About the day » Saturday August 16, 1986Calender converter

• Abraham John Marchant, Provo, Utah († 1986)

• Cornels Franciscus (Kees) Werdler (61), Nederland
• Chivous Daniel Richards (59), San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California
• Andries Johannes Adrianus Bongaards (82), Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angèle Smekens (88), Hoge Beuken Ziekenhuis
• Alke Niemeijer (91), Sellingen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Velthuis (48)
• Berend Jan Lebbink (66), Sneek
• Arie Johannes Molewijk (86)
• Cornelia Marina (Corrie) VERBREE (23), Delft
• Adriana Markus (89), Berkenwoude

• 1983 » Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
• 1984 » Candice Dupree, American basketball player
• 1984 » Didier Cuche, Swiss skier
• 1984 » Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer
• 1984 » Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
• 1985 » Cristin Milioti, American actress
• 1986 » Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
• 1987 » Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer.
• 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer

• 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)
• 1989 » Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1990 » Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925)
• 1991 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951)
• 1993 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913)

1. Mark
2. Michael
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Robert
6. Thomas
7. Jeroen
8. Peter
9. David
10. Sander
11. Bart
12. Willem
13. Johannes
14. Maarten
15. Hendrik
16. Patrick

1. Maria
2. Laura
3. Linda
4. Kim
5. Sanne
6. Jessica
7. Johanna
8. Marjolein
9. Jennifer
10. Charlotte
11. Anna
12. Amanda
13. Stephanie
14. Esther
15. Joyce
16. Sarah

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
• February 25 » People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.
• April 2 » Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
• July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
• October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
• November 22 » Mike Tyson from Brooklyn, New York becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20.
• December 19 » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

The temperature on August 16, 1986 was between 12.6 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.