August 16th (1974) was a Friday. 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, 1974
» Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.
Famous Birthdays on August 16 in 1974
» Roger Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
» Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
» Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
» Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
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)