August 16th (1961) was a Wednesday. 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.
Famous Birthdays on August 16 in 1961
» Michaela Dornonville de la Cour, Swedish singer and actress (Army of Lovers)
» Christian Okoye, American football player
» Angela C. Smith, English politician
August 16th Famous Deaths for 1961
» Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar) named Abdul Haq, Indian linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
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)