What day of the week was August 16, 1945?

The day of the week August 16th, 1945 fell on was a Thursday.

Bob Balaban the American actor, producer, director and author was born on 16 August in 1945. As was Russell Brookes the English race car driver , Suzanne Farrell the American ballerina .

An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister the Kantarō Suzuki. Puyi the the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops.