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August 16th
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About
August 16th is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 137 days remaining
until the end of the calendar year.

Births
1930
- Frank Gifford, Hall of Fame running back, receiver, broadcaster
1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford, television hostess, singer, actor
1958 - Angela Bassett, actress ( What's Love Got to Do with It)
1958 - Madonna, singer, actress
1962 - Steve Carell, actor (The Office,  The 40-Year-Old Virgin)

Deaths
1948
- Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame baseball player
1977 - Elvis Presley, singer, musician, actor

Events
1898
- A patent is granted to Edwin Prescott for a "loop-the-loop" roller coaster, which gets installed at Coney Island, New
York two years later.
2003 - U.S. Congressman, Bill Janklow of South Dakota, hits and kills a motorcyclist with his Cadillac Seville at a rural
intersection near Trent, South Dakota.  Janklow is convicted of manslaughter on
December 8th, 2003 and announces his
resignation from Congress shortly after.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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