FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and 12th Prime Minister of India (born 1924)

Amanda Blake

Amanda Blake, American actress (born 1929)

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (born 1882)

Anna Kashfi

Anna Kashfi, British actress (born 1934)

Alfredo Stroessner

Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (born 1912)

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saint Armel

Christian feast day: Armel (Armagillus)

Saint Roch

Christian feast day: Roch

Stephen I of Hungary

Christian feast day: Stephen I of Hungary

Image of Edessa

Christian feast day: Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Gozan no Okuribi

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

National Airborne Day

National Airborne Day (United States)

Public holidays in the Dominican Republic

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

Public holidays in Gabon

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

Xicolatada

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and 12th Prime Minister of India (born 1924)