Thursday 16th of August 1888

Man of Action Thomas Edward Lawrence aka Lawrence of Arabia is born in Gorphwysfa, Tremadog, Wales, United Kingdom.

Thursday 16th of August 1888

Pharmacist John Stith Pemberton known for inventing Coca Cola dies of stomach cancer at the age of 57 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Thursday 16th of August 1894

Anarchist and assassin Sante Geronimo Caserio is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 21 in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France.

Wednesday 16th of August 1899

Chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen known for development of the Bunsen burner dies of natural causes at the age of 88 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Friday 16th of August 1912

Murderess Virginia Christian is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 17 in Virginia State Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia, United States.

Christian was the only female juvenile executed by the electric chair.

Monday 16th of August 1920

Poet and writer Charles Henry Bukowski aka Hank is born as Heinrich Karl Bukowski in Aktienstraße 12, Andernach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Monday 16th of August 1926

50-year-old Mary Nesbitt is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in Oakland, California, United States.

Thursday 16th of August 1928

37-year-old Serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar Carl Panzram aka A Journal of Murder is arrested in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Friday 16th of August 1935

Pop artist Evelyne Devaux Axell is born in Namur, Namur, Belgium.

Sunday 16th of August 1942

0-year-old Serial killer Myra Hindley aka The Moors Murderers (with Ian Brady) is baptised in Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

Thursday 16th of August 1945

Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi aka The Father of the Kamikaze commits suicide by Seppuku at the age of 54 in Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

Ōnishi did not use a kaishakunin (second), and died of self-inflicted injuries over a period of 15 hours.

Monday 16th of August 1948

Baseball player George Herman Ruth aka Babe Ruth aka The Sultan of Swat dies of nasopharyngeal carcinoma at the age of 53 in Memorial Hospital for Cancer, New York, Manhattan, New York, United States.

Wednesday 16th of August 1950

Serial killer Jack Johann Unterweger aka Jack the Writer aka Der Häfenpoet aka The Pug Dumper is born in Judenburg, Steiermark, Austria.

Wednesday 16th of August 1950

Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Petra Schelm is born in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Thursday 16th of August 1956

Actor Bela Lugosi known for portraying Count Dracula dies of a heart attack at the age of 74 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Per request of his son George and fifth wife Hope Lininger, Lugosi was buried wearing one of the Dracula Cape costumes.

Saturday 16th of August 1958

Singer-songwriter and actress Madonna Louise Ciccone aka Madonna is born in Bay City, Michigan, United States.

Tuesday 16th of August 1960

Victim of Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper Jayne Michelle MacDonald is born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Monday 16th of August 1965

30-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger aka The Shoemaker sets fire to the first floor of a building he owns, collecting $11.000 on insurance in 2039 East Fletcher Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Saturday 16th of August 1969

32-year-old Jemima McDonald is raped, beaten and strangled by serial killer The Bible John Killer in MacKeith Street, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

McDonald met her unidentified killer at the Barrowland Ballroom.

Saturday 16th of August 1969

35-year-old Family leader Charles Milles Manson known for conspiracy to murder Sharon Tate is arrested in a police-raid on suspicion of leading a major auto theft ring that had been stealing Volkswagens and converting them into dune buggies in Spahn Ranch, 12000 Santa Susana Pass Road, Chatsworth, California, United States.

21 other Manson Family members were also arrested but released after a couple of days due to a warrant misdate.

Saturday 16th of August 1975

29-year-old Serial killer Ted Theodore Robert Bundy aka The Only Living Witness is arrested and charged with 'attempting to evade a police-officer' in Salt Lake City, Granger, Utah, United States.

Noting that the Volkswagen's front passenger seat was missing the police officer searched Bundy's car and found a ski mask, a second mask fashioned from pantyhose, a crowbar, handcuffs, trash bags, a coil of rope, an ice pick, and other items initially assumed to be burglary tools. Bundy explained that the ski mask was for skiing, he had found the handcuffs in a dumpster and the rest were common household items.

Tuesday 16th of August 1977

Bartholomeus Bruyn’s 'Portrait', Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 'Portrait of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora' and several more paintings are attacked with acid by 40-year-old Serial art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann in Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum, Willy-Brandt-Allee 5, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Tuesday 16th of August 1977

Singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley aka The King of Rock and Roll dies of cardiac arrhythmia due to polypharmacy at the age of 42 in Graceland, 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Whitehaven, Tennessee, United States.

Monday 16th of August 1982

16-year-old Olga Kuprina is stabbed to death by serial killer Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Kuprina's body was found on 27 October in a forest belt near the Cossack Camps on the Rostov – Shakhty suburban line.

Sunday 16th of August 1987

156 die in Northwest Airlines Flight 255 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crash and disintegration in Wick Road, Detroit, Michigan, United States.

4-year-old Cecelia Marie Cichan was the sole survivor.

Wednesday 16th of August 1995

Triple murderer Leon Jerome Moser is executed by lethal injection at the age of 53 in Rockview Penitentiary, Benner Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

Moser killed his 35-year-old ex-wife Linda and their two daughters 14-year-old Donna and 10-year-old Joanne outside the St. James Episcopal Church in Lower Providence Township on Palm Sunday. Moser's last meal request was for a large cheese pizza, cheese slices, cold cuts, pasta salad, iced cup cakes and a 2-liter bottle of Coca-Cola.

Sunday 16th of August 1998

Serial killer Abdallah al-Hubal is shot dead in a police shootout at the age of 43 in Bayt al-Faqih, Al Hudaydah, Yemen.

al-Hubal engaged in a firefight with the police killing one policeman and injuring several others before being shot himself.

Wednesday 16th of August 2000

Murderer John Thomas Satterwhite is executed by lethal injection at the age of 53 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Thursday 16th of August 2001

Double murderer Jeffrey Carlton Doughtie is executed by lethal injection at the age of 40 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Saturday 16th of August 2003

44-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV plays with Henry Foundation in BB's Café, Jalan Sidoarjo, Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Also played: The Miskins, The Upstairs, Vessel, Pendulum, The Adams, Sajama Cut, SugarStar, Thrashline, Teenage Death Star, The Producers, Rockefeller, Kebunku

Saturday 16th of August 2003

58-year-old Artist Jörg Immendorff is caught with seven prostitutes (and four more on the way) and 10 grams of cocaïne in a Versace ashtrey in the luxury suite in Steigenberger Parkhotel, Königsallee 1a, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Immendorf explained it as an act of 'orientalism'.

Saturday 16th of August 2003

3rd President of Uganda Idi Amin aka the Butcher of Uganda dies of kidney failure at the age of 78 in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia.

Saturday 16th of August 2003

Passengers in the back of a crowded pick-up truck aka public transport staring at a weird white guy in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Tuesday 16th of August 2005

160 die in West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crash in Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela.

Thursday 16th of August 2018

Singer and musician Aretha Louise Franklin aka The Queen of Soul dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76 in Riverfront Towers, Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Friday 16th of August 2019

Actor Peter Henry Fonda dies of respiratory failure caused by lung cancer at the age of 79 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Friday 16th of August 2019

Cyclist Felice Gimondi aka The Phoenix dies after suffering a heart attack while swimming on vacation at the age of 77 in Giardini Naxos, Sicilia, Italy.