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| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Event | West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes near Machiques, Venezuela, killing the 160 aboard. | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | Joe Ranft, American animator (born in 1960) | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | Frere Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (born in 1915) | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | Vassar Clements, American musician (born in 1928) | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | William Corlett, English children s writer(born in 1938) | |
| August 16th, 2005 (August 16 2005) | Death | Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (born in 1943) | |
| August 16th, 1995 (August 16 1995) | Death | J.P. McCarthy, American radio personality (born in 1933) | |
| August 16th, 1985 (August 16 1985) | Birth | Agnes Bruckner, American actress | |
| August 16th, 1975 (August 16 1975) | Birth | Didier Agathe, French footballer | |
| August 16th, 1975 (August 16 1975) | Birth | George Stults, American actor | |
| August 16th, 1975 (August 16 1975) | Death | Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-born runner (born in 1927) | |
| August 16th, 1945 (August 16 1945) | Event | An assassination attempt was made on Japan s prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki. | |
| August 16th, 1945 (August 16 1945) | Event | Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops. | |
| August 16th, 1945 (August 16 1945) | Birth | Suzanne Farrell, ballet dancer | |
| August 16th, 1935 (August 16 1935) | Birth | Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach | |
| August 16th, 1935 (August 16 1935) | Birth | Cliff Fletcher, Canadian National Hockey League executive | |
| August 16th, 1925 (August 16 1925) | Birth | Willie Jones, American baseball player (died in 1983) | |
| August 16th, 1915 (August 16 1915) | Event | World War I: Should victory be achieved over the Central Powers, the Triple Entente promises the Kingdom of Serbia: the Austro-Hungarian territories of Baranja, Srem, Slavonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the eastern ? of Dalmatia (from the river of Krka to the city of Bar). | |
| August 16th, 1915 (August 16 1915) | Birth | Al Hibbler, American singer (died in 2001) | |
| August 16th, 1895 (August 16 1895) | Birth | Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (died in 1981) | |
| August 16th, 1895 (August 16 1895) | Birth | Liane Haid, Austrian actress (died in 2000) | |
| August 16th, 1865 (August 16 1865) | Event | Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic regains its independence after 4 years of fighting against the Spanish Annexation. | |
| August 16th, 1855 (August 16 1855) | Death | Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?) | |
| August 16th, 1845 (August 16 1845) | Birth | Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1921) | |
| August 16th, 1815 (August 16 1815) | Birth | John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (died in 1888) | |
| August 16th, 1705 (August 16 1705) | Death | Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (born in 1654) | |
| August 16th, 1645 (August 16 1645) | Birth | Jean de La Bruyere, French writer (died in 1696) | Jean de La Bruyere Quotes |
| August 16th, 1445 (August 16 1445) | Death | Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (born in 1424) | |
| August 16th, 1355 (August 16 1355) | Birth | Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster | |
