About August 16
August 16, 2024 is the 229th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 137 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 166 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 16
- 1513 –Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) – King Henry VIII of England defeats French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
- 1780 –American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
- 1792 –Maximilien Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
- 1793 –French Revolution: a levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
- 1812 –War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
- 1841 –U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
- 1858 –U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
- 1863 –The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
- 1869 –Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.
- 1870 –Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
- 1896 –Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
- 1913 –Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
- 1913 –Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
- 1914 –World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
- 1942 –World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
- 1944 –First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.
- 1946 –Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours.
- 1964 –Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
- 1966 –Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
- 1972 –In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco’s plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
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