August 16th

August 16 is the 228th (two hundred and twenty-eighth) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar and the 229th in leap years. There are 137 days left to end the year.

Events

• 1097: in Huesca (King of Aragon) King Peter I of Aragon married his second wife, Berta.
• 1499: in Brittany the Catholicon, Breton-Latin dictionary, first trilingual dictionary, first book printed in Breton language and first French dictionary.
• 1519: In present Mexico, after getting rid of its ships, the Spanish conqueror Hernán Cortés enters with his men in Aztec territory.
• 1570: The Catholic Inquisition is established in the Spanish colonies of America.
• 1711: In the village of Santa Ana (now the city of Ocaña in Colombia), the Virgin Mary appears in a tree to three humble peasants in the mountain of Torcoroma.
• 1748: In Colombia, José Lázaro de Rivera founded the village of Aguachica.
• 1773: In Rome, Pope Clement XIV dissolves the Society of Jesus (Jeshua) throughout the world.
• 1808: In Catalonia, in the framework of the Spanish Independence War, the defenders of the village of Gerona, besieged by the French, force the gallows to retreat on the other side of the river Ter.
• 1812: The Constitution promulgated by the Courts of Cadiz is proclaimed in the Plaza Mayor of Madrid (Spain).
• 1841: In the province of San Juan (Argentina), the battle of Angaco, the most bloody of the Argentine civil wars, is waged.
• 1863: In the present Dominican Republic the Restoration War begins, with which the return of Dominican sovereignty is proclaimed against the annexation to Spain of March 1861. This war will end in 1865.
• 1866: In Ostende, the Spanish progressives and Democrats in exile sign the Ostende pact.
• 1868: in the Cotopaxi volcano (0°19′N 78°11′ / 0.31, -78.18, in Ecuador) an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 in the seismological scale of Richter destroys the localities of Ibarra and Otavalo and leaves about 20 000 victims.
• 1869: In Eusebio Ayala (Paraguay)—in the framework of the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870), the Brazilians delude 3500 child soldiers from 9 to 15 years of age in the massacre of Acosta Ñu. This day is celebrated in that country on Child Day.
• 1885: The asteroid is discovered (249) Ilse.
• 1896: Spain receives the first news of the new insurrection in the Philippines, which ended with the Spanish invasion in those islands.
• 1898: in Spain, Francisco Silvela publishes his article "Without a pulse", which begins the so-called "Literature of disaster".
• 1906: In Valparaíso (Chile) a strong earthquake is part of the Chilean coast and partially destroys the city.
• 1907: In Morocco, Muley Abdelaziz is proclaimed Sultan.
• 1910: President Pedro Montt Montt dies.
• 1913: The Ford Motor Company automotive firm performs the first tests to install a assembly chain that will allow to multiply production by four.
• 1916: the Serbian army, reorganized in Corfu (Greece), comes into war with Germany.
• 1917: The United States: the first wireless and radio communication between a plane and the ground station is achieved in Virginia, as well as between two planes.
• 1918: in Spain is declared a national park to the valley of Ordesa, in the Pyrenees Oscense.
• 1921: After the death of King Peter I Karageorgevich, he ascends to the throne of Yugoslavia Alexander I.
• 1925: in New York it is The Gold Chimera, first feature film artist Charles Chaplin.
• 1927: the Spanish-luse agreement establishing the conditions of hydroelectric use of the Duero River is signed, which will culminate in the construction of the Duero Salts.
• 1928: In the Soviet Union, the National Defence Act introduces compulsory military service.
• 1929: In Manchuria there are violent fighting between Chinese and Soviet troops.
• 1930: General Rafael Leónidas Trujillo comes to power in the Dominican Republic, starting a dictatorship that will last 31 years (1930-1961).
• 1932: in the city of New York (United States) the CBS television station begins to operate, which broadcasts the first series of the world: World Magazine.
• 1936: in Spain the republican forces disembark in Mallorca.
• 1942: In Vizcaya, Spain, a young phalangist launches a bomb during carlist funerals held in the sanctuary of the Virgin of Begoña, to which General Varela attends.
• 1943: in Białystok (Poland): there is a revolt in the Jewish ghetto of this city.
