June 16th, 1764

Born on June 16th, 1764

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on June 16th?

June 16th, 2016

Jo Cox, a British Member of Parliament, was murdered in her constituency.

June 16th, 2012

Liu Yang (pictured), a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first Chinese woman in space.

June 16th, 1972

English musician David Bowie released his breakthrough album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

June 16th, 1963

Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space.

June 16th, 1960

Psycho, a psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (pictured) and based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, premiered.

June 16th, 1936

A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven people on board.

June 16th, 1911

The technology company IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.

June 16th, 1904

Irish author James Joyce began a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday.

June 16th, 1883

In the Victoria Hall disaster, 183 children were crushed to death when they ran down the stairs to collect gifts after a variety show in Sunderland, England.

June 16th, 1819

A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').

June 16th, 1755

After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to British forces, marking the end of Father Le Loutre's War.

June 16th, 1632

The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, who became the first permanent European settler of Pejepscot, Maine.

June 16th, 1407

Ming forces conquered Đại Ngu in modern-day northern Vietnam, capturing Hồ dynasty emperor Hồ Quý Ly and bringing the country under Chinese rule.

June 16th, 0632

The final king of the Sasanian Empire of Iran, Yazdegerd III, ascended the throne at the age of eight.

June 16th, 2019

Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.

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

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

56

Jürgen Klopp

German football manager (born 1967)

*June 16th, 1967, Stuttgart

56

Otto Jahn

German classical philologist, archaeologist and musicologist (1813-1869)

*June 16th, 1813, Kiel †September 9th, 1869, Göttingen

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

41

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

48

Sun Jun

Chinese badminton player

*June 16th, 1975, Nanjing

68

Laurie Metcalf

American actress

*June 16th, 1955, Carbondale

53

Phil Mickelson

American professional golfer

*June 16th, 1970, San Diego

74

Jack Albertson

American character actor, dancer, singer and comedian

*June 16th, 1907, Malden †November 25th, 1981, Hollywood

84

Katharine Graham

American publisher, editor and author (1917–2001)

*June 16th, 1917, New York City †July 17th, 2001, Boise

48

Willemijn Verkaik

Dutch singer-actor

*June 16th, 1975, Son en Breugel

23

Bianca Andreescu

Canadian tennis player

*June 16th, 2000, Mississauga

92

Annie Cordy

Belgian actress and singer

*June 16th, 1928, Laeken - Laken †September 4th, 2020, Vallauris

90

Barbara McClintock

American scientist and cytogeneticist

*June 16th, 1902, Hartford †September 2nd, 1992, Huntington

80

Joan Van Ark

American actress (born 1943)

*June 16th, 1943, New York City

62

Petru Iosub

Romanian rower

*June 16th, 1961, Fălticeni

45

Daniel Brühl

German actor

*June 16th, 1978, Barcelona

82

Georges Vigarello

French historian

*June 16th, 1941, Monaco

82

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Italian painter (1762-1844)

*June 16th, 1762, Palmanova †August 24th, 1844, Milan

25

Tupac Shakur

American rapper (1971–1996)

*June 16th, 1971, East Harlem †September 13th, 1996, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

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Born in 1764

65

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr

Marshal of France (1764-1830)

*April 13th, 1764, Toul †March 17th, 1830, Hyères

58

Ann Radcliffe

English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764-1823)

*July 9th, 1764, Holborn †February 7th, 1823, London

71

Edward Livingston

American jurist and statesman (1764-1836)

*May 28th, 1764, Clermont †May 23rd, 1836, Rhinebeck

30

Princess Élisabeth of France

French Princess, Sister of King Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God

*May 3rd, 1764, Versailles †May 10th, 1794, Paris

76

Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno

French soldier and military commander (1764-1841)

*December 7th, 1764, Lamarche †March 1st, 1841, Paris

40

Lucile de Chateaubriand

French writer

*August 7th, 1764, Saint-Malo †November 10th, 1804, Paris

72

Firmin Didot

French businessman (1764-1836)

*April 14th, 1764, Paris †April 24th, 1836, Mesnil-sur-l'Estrée

81

Johann Wilhelm Meigen

German entomologist (1764-1845)

*May 3rd, 1764, Solingen †July 11th, 1845, Stolberg

74

Charles Percier

French architect

*August 22nd, 1764, Paris †September 5th, 1838, Paris

47

Robert Craufurd

Scottish soldier (1764-1812)

*May 5th, 1764, Newark Castle †January 23rd, 1812, Ciudad Rodrigo

48

Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers

French general

*August 13th, 1764, Paris †January 6th, 1813, Berlin

65

John Parker Boyd

United States general

*December 21st, 1764, Newburyport †October 4th, 1830, Boston

44

Berek Joselewicz

Polish army commander (1764-1809)

*September 17th, 1764, Kretinga †May 5th, 1809, Kock

77

John Noyes

American politician (1764-1841)

*April 2nd, 1764, Atkinson †October 26th, 1841, Putney

84

Andrés Manuel del Río

Spanish scientist (1764-1849)

*November 10th, 1764, Madrid †March 23rd, 1849, Mexico City

67

John Abernethy

British surgeon

*April 3rd, 1764, Coleman Street †April 20th, 1831, London Borough of Enfield

77

Hans von Held

German writer (1764-1842)

*November 15th, 1764, Oborniki Śląskie †May 20th, 1842, Berlin

60

Return J. Meigs Jr.

American politician 1764-1825

*November 17th, 1764, Middletown †March 29th, 1825, Marietta

67

Ernst Friedrich von Schlotheim

German paleontologist and politician (1764/65 - 1832)

*April 2nd, 1764, Allmenhausen †March 28th, 1832, Gotha

63

Richard Stockton

American politician 1764-1828

*April 17th, 1764, Princeton †March 7th, 1828, Princeton

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Leap year

Yes: 1764 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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