What day of the week was August 16, 1979?

The day of the week August 16th, 1979 fell on was a Thursday.

Paul Gallacher the Scottish footballer was born on 16 August in 1979. As was Eduardo Maiorino the Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2012) , Monder Rizki the Belgian runner .

John Diefenbaker the Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895) died on this day in 1979.