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
- 1328 –The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
- 1513 –Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) – King Henry VIII of England defeats French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
- 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.
- 1859 –The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
- 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.
- 1913 –Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
- 1914 –World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
- 1927 –The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
- 1929 –The 1929 Palestine riots break out in the British Mandate of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
- 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.
- 1945 –An assassination attempt is made on Japan’s prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki.
- 1945 –Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops.
- 1946 –Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours.
- 1960 –Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102800 ft, setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
- 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.
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