomohiro Ito, Japanese sprinter [category: Births]
• 1983: Colt Brennan, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Candice Dupree, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1986: Kim Oh-Sung, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Shawn Pyfrom, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian poet and novelist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Evan Berger, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Kyal Marsh, Australian actor and gymnast [category: Births]
• 1987: Luke Jones, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Northwest Airlines Flight 255 a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashes after take off in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus 2 people on the ground. [category: Events]
• 1989: Wang Hao, Chinese race walker [category: Births]
• 1989: Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market. [category: Events]
• 1990: Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: G.E.M., Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1991: José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Luigi Zampa, Italian director (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Islam Dzhabrailov, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Stewart Granger, English actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: J. P. McCarthy, American radio host (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Abu Nidal, Palestinian militant leader (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Carl Mydans, American photographer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Vassar Clements, American fiddler (Old and in the Way) (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: William Corlett, English author (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan military officer and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Herschel Green, American pilot (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Bahaedin Adab, Iranian politician (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Dewey Robertson, Canadian wrestler (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Max Roach, American drummer and composer (M'Boom) (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Elena Leuşteanu, Romanian gymnast (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dubliners) (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level. [category: Events]
• 2010: Bobby Thomson, American baseball player (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek military officer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Constance Kgosiemang, Namibian politician and tribal chief (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jang Hyun-Kyu, South Korean footballer (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Larry R. Brown, American politician (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Martine Franck, Belgian photographer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Phil Kelly, Irish footballer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: T. G. Kamala Devi, Indian actor and singer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William Windom, American actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg. [category: Events]
• _: August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Children's Day (Paraguay) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Restoration Day (Dominican Republic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Roch [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Simplician [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Stephen I of Hungary [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France) [category: Holidays and observances]