• 1944: In the context of World War II, the German city of Stettin, now Polish, is bombarded by the allies producing 2430 dead.
• 1945: the Soviet Union and Poland, after the end of the Second World War, signed a treaty on the form and distribution of German war repairs.
• 1945: In the United States, Dean Acheson is appointed as new Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
• 1946: in Spain, the cyclist Julián Berrendero beats in the XXVI Round to Catalonia.
• 1947: India and Pakistan are independent of the British empire, which grants them the status of Commonwealth-associated Independent States.
• 1949: in Ecuador, an earthquake leaves a balance of 3000 victims.
• 1949: in Santiago de Chile, the carabineros repress a demonstration between August 16 and 17 – on the rise of the value of collective transport in 20 cents (a "chaucha") – leaving a balance of several deaths. (Chaucha revolt).
• 1950: Marshal Tito insists on the non-alignment of Yugoslavia in the constituted political blocs.
• 1953: In Asunción del Paraguay, Federico Chávez takes oath of the office of President of the Republic.
• 1954: in the Canary Islands, Tenerife is invaded by a lobster cloud.
• 1960: Cyprus is independent of the British Empire.
• 1962: Algeria becomes a member of the Arab League.
• 1963: The United States extradited Venezuela to former president Marcos Pérez Jiménez.
• 1965: An accident on the Almeria mail train causes 10 dead and 53 wounded.
• 1966: In Houston (Texas), American cardio surgeon Michael De Backey temporarily installs an artificial left atrium to a 37-year-old woman. Prosthesis will be withdrawn two days later.
• 1966: the recovery of the hydrogen bomb dropped to the sea in Almeria cost 320 million pesetas.
• 1968: the bishop of Bilbao is occupied by 40 priests, protesting the arrest of ecclesiastics in the Basque Country.
• 1969: Varahagiri Venkata Giri is elected head of State of India with the support of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
• 1971: All European foreign exchange markets are closed when the news of the economic and monetary measures adopted by the United States is known.
• 1971: in Santander, Spain, a serious fire causes losses of 170 million pesetas.
• 1972: the king of Morocco Hassan II is illiterate in an attack by a section of his country ' s air forces.
• 1972: the hard rock group Deep Purple performs a concert in Osaka from which most of its recognized live record would come Made in Japan.
• 1974: Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie loses his last powers after the dissolution of the Crown Council.
• 1974: in Spain 30 000 British tourists are affected by the bankruptcy of the British company Court Line.
• 1978: In the Dominican Republic, Antonio Guzmán takes over the Twelve Years of the Government of Joaquín Balaguer.
• 1980: in Pontevedra, a gas explosion in a hotel causes 26 wounded.
• 1981: Moscow grants a moratorium on Poland for the credits of four million dollars until 1985.
• 1981: forces of the Iranian opposition press a fast boat, supplied by France to Iran, and declare it "from the national government".
• 1981: Lord Carrington arrives in Spain to hold talks about Gibraltar (invaded by the United Kingdom).
• 1982: Statute of Autonomy of Castile-La Mancha.
• 1982: the first CD (compact disk) is created.
• 1982: in Dominican Republic, Salvador Jorge Blanco assumes the presidency.
• 1985: in Barcelona (Cataluña) the Central of the American Hispanic Bank is stolen through the procedure of the butron (hole on walls or floors). The thieves take a loot of over 1000 million pesetas.
• 1986: In Bangladés, a shuttle sinks; 500 people disappear.
• 1986: In the Dominican Republic, Joaquín Balaguer assumes the presidency for the fourth time.
• 1987: In Detroit, United States, 153 people die when an American commercial plane crashes.
• 1987: the Iranian Government threatens to sow the Persian Gulf from mines.
• 1989: in Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega began the process of release of 1200 “contras”.
• 1989: in Europe, thousands of people watch to see the total eclipse of Luna, which lasted for 3 hours and 35 minutes.
• 1990: In the Dominican Republic, Balaguer assumes the presidency for the fifth time.
• 1992: British motorist Nigel Mansell proclaims himself the new champion of the Formula 1 world.
• 1993: In the United States, Ian Murdock announces, by e-mail, the Linux distribution of the Debian project.
