What day of the week was August 16, 2006?

The day of the week August 16th, 2006 fell on was a Wednesday.

Alex Buzo the Australian playwright and author (b. 1944) died on this day in 2006. As did Herschel Green the American pilot (b. 1920) , Alfredo Stroessner the Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912) .