August 16
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August 16 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 136 days remaining until the end of the year.
[change] Events
- 1787 - Lietenant William Bligh took command of HMAV Bounty.
- 1863 - Fighting started between the Dominican Republic and Spain over Dominican independence.
- 1936 - 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany ended.
- 1960 - Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1962 - The Beatles fired Pete Best and hired Ringo Starr.
- 1962 - Algeria joined the Arab League.
- 1975 - Police arrest serial killer Ted Bundy
- 2004 - Heavy rains cause a river to flood the small coastal town of Boscastle in Cornwall, England.
- 2007 - Tropical Storm Erin made landfall near Lamar, Texas
[change] Births
- 1557 - Agostino Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1602)
- 1946 - Massoud Barzani, First President of Iraqi Kurdistan
- 1947 - Ephraïm Inoni, Prime Minister of Cameroon
- 1958 - Madonna, American singer
- 1979 - Cleo Lemon, American NFL player
[change] Deaths
- 1899 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)
- 1938 - Robert Johnson, American musician (b. 1911)
- 1945 - Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese naval leader (b. 1891)
- 1948 - Babe Ruth, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- 1977 - Elvis Presley, American singer and actor (b. 1935)
- 2003 - Idi Amin, Dictator of Uganda