• 1994: in Sri Lanka, the socialist opposition coalition wins the legislative elections.
• 1994: In the Dominican Republic, Balaguer assumes the presidency for the sixth and last time.
• 1995: in Colombia, President Ernesto Samper decrees the state of emergency to combat the social and emergency crisis in the country.
• 1996: in the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández takes office as president.
• 1997: in New York, the bag falls 147 points; it is the second biggest fall in its history.
• 1998: in Omagh (North Ireland) a car-bomb explodes, leaving a total of 29 dead and 200 wounded.
• 1998: the Serbian army conquers the last focus of kosovar resistance.
• 1998: In Washington DC, President Bill Clinton admits to a jury his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
• 1998: in Greece (Costa Rica) the Club Municipal Greece is founded.
• 1999: in Lebanon the head of Hezbollah is killed.
• 2000: The cloning of human embryos for medical purposes is approved in the United States.
• 2000: in the Dominican Republic he assumes the presidency Hipólito Mejía.
• 2001: Emilio Botín becomes the sole president of Banco Santander.
• 2001: in Madrid, Spain, the Galician narco-trafficker Sito Miñanco is arrested.
• 2004: in the London market, the price of oil brent marks a new historical maximum: $44.11 per barrel.
• 2004: at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, María Quintanal gets, by shooting at the plate, the first medal (of silver) for Spain.
• 2004: A study is published in the United States that shows that statin drugs, used to combat excess cholesterol, are effective in inhibiting the replication of the HIV virus (AIDS cause) in human cells.
• 2004: In Argentina, a group of members of the Club Atlético All Boys opens the Miranda Tribe of the Falkland Islands Stadium as a result of that fact on August 16th, the International Day of the All Boys Hincha is celebrated.
• 2004: in the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández assumes the presidency for the second time.
• 2005: In Gaza (Palestinian), the Israeli Army begins to forcibly evict Israeli settlers who resist voluntarily abandoning illegal settlements.
• 2005: the Chilean Parliament eliminates the Constitution the signature of the dictator Augusto Pinochet.
• 2005: the Russian astronaut Serguéi Krikaliov, an ISS crew member, bats the world record of stay in space by accumulating 747 days and 14 hours (in several periods).
• 2005: Northeast Japan is shaken by a violent earthquake of magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale.
• 2005: in the vicinity of Machiques (Venezuela), a plane collapses, causing 160 victims. (West Caribbean flight 708).
• 2005: A Spanish helicopter falls in Afghanistan; 17 Spanish military personnel die.
• 2006: In the Czech Republic, Mirek Topolánek is elected Prime Minister.
• 2008: In China, Usain Bolt hits the world record of 100 meters in the male final of the Beijing Olympics with a mark of 9.69 seconds, improving the previous record that he himself held in 3 centesimas.
• 2008: in the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández assumes the presidency for the third time.
• 2009: in Germany, Usain Bolt bats the world record of 100 meters in the 2009 World Championship of Athletics in Berlin with a brand of 9.58 seconds, exceeding its own record of 9.69 s.
• 2010: at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, on the island of San Andrés, Colombia, opposite the Nicaraguan coasts, the flight 8250 of Buenos Aires is crashed, two people died in the accident.
• 2011: in Madrid, Spain, the World Youth Day begins, which organizes the Catholic Church every year.
• 2012: in the Dominican Republic he assumes the presidency Danilo Medina.
• 2012: The government of Ecuador grants political asylum to Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks
• 2014: In Seoul, Pope Francis beatifies 124 Korean martyrs in his pastoral visit to South Korea.
• 2017: in Cochabamba (Bolivia), construction of the first metropolitan electric train of the Plurinational State is inaugurated.
• 2021: in Argentina the 'Marcha of the stones'. A call where people carried stones with names written in them representing the victims of the Covid-19 to the government's house. The event took place in two places at a time (the fifth presidential of Olivos and the Casa Rosada de gobierno) and served to pay tribute to the victims and repudiate the government of Alberto Fernández.

