Replaying Friday, August 16, 1985

The August 16, 1985 was a Friday under the star sign of . It was the 227 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.

If you were born on this day, you are 40 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, August 16, 2025, 323 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, August 16, 2026, in 41 days. You have lived for 14,933 days, or about 358,398 hours, or about 21,503,913 minutes, or about 1,290,234,780 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Madonna (actor, art collector, businessperson, children's writer, composer, dancer, director, entrepreneur, film actor, film director, film producer, guitarist, manufacturer, model, performing artist, philanthropist, poet, record producer, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, voice actor, writer, born August 16, 1958)
  • Taika Waititi (actor, comedian, director, executive producer, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, voice actor, born August 16, 1974)
  • Steve Carell (actor, character actor, comedian, film actor, film producer, manufacturer, screenwriter, television actor, television director, television producer, voice actor, born August 16, 1962)
  • James Cameron (actor, director, engineer, explorer, film director, film editor, film producer, inventor, philanthropist, screenwriter, television producer, born August 16, 1954)
  • Saif Ali Khan (film actor, film producer, television actor, born August 16, 1970)
  • Angela Bassett (actor, director, film actor, manufacturer, singer, stage actor, television actor, television producer, voice actor, born August 16, 1958)
  • Charles Bukowski (actor, author, autobiographer, columnist, diarist, journalist, novelist, poet, screenwriter, writer, born August 16, 1920)
  • Cristin Milioti (actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1985)
  • T. E. Lawrence (aircraft pilot, anthropologist, archaeologist, autobiographer, castellologist, diplomat, military officer, military personnel, screenwriter, spy, translator, world traveler, writer, born August 16, 1888)
  • Yu Darvish (baseball player, born August 16, 1986)
  • Şehzade Mustafa (governor, born August 6, 1515)
  • Kōki Uchiyama (actor, child actor, narrator, radio personality, seiyū, born August 16, 1990)
  • Cameron Monaghan (film actor, model, television actor, voice actor, born August 16, 1993)
  • Evanna Lynch (actor, film actor, model, singer, stage actor, born August 16, 1991)
  • Judith Love Cohen (aerospace engineer, publisher, writer, born August 16, 1933)
  • Timothy Hutton (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, born August 16, 1960)
  • Young Thug (rapper, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born August 16, 1991)
  • Rumer Willis (film actor, model, television actor, born August 16, 1988)
  • Pierre Richard (comedian, film actor, film director, memoirist, screenwriter, television actor, born August 16, 1934)
  • Michael Massee (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born August 16, 1955)
  • Carey Price (ice hockey player, born August 16, 1987)
  • Arvind Kejriwal (bureaucrat, politician, born August 16, 1968)
  • Manisha Koirala (actor, dancer, film actor, film producer, public figure, born August 16, 1970)
  • G.E.M. (actor, recording artist, singer-songwriter, born August 16, 1991)
  • Jack Unterweger (autobiographer, serial killer, writer, born August 16, 1950)
  • John Bosco (Latin Catholic priest, salesian, born August 16, 1815)
  • Moussa Sissoko (association football player, born August 16, 1989)
  • Cam Gigandet (actor, film actor, television actor, born August 16, 1982)
  • Reginald VelJohnson (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1952)
  • Diego Schwartzman (tennis player, born August 16, 1992)
  • Menachem Begin (politician, born August 16, 1913)
  • Wilhelm Wundt (author, philosopher, physiologist, psychologist, university teacher, writer, born August 16, 1832)
  • Kathie Lee Gifford (actor, composer, journalist, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, television presenter, voice actor, born August 16, 1953)
  • Colt Brennan (American football player, Canadian football player, born August 16, 1983)
  • Lesley Ann Warren (actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1946)
  • Bill Evans (bandleader, composer, conductor, jazz pianist, born August 16, 1929)
  • Julie Newmar (dancer, entrepreneur, film actor, model, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born August 16, 1933)
  • Vanessa Carlton (composer, musician, pianist, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born August 16, 1980)
  • Mahesh Manjrekar (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, born August 16, 1958)
  • Sheila (actor, dancer, sculptor, singer, writer, born August 16, 1945)
  • Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (author, poet, writer, born August 16, 1904)
  • Robert Culp (film actor, film director, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, television director, voice actor, born August 16, 1930)
