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August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• 1792 – Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
• 1793 – French Revolution: a levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
• 1812 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1859 – The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
• 1863 – The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
• 1869 – Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• 1891 – The Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• 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.
• 1900 – The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
• 1906 – An estimated 8.2 M_W earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
• 1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• 1913 – Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
• 1914 – World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
• 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. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• 1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• 1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
• 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.
• 1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
• 1930 – The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
• 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.
• 1944 – First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.
• 1945 – An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki.
• 1945 – Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops.
• 1946 – Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours.
• 1946 – The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
• 1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
• 1960 – Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
• 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.
• 1974 – Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2012 – South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg.

Births

• 1355 – Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (d. 1382)
• 1378 – Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
• 1401 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (d. 1436)
• 1557 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1602)
• 1573 – Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1598)
• 1596 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (d. 1632)
• 1637 – Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen, German hymn writer (d. 1706)
• 1645 – Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)
• 1650 – Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer (d. 1718)
• 1682 – Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1712)
• 1761 – Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800)
• 1815 – John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
• 1820 – Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian politician (d. 1892)
• 1831 – John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (d. 1901)
• 1832 – Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (d. 1920)
• 1842 – Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (d. 1922)
• 1845 – Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
• 1856 – Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan politician and military leader (d. 1904)
• 1858 – Arthur Achleitner, German writer (d. 1927)
• 1860 – Jules Laforgue, French poet (d. 1887)
• 1860 – Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, England cricketer (d. 1938)
• 1862 – Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
• 1868 – Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder, author, and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (d. 1955)
• 1876 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Julian Ashby Burruss, American academic (d. 1947)
• 1877 – Roque Ruaño, Spanish engineer (d. 1935)
• 1878 – Léon Binoche, French rugby player (d. 1962)
• 1882 – Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
• 1882 – Christian Mortensen, Danish-American super-centenarian (d. 1998)
• 1884 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American writer and publisher (d. 1967)
• 1888 – T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier (d. 1935)
• 1888 – Armand J. Piron, American violinist, bandleader, and composer (d. 1943)
• 1892 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (d. 1983)
• 1894 – George Meany, American labor leader (d. 1980)
• 1895 – Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (d. 1981)
• 1895 – Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
• 1902 – Georgette Heyer, English novelist (d. 1974)
• 1904 – Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot and politician (d. 1989)
• 1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 1908 – Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator (d. 2010)
• 1908 – William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American novelist (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor (d. 1995)
• 1911 – E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)
• 1912 – Ted Drake, English footballer (d. 1995)
• 1913 – Menachem Begin, Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Al Hibbler, American singer (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Charles Bukowski, American poet (d. 1994)
• 1922 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian playwright (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Fess Parker, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Inez Voyce, American baseball player
• 1925 – Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)
• 1928 – Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
• 1928 – Eydie Gormé, American singer
• 1928 – Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
• 1929 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
• 1929 – Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist
• 1930 – Robert Culp, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Frank Gifford, American football player and sportscaster
• 1930 – Tony Trabert, American tennis player
• 1933 – Julie Newmar, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1933 – Stuart Roosa, American astronaut (d. 1994)
• 1934 – Donnie Dunagan, American actor
• 1934 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (d. 2011)
• 1934 – Ketty Lester, American singer and actress
• 1934 – Pierre Richard, French actor
• 1934 – John Standing, English actor
• 1935 – Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman
• 1935 – Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
• 1937 – David Anderson, Canadian politician
• 1937 – David Behrman, American composer and producer
• 1939 – Seán Brady, Irish cardinal and archbishop
• 1939 – Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-English journalist
• 1939 – Billy Joe Shaver, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1940 – Bruce Beresford, Australian director
• 1940 – John Craven, English journalist
• 1941 – Théoneste Bagosora, Rwandan army officer
• 1942 – Barbara George, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1943 – Sharon Baird, American actress and dancer
• 1943 – Woody Peoples, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1945 – Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soft Machine)
• 1945 – Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina
• 1946 – Massoud Barzani, Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
• 1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress and singer
• 1946 – Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (d. 1996)
• 1947 – Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician
• 1947 – Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer
• 1947 – Marc Messier, Canadian actor
• 1948 – Barry Hay, Indian-Dutch singer (Golden Earring)
• 1948 – Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player
• 1948 – Pierre Reid, Canadian politician and teacher
• 1949 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (The Stooges and Sonic's Rendezvous Band)
• 1949 – Barbara Goodson, American voice actress
• 1949 – Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter (The Tubes)
• 1950 – Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner
• 1950 – Stockwell Day, Canadian politician
• 1950 – Marshall Manesh, Iranian-American actor
• 1950 – Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer
• 1951 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (d. 1992)
• 1951 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian politician, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010)
• 1952 – Mahes Goonatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1952 – Gianna Rolandi, American soprano
• 1952 – Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
• 1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress
• 1953 – James "J.T." Taylor, American singer and actor (Kool & the Gang)
• 1954 – James Cameron, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1954 – George Galloway, Scottish journalist and politician
• 1955 – James Reilly, Irish politician
• 1956 – Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician
• 1956 – Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist
• 1957 – Tim Farriss, Australian bass player (INXS)
• 1957 – R. R. Patil, Indian politician
• 1957 – Randhir Singh, Indian cricketer
• 1958 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter, actress, producer, and director
• 1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress
• 1958 – José Luis Clerc, Argentine tennis player
• 1958 – Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach
• 1958 – Michael E. Harkin, American anthropologist
• 1958 – Madonna Louise Ciccone, American Entertainer
• 1959 – Laura Innes, American actress
• 1959 – Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist
• 1960 – Timothy Hutton, American actor
• 1961 – Michaela Dornonville de la Cour, Swedish singer and actress (Army of Lovers)
• 1961 – Christian Okoye, American football player
• 1962 – Steve Carell, American actor, director, and producer
• 1962 – Manfred Hellmann, German footballer
• 1963 – Christine Cavanaugh, American voice actress
• 1964 – Jimmy Arias, American tennis player
• 1964 – Matt Lukin, American bass player (Mudhoney and Melvins)
• 1966 – Barry Lather, American choreographer and director
• 1967 – Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish actress and author
• 1967 – Pamela Smart, American convicted murderer
• 1968 – Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier
• 1969 – Andy Milder, American actor
• 1970 – Bonnie Bernstein, American sportscaster
• 1970 – Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (d. 1995)
• 1970 – Killah Priest, American rapper, producer, and actor (The HRSMN, Sunz of Man, and Black Market Militia)
• 1970 – Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor
• 1970 – Manisha Koirala, Nepali-Indian actress
• 1970 – Seth Peterson, American actor
• 1971 – Rulon Gardner, American wrestler
• 1971 – Stefan Klos, German footballer
• 1972 – Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian and writer
• 1972 – Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
• 1972 – Emily Robison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds)
• 1972 – George Stroumboulopoulos, Canadian television and radio host
• 1973 – Damian Jackson, American baseball player
• 1974 – Roger Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1974 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
• 1974 – Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
• 1974 – Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1975 – Didier Agathe, French footballer
• 1975 – Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
• 1975 – George Stults, American actor
• 1976 – Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer
• 1976 – Tiina Kankaanpää, Finnish discus thrower
• 1976 – Dave Ockun, American concert producer
• 1977 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer-songwriter composer, and actor
• 1978 – Eddie Gill, American basketball player
• 1978 – Fu Mingxia, Chinese diver
• 1978 – Thalia Pellegrini, English television host
• 1979 – Paul Gallacher, Scottish footballer
• 1979 – Monder Rizki, Belgian runner
• 1980 – Hwangbo, South Korean singer, rapper, and actress (Chakra)
• 1980 – Emerson Ramos Borges, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1980 – Robert Hardy, English bass player (Franz Ferdinand)
• 1980 – Piet Rooijakkers, Dutch cyclist
• 1980 – Raniere Silva dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
• 1981 – Denis Gremelmayr, German tennis player
• 1981 – Taylor Rain, American porn actress
• 1982 – Cam Gigandet, American actor
• 1982 – Joleon Lescott, English footballer
• 1982 – Tomohiro Ito, Japanese sprinter
• 1983 – Colt Brennan, American football player
• 1983 – Colin Griffiths, English comedian and writer
• 1983 – Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
• 1984 – Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
• 1984 – Candice Dupree, American basketball player
• 1985 – Agnes Bruckner, American actress
• 1986 – Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
• 1986 – Kim Oh-Sung, South Korean footballer
• 1986 – Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
• 1987 – Evan Berger, Australian footballer
• 1987 – Luke Jones, English footballer
• 1987 – Kyal Marsh, Australian actor and gymnast
• 1987 – Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Kevin Schmidt, American actor
• 1988 – Rumer Willis, American actress
• 1989 – Charlotte Gurr, English footballer
• 1989 – Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
• 1991 – G.E.M., Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
• 1991 – Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Canadian actress
• 1991 – Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
• 1991 – José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 – Islam Dzhabrailov, Russian footballer
• 1997 – Greyson Chance, American singer and pianist