Births

• 1573: Ana de Habsburg, aristocrat, queen consorte between 1592 and 1598 (f. 1598).

Nicolas Malebranche.

• 1638: Nicolas Malebranche, theologian and French philosopher (f. 1715).
• 1779: Jacinto Ruiz Mendoza, Spanish military (f. 1809).
• 1793: Roque Alvarado, militar y política argentina (f. 1860).
• 1805: Amancio Alcorta, politician, musician and Argentine composer (f. 1862).
• 1815: John Bosco, Italian priest, founder of the Salesians, canonized by the Catholic Church (f. 1888).
• 1821: Arthur Cayley, British mathematician (f. 1895).
• 1830: Diego Barros Arana, pedagogue, Chilean diplomat and historian (f. 1907).

Wilhelm Wundt.

Gabriel Lippmann.

• 1832: Wilhelm Wundt, physiologist, psychologist and German philosopher, father of psychology (m. 1920).
• 1845: Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, nobel prize of physics in 1908 (f. 1921).
• 1849: Johan Kjeldahl, Danish chemical (f. 1900).
• 1856: Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan leader (f. 1904).
• 1860: Toles Laforgue, critic and French symbolist poet (f. 1887).
• 1865: Ettore Tolomei, Italian fascist (f. 1952).
• 1876: Vane Hungerford Pennell, British tennis player (f. 1935).
• 1883: Roque Estrada Reynoso, jurist and Mexican writer (f. 1966).
• 1884: Hugo Gernsback, American writer of Luxembourg origin (f. 1967).
• 1892: Harold Foster, author of American comics (f. 1982).
• 1892: Otto Messmer, American animator (f. 1983).
• 1895: Albert Cohen, Swiss writer (f. 1981).
• 1895: Jacinto Guerrero, Spanish composer of zarzuela (f. 1951).
• 1897: Vicente Ascone, composer, trumpetist and professor of Uruguayan music (f. 1979).
• 1897: Joaquín Bau, a Spanish trader and politician (f. 1973).
• 1901: Riccardo Lombardi, Italian engineer and politician (f. 1984).
• 1904: Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, nobel chemistry award in 1946 (f. 1971).
• 1906: Francis Joseph II, aristocrat of the city, Prince of Liechtenstein between 1938 and 1989 (f. 1989).
• 1909: Bernardo Leighton, Chilean politician (f. 1995).
• 1911: E. F. Schumacher, German economist (f. 1977).
• 1912: Ted Drake, British footballer (f. 1995).
• 1913: Menájem Beguín, Israeli politician, Prime Minister between 1977 and 1983 (f. 1992).
• 1916: Francisco Bernis Madrazo, ornithologist and Spanish biologist (f. 2003).
• 1920: Charles Bukowski, American writer and poet (f. 1994).
• 1920: José Tamayo, Spanish theatre director (f. 2003).
• 1923: Joaquín Cordero, Mexican actor (f. 2013).
• 1924: Grover Boydston, founder of Neurtico Anonymous (f. 1996).
• 1924: Carlos Sánchez del Río, physicist, researcher and Spanish academic (f. 2013).
• 1925: José María Obaldía, writer, lexicographer, oral narrator and Uruguayan teacher.
• 1927: Carmen Bernardos, Spanish actress.
• 1928: Ann Blyth, American actress and singer.
• 1928: Eduardo Cote Lamus, Colombian poet and politician (f. 1964).
• 1928: Eydie Gormé, American singer (f. 2013).
• 1929: Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (f. 1980).
• 1929: Helmut Rahn, German footballer (f. 2003).
• 1930: Simha Arom, Francoisraelí ethnomusicologist.
• 1930: Flor Silvestre, Mexican singer and actress (f. 2020).
• 1930: Robert Culp, American actor (f. 2010).
• 1930: Leslie Francois Manigat, politician and Haitian teacher (f. 2014).

