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What happened in history on this day: August 16?
On August 16 in ...
- 1975 - The CBS TV network begins airing the The Dick Cavett Show 60-minute discussion/variety TV show in the USA.
Births on August 16
- 1895 - Birth of Lucien Littlefield in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actor (Mr Beasley - Blondie).
- 1899 - Birth of Glenn Strange in Weed, New Mexico, USA; actor (Sam the Bartender - Gunsmoke).
- 1910 - Birth of Mae Clarke in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl).
- 1924 - Birth of Fess Parker in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller, Daniel Boone).
- 1928 - Birth of Eydie Gormé in Bronx, New York, USA; singer (The Tonight Show, Bossa Nova).
- 1928 - Birth of Ann Blyth in Mount Kisko, New York, USA; actress (Kismet, Mildred Pierce).
- 1930 - Birth of Robert Culp in Berkley, California, USA; actor (I Spy, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, Greatest Americn Hero, Everybody Loves Raymond).
- 1933 - Birth of Julie Newmar; actress (Batman).
- 1934 - Birth of John Standing in London, England; actor (Edward - Lime Street).
- 1935 - Birth of Julie Newmar in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Catwoman - Batman, Living Doll).
- 1936 - Birth of Anita Gillette in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Quincy M.E., Marathon, Moonstruck, Normal Ohio).
- 1936 - Birth of Gary Clarke in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Hondo, The Virginian, Michael Shayne).
- 1938 - Birth of Ketty Lester in Hope, Arkansas, USA; actress (Hester - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1939 - Birth of Carol Shelly in London, England; actress (Gwendolyn Pidgeon - The Odd Couple, One Life to Live, Another World).
- 1945 - Birth of Robert Balaban in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Absence of Malice, Altered States, Seinfeld).
- 1946 - Birth of Lesley Ann Warren in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Cinderella, Mission Impossible, In Plain Sight). (Cinderella, Mission Impossible).
- 1952 - Birth of Reginald Veljohnson; actor (Carl Winslow - Family Matters, Die Hard).
- 1953 - Birth of Catlin O'Heaney in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Snow White - Charmings).
- 1953 - Birth of Kathie Lee Gifford in Paris, Florida, USA; hostess (Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Today).
- 1954 - Birth of James Cameron in Ontario, Canada; director (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dark Angel).
- 1958 - Birth of Jonathan Prince in Beverly Hills, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Danny - "Alice").
- 1958 - Birth of Angela Bassett; actress (ER), host (Independent Lens).
- 1958 - Birth of Madonna (Ciccone) in Bay City, Michigan, USA; singer/actress ("Like a Virgin").
- 1959 - Birth of Laura Innes; actress (ER).
- 1960 - Birth of Timothy Hutton; actor (Turk 182, Ordinary People, Leverage, Kidnapped).
- 1963 - Birth of Steve Carell; actor (The Office).
- 1972 - Birth of George Stroumboulopoulos in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; TV host (The Hour).
- 1975 - Birth of George Stults; actor (Seventh Heaven).
- 1982 - Birth of Cam Gigandet; actor (The O.C.).
- 1986 - Birth of Shawn Pyfrom; actor (Desperate Housewives).
Deaths on August 16
- 1977 - Death of Elvis Presley at age 42 of heart ailment at Graceland, in Memphis, Tennesee, USA; singer/actor ("Don't Be Cruel", "Hound Dog").
- 1989 - Amanda Blake, American actress (Gunsmoke), dies at age 60 (born 1929).
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