September 16th, 1147

Born on September 16th, 1147

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 320,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 802 days, exactly on July 29th, 2026, people who were born on September 16th, 1147 will be 321,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 16th?

September 16th, 2013

A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three others at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.

September 16th, 1992

The British pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday, and suffered a major devaluation.

September 16th, 1990

Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway (terminus pictured) was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

September 16th, 1982

A Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, killing at least 460 civilians.

September 16th, 1979

Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.

September 16th, 1975

The prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 (example pictured), one of the fastest combat jets in the world, made its maiden flight.

September 16th, 1963

Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.

September 16th, 1961

The U.S. National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury.

September 16th, 1940

Second World War: Italian forces captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt progressed no further.

September 16th, 1920

A bomb in a horse-drawn wagon exploded in front of 23 Wall Street in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring several hundred others.

September 16th, 1844

Felix Mendelssohn completed the score of the Violin Concerto, his final concerto.

September 16th, 1822

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reported a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.

September 16th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights (depicted) on the island of Manhattan.

September 16th, 0681

At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical.

September 16th, 2022

The death of Mahsa Amini occurred, which sparked worldwide protests.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 16th?

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

58

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

93

Albert Szent-Györgyi

Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)

*September 16th, 1893, Budapest †October 22nd, 1986, Woods Hole

31

Nick Jonas

American singer, actor and musician

*September 16th, 1992, Dallas

80

Anne Francis

American actress

*September 16th, 1930, Ossining †January 2nd, 2011, Santa Barbara

35

Henry V of England

King of England from 1413 to 1422

*September 16th, 1386, Monmouth Castle †August 31st, 1422, Château de Vincennes

39

Katharina Dröge

German politician

*September 16th, 1984, Münster

65

Jennifer Tilly

American actress

*September 16th, 1958, Harbor City

91

Lee Kuan Yew

1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1923–2015)

*September 16th, 1923, Singapore †March 23rd, 2015, Singapore General Hospital

76

Dieter Riedel

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1947, Gröditz

89

B. B. King

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)

*September 16th, 1925, Berclair †May 14th, 2015, Las Vegas

89

Lauren Bacall

American actress and model (1924–2014)

*September 16th, 1924, The Bronx †August 12th, 2014, Manhattan

59

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

52

Amy Poehler

American actress

*September 16th, 1971, Newton

74

Sven-Erik Bäck

Swedish composer

*September 16th, 1919, Kungsholm parish †January 10th, 1994, Oscar Parish

58

Nathan Mayer Rothschild

German-born British financier (1777–1836)

*September 16th, 1777, Frankfurt †July 28th, 1836, Frankfurt

54

Armin Medosch

Austrian journalist, researcher and curator

*September 16th, 1962, Graz †February 23rd, 2017, Vienna

42

Fan Bingbing

Chinese actress, model and singer

*September 16th, 1981, Yantai

77

Alfred Noyes

English poet

*September 16th, 1880, Wolverhampton †June 28th, 1958, Ventnor

94

Artur Doppelmayr

Austrian engineer (1922-2017)

*September 16th, 1922, Dornbirn †May 12th, 2017

80

Oskar Lafontaine

German politician

*September 16th, 1943, Saarlouis

42

David Castello-Lopes

French journalist

*September 16th, 1981, 12th arrondissement of Paris

27

Álvaro Hodeg

Colombian cyclist

*September 16th, 1996, Montería

81

Linda Miller

American film and television actress

*September 16th, 1942, New York City

60

Richard Marx

American singer and songwriter

*September 16th, 1963, Chicago

71

Mickey Rourke

American actor and former boxer

*September 16th, 1952, Schenectady

83

Peter Falk

American actor (1927–2011)

*September 16th, 1927, Manhattan †June 23rd, 2011, Beverly Hills

69

Franz Thönnes

German politician

*September 16th, 1954, Essen

42

Alexis Bledel

American actress

*September 16th, 1981, Houston

39

Katie Melua

English-Georgian singer and songwriter

*September 16th, 1984, Kutaisi

29

Aleksandar Mitrović

Serbian association football player

*September 16th, 1994, Smederevo

50

Alexander Vinokourov

Kazakh road bicycle racer, born 1973

*September 16th, 1973, Beskol

73

Albrecht Kossel

German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics

*September 16th, 1853, Rostock †July 5th, 1927, Heidelberg

90

Steve Shirley

British businesswoman and philanthropist

*September 16th, 1933, Dortmund

65

Bonar Law

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1858-1923)

*September 16th, 1858, Rexton †October 30th, 1923, London

92

Nadia Boulanger

French musician, conductor, and teacher

*September 16th, 1887, 9th arrondissement of Paris †October 22nd, 1979, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Ilona Gusenbauer

Austrian high jumper

*September 16th, 1947, Gummersbach

72

René van de Kerkhof

Dutch association football player

*September 16th, 1951, Helmond

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Public holidays on September 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 16th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1147 is a normal year and no leap year.

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