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. Date: August 16, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading. Date: August 16, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board. Date: August 16, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board. Date: August 16, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 16, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people. Date: August 16, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg. Date: August 16, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing. Date: August 16, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibil, Bintang Mountains Regency, killing all 54 people on board. Date: August 16, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma. Date: August 16, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)