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| August 16th, 2007 (August 16 2007) | Death | Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (born in 1924) | |
| August 16th, 2007 (August 16 2007) | Death | Bahaedin Adab, Iranian MP (born in 1945) | |
| August 16th, 2007 (August 16 2007) | Death | The Missing Link, professional wrestler (born in 1939) | |
| August 16th, 1997 (August 16 1997) | Death | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (born in 1948) | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Quotes |
| August 16th, 1997 (August 16 1997) | Death | Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (born in 1915) | |
| August 16th, 1987 (August 16 1987) | Event | A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes on take-off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan (Detroit), killing 155 passengers and crew. The sole survivor is four-year-old Cecelia Cichan. | |
| August 16th, 1987 (August 16 1987) | Birth | Kyal Marsh, Australian actor | |
| August 16th, 1977 (August 16 1977) | Birth | Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer/actor | |
| August 16th, 1977 (August 16 1977) | Death | Elvis Presley, American singer and actor (born in 1935) | Elvis Presley Quotes |
| August 16th, 1967 (August 16 1967) | Birth | Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish television personality | |
| August 16th, 1967 (August 16 1967) | Birth | Pamela Smart, American convicted murderess | |
| August 16th, 1957 (August 16 1957) | Birth | Tim Farriss, Australian musician (INXS) | |
| August 16th, 1957 (August 16 1957) | Death | Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1881) | |
| August 16th, 1947 (August 16 1947) | Birth | Carol Moseley Braun, American politician and lawyer | Carol Moseley Braun Quotes |
| August 16th, 1947 (August 16 1947) | Birth | Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer | |
| August 16th, 1947 (August 16 1947) | Birth | Marc Messier, Canadian actor | |
| August 16th, 1937 (August 16 1937) | Birth | David Anderson, Canadian politician | |
| August 16th, 1907 (August 16 1907) | Death | James Hector, Scottish geologist (born in 1834) | |
| August 16th, 1637 (August 16 1637) | Birth | Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and poet (died in 1706) | Julian Quotes |
| August 16th, 1557 (August 16 1557) | Birth | Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (died in 1602) | |
| August 16th, 1327 (August 16 1327) | Death | Roch, French saint (born in 1295) | |
| August 16th, 1297 (August 16 1297) | Death | John II of Trebizond (born in 1262) | |
| August 16th, 1027 (August 16 1027) | Death | Giorgi I, King of Georgia (born in 998) | |