Deaths

• 1027 – George I of Georgia (b. 998)
• 1297 – John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)
• 1327 – Saint Roch, French saint (b. 1295)
• 1358 – Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298)
• 1419 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans (b. 1361)
• 1443 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
• 1445 – Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (b. 1424)
• 1518 – Loyset Compère, French composer (b. 1445)
• 1532 – John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)
• 1661 – Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (b. 1608)
• 1678 – Andrew Marvell, English poet (b. 1621)
• 1705 – Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (b. 1654)
• 1733 – Matthew Tindal, English author (b. 1657)
• 1791 – Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 – Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)
• 1855 – Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1886 – Ramakrishna, Indian mystic (b. 1836)
• 1888 – John Pemberton, American chemist, inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)
• 1899 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)
• 1900 – José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese writer (b. 1845)
• 1904 – Prentiss Ingraham, American writer (b. 1843)
• 1907 – James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)
• 1911 – Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 – Carl Theodor Schulz, Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1921 – Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 – Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
• 1938 – Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (b. 1864)
• 1948 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player (b. 1895)
• 1949 – Margaret Mitchell, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1951 – Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (b. 1887)
• 1952 – Lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866)
• 1956 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian actor (b. 1882)
• 1957 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1959 – William Halsey, Jr., American navy admiral (b. 1882)
• 1959 – Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b. 1879)
• 1961 – Abdul Haq, Indian scholar, and linguist (b. 1870)
• 1964 – Paul Weinstein, German jumper (b. 1878)
• 1971 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-American movie executive (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905)
• 1973 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1975 – Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Soviet runner (b. 1927)
• 1977 – Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (The Blue Moon Boys) (b. 1935)
• 1978 – Jean Acker, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1978 – Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch nobleman and statesman (b. 1888)
• 1979 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian poet and novelist (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1990 – Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler (b. 1925)
• 1991 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951)
• 1993 – Stewart Granger, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 – J. P. McCarthy, American radio host (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer (b. 1948)
• 1997 – Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 – Abu Nidal, Palestinian militant leader (b. 1937)
• 2002 – John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
• 2004 – Carl Mydans, American photographer (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
• 2005 – Vassar Clements, American fiddler (Old and in the Way) (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
• 2005 – William Corlett, English author (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor (b. 1960)
• 2005 – Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Herschel Green, American pilot (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan military officer and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Bahaedin Adab, Iranian politician (b. 1945)
• 2007 – Max Roach, American drummer and composer (M'Boom) (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Dewey Robertson, Canadian wrestler (b. 1939)
• 2008 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dubliners) (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
• 2008 – Elena Leuşteanu, Romanian gymnast (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek military officer (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Bobby Thomson, American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Larry R. Brown, American politician (b. 1943)
• 2012 – T. G. Kamala Devi, Indian actor and singer (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Martine Franck, Belgian photographer (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Phil Kelly, Irish footballer (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Jang Hyun-Kyu, South Korean footballer (b. 1981)
• 2012 – Constance Kgosiemang, Namibian politician and tribal chief (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935)
• 2012 – William Windom, American actor (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances

• Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
• Children's Day (Paraguay)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Roch
  • Simplician
  • Stephen I of Hungary
  • Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
• Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)
• Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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