Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 16 August, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 16 AUGUST
2012 | South African police shot dead 34 miners and injured 78 others during an industrial dispute in Marikana near Rustenburg.
1924 | The first radio license in South Africa was issued to Dr. J. van Rensburg of Carnarvon.
2015 | More than 96 people were killed and hundreds were injured following a series of airstrikes carried out by the Syrian Air Force in the rebel-held market town of Douma.
2015 | Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashed in Oksibl, Pegunungan Bintang, all 54 people were killed on board.
2008 | The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago was topped off at 1 389 feet (423 m), at the time it became the highest residential building in the world above sea level.
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BIRTHDAYS
1953 | American talk show host, singer, and actress, Kathie Lee Gifford.
1975 | Uruguayan cyclist, Álvaro Tardáguila.
1973 | American baseball player, Damian Jackson.
1934 | French actor, director, and screenwriter, Pierre Richard.
1939 | Trinidadian-English journalist and academic, Trevor McDonald.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2003 | Former Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, 78.
2004 | Sri Lankan journalist and poet, Balanadarajah Iyer, 47.
1983 | American baseball player, Earl Averill, 81.
2015 | Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic, Jacob Bekenstein, 68.
2005 | Swiss monk and mystic, Frère Roger, 90.
SPORTS
2006 | On this day, Steve McClaren took charge of his first match as England manager for the friendly match against Greece at Old Trafford which England won 4-0.
ENTERTAINMENT
2016 | “A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits” was released on this day in the United States for the first time.
AFRICA FACT
Three major West African rivers rise in Guinea: Gambia, Niger, and Sénégal.
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