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Toggle Deaths subsection. 3.1 Pre-1600. 3.2 1601–1900. 3.3 1901–present. 4 Holidays and observances. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap ...
Lists of deaths by year. This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in October 2024) and then linked here.
5. On August 16, 1987, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), resulting in the deaths of all six crew members and 148 of the 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground.
An estimated 650,000 people were in need of assistance. [8] At least 137,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed. [9][10] It is the deadliest earthquake and deadliest natural disaster of 2021. It is also the worst disaster to strike Haiti since the 2010 earthquake.
Babe Ruth died on August 16, 1948, from a type of throat cancer. He underwent hormone therapy, and surgery in an attempt to treat his cancer. He was also one of the first cancer patients to receive sequential radiation and chemotherapy treatment. The treatments were not successful. His funeral took place over three days, from August 17 to ...
Death of Jeffrey Epstein. On August 10, 2019, guards found American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein unresponsive in his jail cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, where he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. After prison guards performed CPR, he was transported in cardiac arrest to the ...
t. e. Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using violence to intimidate non-muslims and their leadership for a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, it was a day of nationwide communal riots. [5]
Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016. ^ Former state lawmaker Jimmy Long Sr. dies in auto accident Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. ^ Philadelphia TV Pioneer Captain Noah Dies at Age 90. ^ Russian-American sculptor Ernst Neizvestny dies in New York.