March 16th, 1916

Born on March 16th, 1916

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 16th, 1916?

March 16th, 1916

The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Pershing

What else happened on March 16th?

March 16th, 2014

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

March 16th, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

March 16th, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

March 16th, 1968

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

March 16th, 1872

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

March 16th, 1802

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

March 16th, 0934

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

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

Born on March 16th, 1916

87

Mercedes McCambridge

American actress (1916-2004)

*March 16th, 1916, Joliet †March 2nd, 2004, La Jolla

93

Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Japanese national

*March 16th, 1916, Nagasaki †January 4th, 2010, Nagasaki

83

Niní Gambier

Argentine actress (1916-1999)

*March 16th, 1916, Buenos Aires †November 4th, 1999, Buenos Aires

48

Gerhard Ahnfeldt

German painter (1916-1964)

*March 16th, 1916, Rostock †September 24th, 1964

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Who's birthday is on March 16th?

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

91

Jerry Lewis

American comedian, actor and filmmaker (1926–2017)

*March 16th, 1926, Newark †August 20th, 2017, Las Vegas

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

91

Henny Youngman

American comedian (1906-1998)

*March 16th, 1906, Liverpool †February 24th, 1998, Manhattan

67

Josef Mengele

Nazi SS doctor at Auschwitz (1911–1979)

*March 16th, 1911, Günzburg †February 8th, 1979, Bertioga

81

Pat Nixon

First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974

*March 16th, 1912, Ely †June 22nd, 1993, Park Ridge

93

Christa Ludwig

German mezzo-soprano (1928-2021)

*March 16th, 1928, Berlin †April 24th, 2021, Klosterneuburg

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

*March 16th, 1935, Madrid †May 13th, 2022, San Lorenzo de El Escorial

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

93

Nadja Tiller

Austrian actress (1929–2023)

*March 16th, 1929, Vienna †February 21st, 2023, Hamburg

88

Robert Lewis

American actor (1909-1997)

*March 16th, 1909, Brooklyn †November 23rd, 1997, New York City

82

Kunihiko Kodaira

Japanese mathematician

*March 16th, 1915, Tokyo †July 26th, 1997, Kofu

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Born in 1916

89

Phil Brown

American actor (1916–2006)

*April 30th, 1916, Cambridge †February 9th, 2006, Woodland Hills

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

*July 8th, 1916, St. Louis †March 24th, 2017, Dover

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

101

Harry Huskey

American computer design pioneer (1916-2017)

*January 19th, 1916, Whittier †April 9th, 2017, Santa Cruz

79

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995

*October 26th, 1916, Jarnac †January 8th, 1996, 7th arrondissement of Paris

71

Jackie Gleason

American comedian and actor (1916-1987)

*February 26th, 1916, Brooklyn †June 24th, 1987, Fort Lauderdale

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

*December 9th, 1916, Amsterdam †February 5th, 2020, Beverly Hills

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

*March 13th, 1916, Brooklyn †May 18th, 2017, Sebring

88

Francis Crick

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

*June 8th, 1916, Northampton †July 28th, 2004, La Jolla

107

Friedrich Grade

German engineer and naval officer

*March 29th, 1916, Büdelsdorf †October 13th, 2023, Bornheim

101

Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township

79

Harold Wilson

British politician

*March 11th, 1916, Huddersfield †May 24th, 1995, London

104

Olivia de Havilland

English and American actress (1916–2020)

*July 1st, 1916, Tokyo †July 26th, 2020, 16th arrondissement of Paris

93

Vitaly Ginzburg

Russian physicist

*September 21st, 1916, Moscow †November 8th, 2009, Moscow

84

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

*April 17th, 1916, Baḷangoḍa †October 10th, 2000, Colombo

87

Maurice Wilkins

New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist

*December 15th, 1916, Pongaroa †October 5th, 2004, Blackheath

101

Sam Beazley

British actor

*March 29th, 1916, Kensington †June 12th, 2017, London

100

João Havelange

Brazilian businessman and athlete (1916-2016)

*May 8th, 1916, Rio de Janeiro †August 16th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

89

Edward Heath

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974

*July 9th, 1916, Broadstairs †July 17th, 2005, Salisbury

77

Mark Stevens

American actor (1916–1994)

*December 13th, 1916, Cleveland †September 15th, 1994, Spain

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Public holidays on March 16th

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

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Leap year

Yes: 1916 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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