Julie Newmar

• 1930: Tony Trabert, American tennis player.
• 1933: Ricardo Blume, Peruvian actor (f. 2020).
• 1933: Julie Newmar, American actress, Catwoman Batman.
• 1933: Stuart Allen Roosa, American astronaut (f. 1994).
• 1935: Leopoldo Azancot, novelist, literary critic and Spanish journalist (f. 2015).
• 1939: David Santalla, Bolivian actor and comic.
• 1942: John Challis, British theatre and television actor (f. 2021).
• 1943: Luis Roldán, Spanish politician, former director of the Guardia Civil.
• 1944: Soledad Becerril, Spanish politics.
• 1944: Kevin Ayers, English musician.
• 1946: Masud Barzani, Kurdish-Iraq military and political.
• 1946: Moria Casán, theatre actress, television and former Argentine model.
• 1946: Ramón Núñez Centella, Spanish scientific divultor.
• 1946: Lesley Ann Warren, American actress.
• 1950: Hasely Crawford, trinitarian athlete.

Madonna

• 1952: Sonia Silvestre, singer and Dominican speaker (f. 2014).
• 1954: James Cameron, Canadian filmmaker.
• 1955: Jacobo Winograd, a Chilean media character.
• 1957: Tim Farriss, an Australian musician, of the INXS band.
• 1957: Koki Ruíz, painter and plastic artist Paraguay.
• 1958: Angela Bassett, American actress.
• 1958: Madonna, American singer and actress.
• 1959: José Luis Clerc, retired Argentine tennis player.

Steve Carell

• 1959: Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist.
• 1960: Éric Caritoux, French cyclist.
• 1960: Timothy Hutton, American actor.
• 1962: Steve Carell, American actor.
• 1963: Alexis Valdés, Cuban actor
• 1964: Šarūnas Bartas, Lithuanian filmmaker.
• 1966: Onésimo Díaz, Spanish historian.
• 1968: Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier.
• 1969: Yvan Muller, a French motorist pilot.
• 1970: Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (f. 1995).
• 1971: Stefan Klos, German footballer.
• 1972: Emily Erwin, American music and singer of country music, from the Dixie Chicks band.
• 1972: Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer.
• 1973: Iker Sarriegui, Spanish footballer.
• 1973: Mauricio Islas, Mexican actor.
• 1973: Milan Rapaić, Croatian footballer.
• 1973: Osamu Umeyama, Japanese footballer.
• 1974: Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer.
• 1974: Tomasz Frankowski, Polish footballer.
• 1974: Ivan Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer.
• 1974: Joaquín Reyes, Spanish humorist.
• 1976: Susana Rodriguez, Spanish volleyballist.
• 1977: Steven Bryce, Costa Rican footballer.
• 1978: Eddie Gill, American basketball player.

