| 92761 | August 16 | Event | 1906 – An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people. |
| 92762 | August 16 | Event | 1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students. |
| 92763 | August 16 | Event | 1913 – Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary. |
| 92764 | August 16 | Event | 1918 – The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army. |
| 92765 | August 16 | Event | 1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first |
| 92766 | August 16 | Event | 1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution. |
| 92767 | August 16 | Event | 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw. |
| 92768 | August 16 | Event | 1923 – The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator. |
| 92769 | August 16 | Event | 1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear. |
| 92770 | August 16 | Event | 1929 – The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed. |
| 92771 | August 16 | Event | 1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks. |
| 92772 | August 16 | Event | 1930 – The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon. |
| 92773 | August 16 | Event | 1942 – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California. |
| 92774 | August 16 | Event | 1944 – First flight of the Junkers Ju 287. |
| 92775 | August 16 | Event | 1945 – An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki. |
| 92776 | August 16 | Event | 1945 – Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops. |
| 92777 | August 16 | Event | 1945 – The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương. |
| 92778 | August 16 | Event | 1946 – Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours. |
| 92779 | August 16 | Event | 1946 – The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad. |
| 92780 | August 16 | Event | 1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published. |
| 92781 | August 16 | Event | 1960 – Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 92782 | August 16 | Event | 1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft. |
| 92783 | August 16 | Event | 1962 – Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official. |
| 92784 | August 16 | Event | 1964 – Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy. |
| 92785 | August 16 | Event | 1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and |
| 92786 | August 16 | Event | 1972 – In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat. |
| 92787 | August 16 | Event | 1987 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255 a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashes after take off in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground. |
| 92788 | August 16 | Event | 1989 – A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market. |
| 92789 | August 16 | Event | 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. |
| 92790 | August 16 | Event | 2012 – South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg. |