I betcha next year everybody plays 1977 on this date.
not only is it Elvis' deathday, it's Madonna's birthday. Ms. Ciccone Penn Ritchie is 48. "Madge, you're soaking in it!"
I was skimming the IMDb births/deaths/marriages page, and Aug 16 is
loaded. Madonna got married on her birthday to Sean Penn, and two years earlier Paul Simon had married
Princess Leia Carrie Fischer.
Among the other birthdays you've got Steve Carrell, Angela Bassett (twins with Madge), Timothy Hutton & Tim Fariss of INXS. Femme fatales Julie Newmar & Leslie Anne Warren. Oakland native Robert Culp, tennis great Tony Trabert & Frank Gifford are all 75 today & Kathy Lee Gifford has the same birthday as her ex-husband. That's gotta be weird. Two key figures from the 20th century history of the Middle East, Menachim Begin & T. E. Lawrence. And HOF Football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg.
And among the other people dying on this day, Babe Ruth, Bela Lugosi, Idi Amin & HOF sportswriter Jim Murray.