August 16th, 2018.

What happened on this date?

Notable events that occurred on August 16th, 2018.

• Singer Aretha Franklin passes away at the age of 76.

Top songs.

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on August 16th, 2018.

• United States: In My Feelings - Drake
• United Kingdom: In My Feelings - Drake

Take me back to August 16th, 2018!

Let's take a walk down memory lane.

The date is August 16th, 2018, and it's a Thursday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Leo. It's summer, so the temperatures are warmer and the evenings are longer than usual.

The song In My Feelings by Drake is on top of the singles charts in both the USA and the United Kingdom. Donald Trump is currently the President of the United States, and the movie The Meg is at the top of the Box Office. In the United Kingdom, Theresa May is the current Prime Minister.

It's 2018, so the music charts are being dominated by artists such as Drake, Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Post Malone, Cardi B, Juice Wrld and Dua Lipa. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Aretha Franklin, Kofi Annan, Stefán Karl Stefánsson and John McCain would all be still alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Game of Thrones", "Homeland", "Black-ish" and "Stranger Things".

Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Fortnite", "Ark: Survival Evolved", "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)" and "God of War". Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Horrid Henry", "The Thundermans", "Henry Danger" and "Bunnicula". If you're a kid or a teenager, then you're probably playing with toys such as the Xbox One, L.O.L. Surprise!, FurReal Roarin' Tyler and the Star Wars Droid Inventor Kit.

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are trending news stories and fads that were prevalent at this time. These are topics that would have been in the media on August 16th, 2018.

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  The Momo Challenge hoax.

  During this time, an urban legend about a fake social media challenge called the "Momo Challenge" was spreading throughout the Internet.

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  Record of the Year: 2018.

  The song "This Is America" by Childish Gambino won a Grammy for 2018's Record of the Year.

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  2018 in music.

  Popular music artists in 2018 included Drake, Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, Post Malone, XXXTentacion, Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Eminem, Juice Wrld, Travis Scott and Kodak Black.

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  Jamal Khashoggi and Other Journalists.

  "Jamal Khashoggi and Other Journalists" were named as the Time Person of the Year in 2018.

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  Who were the best NBA players in 2018?

  The best NBA players in 2018 were Russell Westbrook, James Harden, LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis.

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  2018 in movies.

  Movies released in 2018 included Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Incredibles 2, Aquaman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Venom, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Deadpool 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, A Quiet Place, A Star Is Born and Halloween.

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  Green Book.

  "Green Book" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2018.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• 4 years, 7 months and 7 days have passed since August 16th, 2018.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 33 of 2018.
• Leap Year: 2018 was not a leap year.
• Age: A person born on August 16th, 2018 will be 4 years old.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1534374000.

Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to August 16th, 2018.

• July 19th, 2018: 17 people lose their lives after a duck boat sinks at Table Rock Lake in Missouri.
• July 20th, 2018: Disney fire film director James Gunn from "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" after old controversial tweets of his are found and publicized.
• July 22nd, 2018: US President Donald Trump threatens Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in an "ALL CAPS" tweet on Twitter.
• July 23rd, 2018: 102 people lose their lives in wildfires in East Attica, Greece.
• July 24th, 2018: Singer Demi Lovato is rushed to hospital after an opioid overdose.
• July 26th, 2018: Facebook's stock price plummets by 19 percent following a disappointing quarterly report.
• July 27th, 2018: The film "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" is released in movie theaters.
• July 30th, 2018: Love Island: Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham are crowned as winners.
• August 2nd, 2018: musical.ly becomes TikTok after the two apps are merged together.
• August 2nd, 2018: Technology company Apple becomes the first publicly-listed company in the US to reach $1 trillion in market value.
• August 3rd, 2018: Travis Scott releases his album "Astroworld".
• August 3rd, 2018: The game "Call of Duty: Black Ops 4" is released.
• August 4th, 2018: Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro survives an apparent assassination attempt after drones armed with explosives are detonated overhead while he is giving a speech.
• August 6th, 2018: American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is banned from Facebook, Spotify, Apple and Twitter.
• August 7th, 2018: China bans Disney's film "Christopher Robin" after people compare Chinese President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh.
• August 13th, 2018: Watts family murders: Chris Watts reports that his wife Shanann and their two daughters have gone missing.
• August 15th, 2018: Watts family murders: Chris Watts confesses to the murders of his pregnant wife Shanann and their two daughters.
• August 15th, 2018: The romantic comedy-drama film "Crazy Rich Asians" is released in movie theaters.
• This date: August 16th, 2018
• August 18th, 2018: Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan passes away at the age of 80.
• August 18th, 2018: Imran Khan becomes the new prime minister of Pakistan.
• August 20th, 2018: "Havana" by Camila Cabello (featuring Young Thug) wins Video of the Year at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards.
• August 20th, 2018: Former English soccer player Paul Gascoigne is arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on a train.
• August 21st, 2018: Icelandic actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson (Robbie Rotten on LazyTown) dies from cancer at the age of 43.
• August 24th, 2018: Liberal leader Scott Morrison becomes the new Prime Minister of Australia.
• August 25th, 2018: American politician John McCain passes away.
• August 25th, 2018: KSI and Logan Paul draw in a boxing match at the Manchester Arena.
• August 30th, 2018: Irish TV channel TV3 is rebranded as Virgin Media One.
• September 3rd, 2018: Machine Gun Kelly releases his Eminem diss, "Rap Devil".
• September 5th, 2018: UK Prime Minister Theresa May blames Russian intelligence officers for the novichok nerve agent attack in Amesbury, England.
• September 6th, 2018: Tesla CEO Elon Musk smokes cannabis on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.
• September 6th, 2018: Actor Burt Reynolds dies from a heart attack.
• September 7th, 2018: The video game "Spider-Man" is released.
• September 7th, 2018: Joe Exotic is arrested after trying to hire an undercover FBI agent to murder Carole Baskin.
• September 7th, 2018: Rapper Mac Miller dies due to an accidental drug overdose.
• September 8th, 2018: Rappers Cardi B and Nicki Minaj get into an altercation at New York Fashion Week 2018.
• September 14th, 2018: Rap star Eminem responds to Machine Gun Kelly's diss track by releasing the song "KILLSHOT".
• September 15th, 2018: Boxing: Canelo Álvarez defeats Gennady Golovkin in a rematch.

Personality traits.

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Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on August 16th, 2018, will have the star sign Leo.
• Zodiac Element: Fire.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2018 was the year of the Dog (Yang Wood).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 8.
• Native American Zodiac: August 16th, 2018 falls under the Salmon.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of August will have the birthstone Peridot.
• Birth flower (August): The Gladiolus and the Poppy.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on August 16th, 2018 was most likely conceived around November 23rd, 2017.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on August 16th, 2018 is close to May 9th, 2019.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about August 16th, 2018.

• A total of 1,680 days have passed since this date.
• 240 weeks have passed.
• 145,155,600 seconds have passed since the August 16th, 2018.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 169,348,200 times.
• Since August 16th, 2018, the Earth has travelled approximately 74,900,289,600 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 24,192,600 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 12,483,382 steps. That's about 5,548 miles!
• Since this date, 1,741,867 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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