Holidays and Observances
- Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
- Children's Day (Paraguay)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Roch
- Simplician
- Stephen I of Hungary
- Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
- Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)
- Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)
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