What day of the week was August 16, 2008?

The day of the week August 16th, 2008 fell on was a Saturday.

Dorival Caymmi the Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914) died on this day in 2008. As did Ronnie Drew the Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dubliners) (b. 1934) , Masanobu Fukuoka the Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913) , Elena LeuÅŸteanu the Romanian gymnast (b. 1935) .

The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at the at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.