16 August in internet history
Things that can be dated to 16 August: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.
Nothing this archive holds can be dated to 16 August. That is a statement about what has been researched so far, not about the day.
Also around this weekWithin three days
These did not happen on 16 August. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.
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United Breaks Guitars A second song follows. A third is released in March 2010. Wikipedia — United Breaks Guitars
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Deez Nuts The person behind it is identified as a fifteen-year-old. Wikipedia — Deez Nuts (politician)
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Distracted boyfriend A tweet labels the girlfriend capitalism and the passing woman socialism. This is the post the format spreads from. Wikipedia — Distracted boyfriend
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Copypasta A baseball commentator interrupts his own on-air apology to describe a home run, and the sentence becomes a copypasta. Wikipedia — Copypasta