Roque Santa Cruz

• 1980: Vanessa Carlton, American singer and pianist.
• 1980: Robert Hardy, British musician, of the Franz Ferdinand band.
• 1981: Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan soccer player.
• 1982: Joleon Lescott, British footballer.
• 1982: Cam Gigandet, American actor.
• 1982: Franklin Lopez, Nicaraguan footballer.
• 1983: Colt Brennan, American football player (f. 2021).
• 1983: Francini Amaral, Brazilian dancer.
• 1983: Dante López, Paraguayan footballer.
• 1984: Sofia Nieto, Spanish actress.
• 1984: Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer.
• 1985: Cristin Milioti, American actress.
• 1985: Agnes Bruckner, American actress.
• 1985: Neto, Brazilian footballer, one of the survivors of LaMia Flight 2933.
• 1986: Martin Maldonado, Puerto Rican baseball player.
• 1986: Shawn Pyfrom, American actor.
• 1986: Ariadne Díaz, Mexican actress.
• 1988: Claudio Riaño, Argentine footballer.
• 1988: Kevin Schmidt, American actor, producer and director.
• 1988: Roque Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer.
• 1989: Riku Riski, Finnish footballer.

Evanna Lynch

• 1989: Antonio Di Gaudio, Italian footballer.
• 1990: Alex Morono, mixed martial art fighter.
• 1990: Holly Michaels, American pornographic actress.
• 1991: Evanna Lynch, Irish actress and model.
• 1991: Kwon Ri-Se, singer, composer, dancer and Japanese model (f. 2014).
• 1991: Diletta Leotta, Italian model and presenter.
• 1992: Diego Schwartzman, Argentine tennis player.
• 1992: Stefanie van der Gragt, Dutch footballer.
• 1994: Eili Harboe, Norwegian actress.
• 1995: Josip Juranović, Croatian footballer.
• 1996: Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Saudi footballer.
• 1996: Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer.
• 1996: Ilya Pomazun, Russian footballer.
• 1996: Stanko Jurić, Croatian footballer.
• 1997: Greyson Chance, American singer and pianist.
• 1997: Aihen Muñoz, Spanish footballer.
• 1997: Joao Joshimar Rojas, Ecuadorian footballer.
• 1997: Piper Curda, American actress and singer.
• 1997: Sabina Rouge, pornographic actress and American erotic model.
• 1998: Aimé Mabika, a Zambian footballer.
• 1999: Mickaël Cuisance, French footballer.
• 1999: Rodrigo Seoane, Spanish basketball player.
• 1999: Boyd Van der Vuurst, Dutch basketball.
• 1999: Jon Alberdi, Spanish ballri.
• 1999: Mark Smith, American basketball player.
• 2000: Barbara Popović, Macedonian singer.
• 2000: Victoire Berteau, French cyclist.
• 2000: Jon Ander Olasagasti, Spanish footballer.
• 2000: Vincent Gielen, Belgian basketball player.
• 2001: Willem Geubbels, French footballer.
• 2001: Jannik Sinner, Italian tennis player.

