August 16th (2005) was a Tuesday. It's the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 137 days left to the end of the year.
August 16th Famous Deaths for 2005
» Vassar Clements, American fiddler (Old and in the Way) (b. 1928)
» Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
» William Corlett, English author and playwright (b. 1938)
» Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943)
» Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor (b. 1960)
» Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
August 16th Holidays in History
» Palio di Siena (Italy)
» Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
» Christian Calendar of saints called feast day:
» Saint Roch known as Roch
» Simplician
» Stephen I of Hungary
» Translation of the Image of Edessa or Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
» August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
» List of holidays by country Dominican Republic e.g Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)