What day of the week was August 16, 1961?

The day of the week August 16th, 1961 fell on was a Wednesday.

Michaela Dornonville de la Cour the Swedish singer and actress (Army of Lovers) was born on 16 August in 1961. As was Christian Okoye the American football player .

Abdul Haq the Indian linguist and scholar (b. 1870) died on this day in 1961.