Deaths

• 1153: Bernard de Tremelay, a French military, a master of the Order of the Temple (n. 1100).
• 1379 (traditional date): Roque de Montpellier, religious and holy French (n. 1350).
• 1419: Wenceslas of Luxembourg, king Bohemian (n. 1361).
• 1443: Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (n. 1434).
• 1705: Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (n. 1654).
• 1788: Francisco Javier Alegre, Mexican historian and Jesuit (n. 1729).
• 1801: Ralph Earl, American painter (n. 1751).
• 1861: Juan Pujol, an Argentine politician (n. 1817).
• 1873: Georg Hellmesberger, Austrian composer and violinist (n. 1800).
• 1886: Ramakrishna, mystic Bengali (n. 1836).
• 1888: John Stith Pemberton, American chemist, creator of Coca-Cola (n. 1831).
• 1893: Jean Martin Charcot, French neurologist (n. 1825).
• 1899: Robert Bunsen, German chemist (n. 1811).
• 1900: José María Eça de Queirós, a Portuguese novelist (n. 1845).
• 1904: Manuel Uribe Angel, doctor, writer, scientist, politician and Colombian geographer (n. 1822).
• 1906: Isidoro de María, historian and Uruguayan journalist (n. 1815).
• 1910: Pedro Montt, Chilean president between 1906 and 1910 (n. 1849).
• 1916: Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (n. 1882).
• 1933: Francisco Vázquez Gómez, Mexican physician and politician (n. 1860).
• 1936: Víctor Chumillas, a Spanish religious and beato (n. 1902).
• 1938: Robert Johnson, American musician (n. 1911).
• 1940: Henri Desgrange, French cyclist, founder of the Tour de France (n. 1865).
• 1948: Babe Ruth, American baseball player (n. 1895).
• 1949: Margaret Mitchell, American writer (n. 1900).
• 1950: Juan Marcilla Arrazola, Spanish engineer (n. 1886).
• 1956: Béla Lugosi, Hungarian actor (n. 1882).
• 1957: Irving Langmuir, American chemical, nobel chemistry award in 1932 (n. 1881).
• 1959: Wanda Landowska, a Polish pianist and carver (n. 1879).
• 1967: Benjamín Villegas Basavilbaso, attorney and minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina (n. 1884).
• 1967: John Courtney Murray, American theologian and Jesuit (n. 1904).
• 1973: Fulgencio Batista, militar y político cubano (n. 1901).
• 1975: Vladimir Kuts, a Soviet athlete (n. 1927).
• 1977: Elvis Presley, American musician (n. 1935).
• 1978: Marianito Bauzá, comic-dramatic actor, cinema, theatre, television and radio (n. 1914).
• 1979: John George Diefenbaker, Canadian Prime Minister (n. 1895).
• 1988: Eduardo Haro Ibars, Spanish poet (n. 1948).
• 1990: Paulino Vicente, a Spanish painter (n. 1900).
• 1990: Ricardo Saprissa, footballer and businessman Salvadoran-costarricense (n. 1901).
• 1991: Federico Marés Deulovol, Spanish sculptor and academic (n. 1893).
• 1992: Cándido López Sanz, Spanish cook (n. 1903).
• 1993: Stewart Granger, British actor (n. 1913).
• 1997: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer (n. 1948).
• 1997: Alberto Morán, Argentine singer of Piamontese origin (n. 1922).
• 2002: Jorge Bellizzi, Argentine writer (n. 1927).
• 2003: Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (n. 1925).
• 2003: Haroldo de Campos, Brazilian poet (n. 1929).
• 2003: José María Covarrubias, Mexican activist (n. 1948).
• 2005: Joe Ranft, American animator (n. 1960).
• 2005: Brother Roger, Swiss religious, founder of the Taizé Community (n. 1915).
• 2006: Hilario Camacho, Spanish musician (n. 1948).

Aretha Franklin

• 2006: Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan dictator (n. 1912).
• 2007: Max Roach, American musician, pioneer of modern jazz (n. 1924).
• 2008: Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian musician (n. 1914).
• 2008: Fanny Mikey, actress, director and theatre entrepreneur colombo-argentina (n. 1930).
• 2008: Ronnie Drew, Irish singer and composer (n. 1934).
• 2010: Nicola Cabibbo, Italian physicist (n. 1935).
• 2010: Christopher Freeman, British economist (n. 1921).

Peter Fonda

• 2011: Andrés Bajuk, a Slovenian-Argentine politician and economist, Slovenia's prime minister in 2000 (n. 1943).
• 2012: Manuel Calvo Hernando, journalist, writer and Spanish scientific divultor (n. 1923).
• 2016: João Havelange, Brazilian sports lawyer and leader, FIFA president (n. 1916).
• 2016: Polo Ortín, Mexican actor (n. 1928).
• 2017: Kira Golovko, Soviet film and theatre actress (n. 1919)
• 2018: Aretha Franklin, American singer (n. 1942).
• 2018: Benny Andersen, Danish poet, composer and writer (n. 1929).
• 2019: Peter Fonda, American actor (n. 1940).
• 2019: Cristina of the Netherlands, daughter of Queen Juliana (n. 1947).
• 2019: José Nápoles, Mexican naturalized Cuban boxer (n. 1940).
• 2020: Esther Morales Ayma, eldest sister of Evo Morales (n. 1950).

