What are the important events that happened on August 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 16: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 16 is the 229th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 137 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 3, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,723,766,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosaenneagon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 166 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,256 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 16 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1792 –Maximilien Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
- 1863 –The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
- 1913 –Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
- 1914 –World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
- 1927 –The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
- 1930 –The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on August 16?
- 1895 –Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
- 1904 –Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
- 1928 –Ann Blyth, American actress
- 1930 –Tony Trabert, American former tennis player
- 1933 –Julie Newmar, American actress
- 1935 –Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
- 1951 –Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigerian politician (d. 2010)
- 1957 –Tim Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
- 1980 –Emerson, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 –Joleon Lescott, English footballer
Who died on August 16?
- 1327 –Roch, French saint (b. 1295)
- 1358 –Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)
- 1938 –Robert Johnson, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1911)
- 1949 –Margaret Mitchell, American novelist (b. 1900)
- 1971 –Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive, chairman of the Twentieth Century Fox (b. 1893)
- 2002 –John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
- 2004 –Carl Mydans, American photographer (b. 1907)
- 2005 –William Corlett, English children’s author (b. 1938)
- 2007 –Bahaedin Adab, Iranian politician (b. 1945)
- 2010 –Bobby Thomson, American baseball player (b. 1923)
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