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.

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.

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

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.

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 Art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann in Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum, Willy-Brandt-Allee 5, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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

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