August 16th (2014) was a Saturday. 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.
Historical Events for 16th August, 2014
» The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics open in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
August 16th Famous Deaths for 2014
» Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, List of Governors of Kebbi State called Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947)
» Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
» Mike Matarazzo, American bodybuilder and boxer (b. 1965)
» Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (b. 1930)
» Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960)
» Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924)
» Fernand St. Germain, American lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
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)