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16 August 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
No items available.
Historical events
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Notable births
No items available.
Notable deaths
Died
2026 - Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer (born 1989)American actress and singer (1989–2026)
Died
2023 - Howard S. Becker, American sociologist (born 1928)American sociologist (1928–2023)
Died
2021 - Sean Lock, English comedian and actor (born 1963)English comedian and actor (1963–2021)
Died
2019 - Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (born 1940)American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019)
Died
2019 - Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator (born 1933)Canadian and British animator (1933–2019)
Died
2018 - Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)American soul singer (1942–2018)
Died
2018 - Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and 12th Prime Minister of India (born 1924)Prime Minister of India (1996; 1998–99, 1999–2004)
Died
2018 - Wakako Yamauchi, American-Japanese writer (born 1924)Japanese American playwright and writer (1924–2018)
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated
Lunar age: 11.4 days
Sun zodiac
Leo
24.11 degrees
Constellation: Leo
Moon zodiac
Capricorn
10.26 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.