What day of the week was August 16, 2012?

The day of the week August 16th, 2012 fell on was a Thursday.

Larry R. Brown the American politician (b. 1943) died on this day in 2012. As did T. G. Kamala Devi the Indian actor and singer (b. 1930) , Martine Franck the Belgian photographer (b. 1938) , Jang Hyun-Kyu the South Korean footballer (b. 1981) , Constance Kgosiemang the Namibian politician (b. 1946) , Abune Paulos the Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935) , William Windom the American actor (b. 1923) .

South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg.