Today in History
16 August
214 births · 111 deaths · 65 events recorded
Notable Births
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Jannik Sinner
b. 2001
Italian tennis player (born 2001)
Karen Chen
b. 1999
American figure skater (born 1999)
Greyson Chance
b. 1997
American singer-songwriter and musician
Sophie Cunningham
b. 1996
American basketball player and analyst (born 1996)
Caeleb Dressel
b. 1996
American swimmer (born 1996)
Cameron Monaghan
b. 1993
American actor and model (born 1993)
Diego Schwartzman
b. 1992
Argentine tennis player (born 1992)
Evanna Lynch
b. 1991
Irish actress and activist (born 1991)
Notable Deaths
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Howard S. Becker
d. 2023
American sociologist (1928–2023)
Sean Lock
d. 2021
English comedian and actor (1963–2021)
Peter Fonda
d. 2019
American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019)
Richard Williams (animator)
d. 2019
Canadian and British animator (1933–2019)
Aretha Franklin
d. 2018
American singer (1942–2018)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
d. 2018
Prime Minister of India (1996; 1998–99, 1999–2004)
João Havelange
d. 2016
Brazilian businessman, athlete and football administrator (1916–2016)
Joan Eardley
d. 1963
British artist (1921–1963)
On This Day in History
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2020
The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land.
August Complex fire
2015
More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
Douma massacre (2015)
2015
Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibil, Bintang Mountains Regency, killing all 54 people on board.
Trigana Air Flight 267
2013
The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
MV St. Thomas Aquinas
2012
South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
South African Police Service
2010
AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people.
AIRES Flight 8250
2008
The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)
2005
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708