August 16
People born on this day are Leo.
- 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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Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration.
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Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
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A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
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Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.
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West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
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The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
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AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people.
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South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
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The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
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Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibil, Bintang Mountains Regency, killing all 54 people on board.
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The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land.
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2001Jannik Sinner, Italian tennis player
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1999Karen Chen, American figure skater
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1997Greyson Chance, American musician
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1996Sophie Cunningham, American basketball player
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1996Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
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1993Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
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1992Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
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1991Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
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1991Young Thug, American rapper, singer and songwriter
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1990Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
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1989Cedric Alexander, American wrestler
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1989Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
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