August 16: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

• Steve Carell (1962)

  Carell, an American actor and writer is considered one comedyaEUR(tm),'s rising talents.

• James Cameron (1954)

  Canadian film director.

• Pierre Richard (1934)

  French film director and actor, he is considered one of the most gifted and talented comedians in France.

• Angela Bassett (1958)

  American actress.

• Rumer Willis (1988)

  American actress and singer, the child of Bruce Willis (and Wife Demi) Moore.

• Kathie Lee Gifford (1953)
• Clovis Cornillac (1968)

  French actor in television, film and theater.

• Vanessa Carlton (1980)

  Pop Singer.

• Julie Newmar (1933)

  American singer, actress, and dancer.

• Timothy Hutton (1960)

  American actor producer and American director.

See more celebrities born on August 16th

How to check someone's birthday?

If you’re looking for a person's birth date, have a look at our Birthday Search Guide

How long until next August 16th?

Find out how many days until next August 16th or calculate the number of days between two dates with our age calculator

• Margaret Mitchell (1949)

  American author of "Gone With The Wind", a book she wrote over ten years.

• Stewart Granger (1993)

  Tall, dark, and debonair, this British actor was a major adventure star in the 1950s.

• Amanda Blake (1989)

  American actress Gunsmoke dies at the age of 60.

• John Hurley (1986)

  At 45, a song writer (Son a Preacher Man) dies.

• Louis Jouvet (1951)

  French theatre director, designer, stage worker, teacher, and stage administrator before his film and acting careers.

• Robert Johnson (1938)

  US Delta-blues singer / guitarist, poisoned at 27.

• Pierre Brasseur (1972)

  French actor (Born in 1905).

• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1997)

  Pakistani singer and musician (d. 1997).

• Alfredo Stroessner (2006)

  Paraguayan politician and general 46th President of Paraguay (d.2006).

• Luigi Zampa (1991)

  Italian film director, whose work includes "Vivere In Pace" (1946).

See all famous people who died on August 16th

Western Zodiac

Leo

Can the figures of August 16th tell you something about your future? Get a Free Numerology Reading.

Moon Sign on August 16th

If you were born on August 16th discover your Moon Sign.

All about Leo

People born between July 23rd and August 22nd belong to the Leo zodiac sign.

Leo personality traits and attitude

Zodiac signs most and least compatible with Leo

Why are August born special?

• Aug 16th, 2018 2018 Washington Veterans Day Parade: President Donald Trump's planned military parade on November 10, 2018, has been postponed by the United States Department of Defense until 2019. Estimates for the parade's costs have increased from $12 million up to $92 million.
• Aug 16th, 2017 Confederate memorials and monuments being removed: Several Confederate monuments were taken down in Baltimore, Maryland overnight, including the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monuments, Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monuments, Confederate Women's Monuments, and Roger B. Taney sculpture. On August 14, the Baltimore City Council unanimously approved the removal of the monuments.
• Aug 16th, 2016 To launch airstrikes against Syria, the Russian Air Force uses an Iranian Airbase near Hamadan.
• Aug 16th, 2015 2015 Douma Market Air Strikes, Syrian Civil War. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights), a series of air-raids carried out by the Syrian Arab Air Force against rebel-held Douma killed at least 110 and left hundreds of others injured. (BBC), (The International Business Times), Reuters, (Xinhua),
• Aug 16th, 2014 War in Donbass -: Ukrainian government forces retake control of Zhdanivka, which was under attack by pro-Russian rebels.
• Aug 16th, 2013 Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d’etat: Security is increased in Cairo amid Friday prayers and nationwide protest marches called for by the Muslim Brotherhood. (AlJazeera.) Ammar Badei is the son of Mohammed Badie who is the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. He was killed during clashes in Cairo.

• Aug 16th, 2012 Civil war in Syria:
• Aug 16th, 2011 Libyan civil war 2011
• Aug 16th, 2010 The Philippine security forces announced that they would extend Oplan Bantay Laya, a controversial counter-insurgency tactic, until December 31, 2010. The extension was condemned by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, a political party.
• Aug 16th, 2009 At 14:38 local, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes near Siberut Island in Sumatra, Indonesia. It causes at least seven injuries.
• Aug 16th, 2008 2008 South Ossetia war:
• Aug 16th, 2007 JosT Padilla was convicted in the USA for conspiracy to murder individuals abroad, conspiracy to materially assist terrorists and materially aiding terrorists. Padilla was first arrested in May 2002.

August 16th marks the 227th day of year the Gregorian calendar;

There are 137 days remaining until the end of the year.

What day of the week is August 16th?

On August 16th, 2023 the day of the week is Wednesday.

Discover August calendar over the years to find out the day of the week on August 16th in each year.