It was on August 16, back in 1993 that the debian Project was officially founded by the creator of debian GNU / Linux, Jan Murdkom. Debian gave life to many projects, including Ubuntu - the most popular linux distribution, Maemo - used in Nokia's MIDs (and not only), Knoppix - LiveCD for all occasions. Debian is ported to 11 architectures and has the largest software repository. According to DistroWatch, Debian is in 5th place in terms of popularity.
And today Debian is 16 years old. Cheers, Comrades!
UPD: Thanks to everyone who voted! Transferred to Debian.