0 Holidays August 16

Children's Day (Paraguay)

Name: Children's Day (Paraguay)
Start: 2000-08-16
End: 2000-08-16
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On August 16, in the year 0, Children's Day (Paraguay). This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of August 16, one of 428 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it is celebrated on 1 June in many countries that were part of the Eastern Bloc and Non-Aligned Movement, which follow the suggestion from Women's International Democratic Federation. World Children's Day is celebrated on 20 November to commemorate the issuance of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1959, along with the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on that date in 1989. In some countries, it is Children's Week and not Children's Day.

Key Facts

This event took place on August 16, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 14 July 2026.

On This Date in History 428

Type	Year	Date	Event
Notable Deaths	2023	Aug 16	Howard S. Becker, American sociologist (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2021	Aug 16	Sean Lock, English comedian and actor (born 1963)
Historical Events	2020	Aug 16	The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land.
Notable Deaths	2019	Aug 16	Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (born 1940)
Notable Deaths	2019	Aug 16	Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2018	Aug 16	Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
Notable Deaths	2018	Aug 16	Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and 12th Prime Minister of India (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2018	Aug 16	Wakako Yamauchi, American-Japanese writer (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2016	Aug 16	João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (born 1916)
Notable Deaths	2016	Aug 16	John McLaughlin, American television personality (born 1927)
Historical Events	2015	Aug 16	More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on…
Historical Events	2015	Aug 16	Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibil, Bintang Mountains Regency, killing all 54 people on board.
Notable Deaths	2015	Aug 16	Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1947)
Notable Deaths	2015	Aug 16	Anna Kashfi, British actress (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2015	Aug 16	Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2015	Aug 16	Mile Mrkšić, Serb general (born 1947)
Selected Events	2015	Aug 16	Suicide bombers assassinated Pakistani politician Shuja Khanzada and killed at least 21 others at his home in Attock…
Notable Deaths	2014	Aug 16	Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (born 1947)
Notable Deaths	2014	Aug 16	Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2014	Aug 16	Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (born 1960)
Notable Deaths	2014	Aug 16	Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (born 1924)
Historical Events	2013	Aug 16	The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59…
Notable Deaths	2013	Aug 16	David Rees, Welsh mathematician and academic (born 1918)
Historical Events	2012	Aug 16	South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
Notable Deaths	2012	Aug 16	Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (born 1954)
Notable Deaths	2012	Aug 16	Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2012	Aug 16	Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2012	Aug 16	William Windom, American actor (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2011	Aug 16	Mihri Belli, Turkish activist and politician (born 1916)
Historical Events	2010	Aug 16	AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia,…
Notable Deaths	2010	Aug 16	Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (born 1923)
Selected Events	2009	Aug 16	At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own…
Historical Events	2008	Aug 16	The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the…
Notable Deaths	2008	Aug 16	Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1914)
Notable Deaths	2008	Aug 16	Ronnie Drew, Irish musician, folk singer and actor (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2008	Aug 16	Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (born 1913)
Notable Deaths	2007	Aug 16	Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (born 1945)
Notable Deaths	2006	Aug 16	Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (born 1912)
Historical Events	2005	Aug 16	West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people…
Notable Deaths	2005	Aug 16	Vassar Clements, American fiddler (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2005	Aug 16	Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2005	Aug 16	William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2005	Aug 16	Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (born 1915)
Notable Deaths	2004	Aug 16	Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (born 1950)
Notable Deaths	2004	Aug 16	Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (born 1957)
Notable Deaths	2004	Aug 16	Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (born 1907)
Notable Deaths	2004	Aug 16	Robert Quiroga, American boxer (born 1969)
Notable Deaths	2003	Aug 16	Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2002	Aug 16	Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (born 1937)
Notable Deaths	2002	Aug 16	Jeff Corey, American actor (born 1914)