You are 69 Years, 04 Months, 17 Days old from January 02, 2026. You were born on Thursday and have been alive for 25342 days, your next Birthday will be after 07 Months, 13 Days or Your next birthday is in 225 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 16, 1956 (Thursday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 02, 2026 (Friday) |
| Age: | 69 Years, 04 Months, 17 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Thursday |
| Age In Months: | 832 Months 17 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3620 Weeks 3 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 25342 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 608203 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 36492161 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2189529678 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 16, 2026 (Sunday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 07 Months, 13 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1956 is a leap year. |
August 16, 1956 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is August 16, 1956, is Leo.
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| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | VIII.XVI.MCMLVI
August 16, 1956 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: LXIX Months: IV Days: XVII |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Summer |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Fire Monkey
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Find out how many days you have been alive, what day of the week you were born on, and how long you have lived in days weeks months and years since your birth date. Chronological Age measures how old you are defined as how many years you have lived since birth.
The information above is calculated using UTC timezone where the date and time is Friday, January 02, 2026 18:41:18Here is a random list who born on August 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player |
| 1948 | Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and manager |
| 1913 | Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992) |
| 1928 | Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 2018) |
| 1933 | Julie Newmar, American actress |
| 1947 | Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer |
| 1937 | David Anderson, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician |
| 1934 | Diana Wynne Jones, English author (d. 2011) |
| 1922 | James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1962 | Steve Carell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945) |
| 2015 | Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947) |
| 2005 | Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928) |
| 1957 | Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) |
| 963 | Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general (b. 944) |
| 1986 | Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902) |
| 1899 | Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811) |
| 1945 | Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891) |
| 1532 | John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468) |
| 1888 | John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1946 | The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad. |
| 1960 | Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 1918 | The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army. |
| 1987 | Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground. |
| 1858 | U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks. |
| 1920 | The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution. |
| 2008 | The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level. |
| 1946 | Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours. |
| 1812 | War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army. |
| 1900 | The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift. |