  • John Challis (actor, television actor, born August 16, 1942)
  • George Galloway (columnist, peace activist, political writer, politician, radio personality, born August 16, 1954)
  • María Grever (composer, singer, songwriter, born August 16, 1894)
  • Bob Balaban (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1945)
  • David Dhawan (actor, film director, film editor, screenwriter, born August 16, 1955)
  • Phil Murphy (banker, diplomat, politician, born August 16, 1957)
  • Paul Sun Hyung Lee (actor, television actor, born August 16, 1972)
  • Eri Kitamura (actor, child actor, mangaka, seiyū, singer, tarento, born August 16, 1987)
  • Roque Santa Cruz (association football player, born August 16, 1981)
  • Bunta Sugawara (actor, film actor, seiyū, born August 16, 1933)
  • Pamela Smart (academic, born August 16, 1967)
  • Flor Silvestre (equestrian, film actor, recording artist, singer, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1930)
  • Sonam Bajwa (actor, model, born August 16, 1989)
  • Tamer Hosny (actor, businessperson, composer, entrepreneur, film actor, guitarist, music video director, musician, pianist, record producer, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, television actor, writer, born August 16, 1977)
  • Jeff Perry (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1955)
  • Matt Lauria (actor, film actor, model, musician, television actor, born August 16, 1982)
  • Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy (politician, born August 16, 1682)
  • Heita Kawakatsu (economist, historian, politician, university teacher, born August 16, 1948)
  • Diego Llorente (association football player, born August 16, 1993)
  • Taylor Goldsmith (musician, born August 16, 1985)
  • Diana Wynne Jones (children's writer, novelist, poet, science fiction writer, writer, born August 16, 1934)
  • Ulrika Jonsson (actor, film actor, journalist, model, secretary, television presenter, born August 16, 1967)
  • Julia Vysotskaya (actor, cook, presenter, restaurateur, television presenter, writer, born August 16, 1973)
  • Hongxi Emperor (ruler, born August 8, 1378)
  • Okieriete Onaodowan (actor, born August 16, 1987)
  • Fess Parker (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1924)
  • Saskia Reeves (actor, film actor, stage actor, born August 16, 1961)
  • Eydie Gormé (singer, born August 16, 1928)
  • Masoud Barzani (politician, born August 16, 1946)
  • Arden Cho (actor, film actor, model, singer-songwriter, taekwondo athlete, television actor, voice actor, born August 16, 1985)
  • Laura Innes (actor, film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1957)
  • Francis Crozier (explorer, naval officer, researcher, born August 16, 1796)
  • Joleon Lescott (association football player, born August 16, 1982)
  • Parker Young (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born August 16, 1988)
  • Sun Honglei (actor, television actor, born August 16, 1970)
  • Jason Everman (guitarist, soldier, born August 16, 1967)
  • Lorraine Gary (film actor, television actor, born August 16, 1937)
  • Frank Gifford (American football player, sports commentator, television presenter, born August 16, 1930)
  • Christine Maxwell (businessperson, born August 16, 1950)
  • Clovis Cornillac (dub actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1968)
  • Todd Haberkorn (dubbing director, television actor, voice actor, born August 16, 1982)
  • Christine Cavanaugh (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born August 16, 1963)
  • Frankie Boyle (autobiographer, comedian, journalist, screenwriter, stand-up comedian, television presenter, writer, born August 16, 1972)
  • Rulon Gardner (amateur wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter, born August 16, 1971)
  • Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (aristocrat, military personnel, painter, politician, born August 16, 1763)
  • Franz Joseph II (forestry scientist, politician, born August 16, 1906)
  • Akane Ōsawa (child actor, fashion model, tarento, born August 16, 1985)
  • Ambika (actor, television actor, born August 16, 1963)
  • Elpidia Carrillo (actor, camera operator, film actor, television actor, born August 16, 1961)
  • Hiroaki Ogi (actor, owarai tarento, tarento, born August 16, 1971)
  • Hikaru Nishida (actor, singer, tarento, writer, born August 16, 1972)
  • Ann Blyth (film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1928)
  • Slaviša Jokanović (association football manager, association football player, born August 16, 1968)
  • Patrick Balkany (permanent politician, politician, born August 16, 1948)
  • Vincent Curatola (actor, singer, born August 16, 1953)
  • Lois Nettleton (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born August 16, 1927)
  • Dominik Garcia-Lorido (film actor, television actor, born August 16, 1983)
  • David Dickinson (entrepreneur, television presenter, born August 16, 1941)
  • Andy Wilman (executive producer, film producer, television presenter, television producer, born August 16, 1962)
  • Minoru Genda (aircraft pilot, military personnel, politician, born August 16, 1904)
