About the day » Monday August 16, 1976Calender converter

• Daniel Leonardus Mechtildus Erens, Eindhoven, Nederland († 1977)
• Ana Maria Blömer, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1976)
• Rob Bilman, Hengelo († 1977)
• Anne-Lies Postma, Gent, Belgie
• Rob Bilman († 1977)
• Gerke Fetze de Jong, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Francisca Henriëtte Bernadet Hake Schoonebeek, Schoonebeek († 1976)
• Jennifer Lynn Miedema
• Kris Roger Sabbe, Torhout († 1994)

• Arnoldus Henricus Witjes (78), Cadier en Keer,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna van Diepen (84), Langedijk, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arjan Jan van der Leede (1), Den Helder
• Baukje Barts Greevink (73), ,, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Berendina Vunk (48), Edmonton (CDN)
• Cornelis Johannes Kraakman (58)
• cornelisw kraakman (58)
• Arlin Richard Allred (85), Logan, Cache Co.,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ardell F. Burk (52)
• Arnoldina van der Horst (84)

• 1974 » Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
• 1974 » Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
• 1974 » Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
• 1975 » Álvaro Tardáguila, Uruguayan cyclist
• 1975 » Didier Agathe, French footballer
• 1975 » George Stults, American model and actor
• 1975 » Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
• 1975 » Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
• 1975 » Taika Waititi, New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor
• 1977 » Pavel Královec, Czech football referee

• 1971 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1973 » Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
• 1978 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)
• 1979 » John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Michael
10. Robert
11. Dennis
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Ronald
16. Bart

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Jennifer
11. Saskia
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
• February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
• May 8 » The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
• July 4 » The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
• July 19 » Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
• July 22 » Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
• September 17 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.

The temperature on August 16, 1976 was between 11.1 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.