Celebrations

• World Day of Consciousness on Schizophrenia.
• Paraguay Paraguay: The Day of the Child is commemorated as a way of honoring the martyred children who died in the Battle of Acosta Ñu during the War of the Triple Alliance So it's the day you remember Child Day.
• BoliviaBolivia: Patron Festival in honor of San Roque
• Betanzos, province of La Coruña. Patron Festival in honor of San Roque. The launch of the paper balloon on the night of August 16, National Tourist Interest Party
• Bronchales (located near Albarracín, province of Teruel): Sopeta Day.
• Cimballa, in the region of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, the second parties, traditional for the distribution, in the antiquity, of canemons by the Brother to whom the party was played.
• La Colilla, province of Ávila. Patron Festival in honor of San Roque
• Papatrigo, province of Avila. Patron Festival in honor of San Roque.
• Vallejera de Riofrío, Salamanca, festivities in honor of San Roque.
• In Essen and Hildesheim: Anniversary of the Holy Bishop Altfrid
• Mexico Mexico National day of the technician in electrodiagnostics of Mexico, professional in the diagnosis through the cellular electrical activity through which graphics of diagnostic utility such as electrocardiography, electroencefalography, brain mapping, effort tests, Holter monitoring, electromyography, neuroconduction speeds among others are obtained.
• Kyoto, Japan: Gozan no Okuribi.
• Macotera (province of Salamanca). In honor of San Roque. From the 14th to the 18th it is worth noting that in the 16th, 17, 18th there are encierros and on the 18th or 19th there is a horse-riding and the long procession of the saint that usually lasts about 6 hours.
• In Moral de Calatrava (Ciudad Real) Ferias y Fiestas en honor de San Roque copatrón y protector de la ciudad junto con la Patrona Ntra, Sra, Virgen de la Sierra.
• Palazuelos, province of Guadalajara. "Loot burning", in memory of the vote or promise made to San Roque. Tango Championship
• Pedro Bernardo, province of Ávila. Patron Festival in honor of San Roque.
• Pinos del Valle, Granada. Big day of the festivities, since it is the day of the pattern. This day is the flurry of the flag, in honor of San Roque.
• National Festival in Dominican Republic: Day of Restoration of the Republic.
• Villagarcía de Arosa, Pontevedra. Festa da Auga on the day of San Roque. This day the inhabitants of the Galician city throw water and wet each other along with the collaboration of the firefighters according to the tradition to relieve the high temperatures of the area in summer in honor of San Roque.
• Olavarria, Argentina: National and commemorative day of those fallen on motorcycles.
• Argentina: 'Marcha of the stones' in homage to the victims by the Covid-19 in the country.
• Peñalver, Guadalajara: the pilgrimage of San Roque to his hermitage, mass and charity (both and sweets) blessed.
• International rum day.

Catholic saints list

• St. Stephen I of Hungary.
• Our Lady of the Thanks of Torcoroma.
• San Armagilo
• San Arsacio
• Santa Beatriz da Silva
• San Frambaldo de Le Mans
• San Roque
• Santa Rosa Fan Hui
• Santa Serena
• San Teódulo
• St. Titus the deacon.
• Blessed Angel Agustín Mazzinghi
• Beato Enrique García Beltrán
• Blessed Gabriel Sanchís Mompó
• Blessed Juan de Santa Marta
• Blessed John the Baptist Ménestrel
• Beato Lorenzo the Coracero
• Beata Petra de San José Pérez Florido
• Beato Plácido García Gilabert
• Beato Radulfo de Fusteia
• Blessed Simon Bokusai Kiota and companions.