The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad. Date: August 16, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours. Date: August 16, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published. Date: August 16, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico, United States, at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft. Date: August 16, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day…
Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom. Date: August 16, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy. Date: August 16, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day…
Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested. Date: August 16, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on…
In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat. Date: August 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration. Date: August 16, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
A Sudan Airways Fokker F27 Friendship is shot down near Malakal in present day South Sudan, killing 60. Date: August 16, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)