  • Shawn Pyfrom (actor, film actor, television actor, born August 16, 1986)
  • Fritz Von Erich (American football player, actor, professional wrestler, born August 16, 1929)
  • Albert II of Germany (sovereign, born August 8, 1397)
  • Shivnarine Chanderpaul (cricketer, born August 16, 1974)
  • Sarah Pavan (beach volleyball player, volleyball player, born August 16, 1986)
  • Bassem Yakhour (actor, television actor, born August 16, 1971)
  • Ariadne Díaz (actor, model, stage actor, television actor, born August 16, 1986)
  • Kōyō Maeda (actor, keyboardist, born August 16, 1968)
  • Doug Collins (businessperson, lawyer, military officer, pastor, politician, born August 16, 1966)
  • Carman Lee (actor, born August 16, 1966)
  • Tecia Torres (Thai boxer, karateka, mixed martial arts fighter, taekwondo athlete, born August 16, 1989)
  • Trevor McDonald (journalist, born August 16, 1939)
  • Rotem Sela (actor, advocate, lawyer, model, television presenter, born August 16, 1983)
  • Ryan Kerrigan (American football player, born August 16, 1988)
  • Mariya Oktyabrskaya (tankman, born August 16, 1905)
  • Billy Joe Shaver (author, country musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter, born August 16, 1939)
  • Kazuhiro Kokubo (snowboarder, born August 16, 1988)
  • Upen Patel (actor, model, born August 16, 1980)
  • Kwon Ri-se (model, singer, born August 16, 1991)
  • Neda Ukraden (singer, born August 16, 1950)
  • Fu Mingxia (competitive diver, born August 16, 1978)
  • Caio Ribeiro (association football player, journalist, born August 16, 1975)
  • Marcus Stoinis (cricketer, born August 16, 1989)
  • Wolfgang Völz (film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born August 16, 1930)
  • Urara Takano (actor, seiyū, born August 16, 1961)
  • Jean de La Bruyère (French moralist, aphorist, essayist, lawyer, translator, writer, born August 16, 1645)
  • Théoneste Bagosora (military personnel, politician, born August 16, 1941)
  • Fabio Casartelli (sport cyclist, born August 16, 1970)
  • Jase Robertson (chief operating officer, born August 16, 1969)
  • Barry Hay (guitarist, singer, songwriter, born August 16, 1948)
  • Helmut Rahn (association football player, born August 16, 1929)
  • Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (playwright, poet, politician, writer, born August 16, 1925)
  • Rocco Papaleo (actor, film director, screenwriter, singer, born August 16, 1958)
  • Ivan Bilibin (graphic artist, illustrator, painter, born August 16, 1876)
  • Greyson Chance (composer, musician, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born August 16, 1997)
  • Josip Juranović (association football player, born August 16, 1995)
  • Neto (association football player, born August 16, 1985)
  • Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (actor, film actor, born August 16, 1942)
  • Mauricio Islas (actor, film actor, television actor, born August 16, 1973)
  • Ai Takabe (actor, seiyū, born August 16, 1988)
  • Brendan Cowell (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, born August 16, 1976)
  • Akari Yoshida (singer, born August 16, 1996)
  • Kate Higgins (jazz musician, pianist, singer, television actor, voice actor, born August 16, 1969)
  • Christian Mortensen (restaurateur, tailor, born August 16, 1882)
  • Marian Rejewski (cryptologist, inventor, mathematician, born August 16, 1905)
  • Krisztina Egerszegi (swimmer, born August 16, 1974)
  • Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov (journalist, memoirist, physician, politician, revolutionary, born August 16, 1874)
  • Martín Maldonado (baseball player, born August 16, 1986)

16th of August 1985 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on August 16, 1985

WHEN THE BREEZE STRIKES OUT

Date: 17 August 1985

By Malcolm Moran

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US ORDERS EXTRADITION OF EX-MEXICO CITY CHIEF

Date: 17 August 1985

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SUBPAR SPORTSMANSHIP

Date: 17 August 1985

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INDICTMENT CHARGES COMPANY ILLEGALLY EXPORTED JET PARTS

Date: 17 August 1985

UPI

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CAPACITY USE AT 80.8% FOR 4TH MONTH

Date: 17 August 1985

AP

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SLANEY TOPS TIME

Date: 17 August 1985

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A REAL RINGER

Date: 17 August 1985

By THOMAS Rogers and Robert McG. Thomas Jr

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United Delays Change on Fares

Date: 17 August 1985

Special to the New York Times

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SOCIAL-ISSUE FUNDS GROWING

Date: 17 August 1985

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

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TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY ORDERS CHANGES IN OPERATION OF F.A.A.

Date: 17 August 1985

By REGINALD STUART, Special to the New York Times

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