This is our day guide for Sunday August 16th 2020 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
1974 - Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.
1942 - World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
1913 - Tohoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
1891 - The Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
1863 - The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
