What day of the week was August 16, 1978?

The day of the week August 16th, 1978 fell on was a Wednesday.

Fu Mingxia the Chinese diver was born on 16 August in 1978.

Jean Acker the American actress (b. 1893) died on this day in 1978. As did Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer the Dutch politician, Governor- General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888) .