Portal:Current events/2008 August 16
- 2008 South Ossetia war:
- Georgian officials claim Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, takes control of 13 Georgian villages. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
- The 2008 South Ossetia War. (Press Trust of India)
- Georgian officials claim
- hurricane strength. (AP via The Guardian)
- A bomb explodes outside the house of Mayor Lito Pinol in the city of Kidapawan City. (Khaleej Times)
- At least eight people die and 60 are injured after a
- Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics:
- Sprinter world record time. (The New York Times)
- Sprinter
- Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics:
- Michael Phelps of the United States wins his seventh gold medal of the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre butterfly, tying Mark Spitz's record for gold medals at an Olympic Games. (The New York Times)
- Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe wins the 200 metre backstroke title setting a world record. (The New York Times)
- Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain wins the 800 metres freestyle, breaking Janet Evans’ 19-year-old world record in the process. (The New York Times)