March 16th, 1921

Born on March 16th, 1921

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

March 18th, 2007

Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah.

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

Born on March 16th, 1921

86

Robert Rollis

French actor

*March 16th, 1921, Épinal †November 6th, 2007, 18th arrondissement of Paris

80

Dominique Barthélemy

(1921-2002)

*March 16th, 1921, Le Pallet †February 10th, 2002, Fribourg

99

Donald M. Kendall

American businessman (1921-2020)

*March 16th, 1921, Sequim †September 19th, 2020, Greenwich

83

Anne Truitt

American artist (1921-2004)

*March 16th, 1921, Baltimore †December 23rd, 2004, Washington, D.C.

86

Josef van Eimern

German meteorologist

*March 16th, 1921, Till-Moyland †January 10th, 2008, Freising

93

Bernd Schirrmacher

German professor of telecommunication engineering

*March 16th, 1921, Bremen †February 13th, 2015, Giessen

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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

91

Jerry Lewis

American comedian, actor and filmmaker (1926–2017)

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

78

John Addison

British composer (1920–1998)

*March 16th, 1920, Chobham †December 7th, 1998, Bennington

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

93

Christa Ludwig

German mezzo-soprano (1928-2021)

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

92

Tonino Guerra

Italian concentration camp survivor, poet, writer and screenwriter (1920-2012)

*March 16th, 1920, Santarcangelo di Romagna †March 21st, 2012, Santarcangelo di Romagna

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

93

Nadja Tiller

Austrian actress (1929–2023)

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

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

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

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

65

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

40

Vladimir Komarov

Soviet cosmonaut

*March 16th, 1927, Moscow †April 24th, 1967, Orenburg Oblast

91

Henny Youngman

American comedian (1906-1998)

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

65

Victor Maddern

English actor (1928-1993)

*March 16th, 1928, Seven Kings †June 22nd, 1993, London Borough of Hackney

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85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

95

Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017)

*August 23rd, 1921, New York City †February 21st, 2017, Palo Alto

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

*May 29th, 1921, Spokane †April 15th, 2017, Gladstone

97

Pierre Riché

French historian (1921-2019)

*October 4th, 1921, 14th arrondissement of Paris †May 6th, 2019, Ivry-sur-Seine

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

*August 20th, 1921, Erkner †May 20th, 2019, Neu Zittau

94

Nancy Reagan

First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989

*July 6th, 1921, Manhattan †March 6th, 2016, Bel Air

53

Knud Hilding

Actor

*November 21st, 1921, Denmark †September 14th, 1975, Denmark

87

Robert Étienne

French historian and classical archaeologist (1921–2009)

*February 25th, 1921, Mérignac †January 4th, 2009, Bordeaux

82

Heinz Quermann

German television presenter (1921–2003)

*February 10th, 1921, Hanover †October 14th, 2003, Berlin

99

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021

*June 10th, 1921, Corfu †April 9th, 2021, Windsor Castle

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

*January 31st, 1921, Seattle †January 15th, 2019, Rancho Mirage

68

Andrei Sakharov

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist

*May 21st, 1921, Moscow †December 14th, 1989, Moscow

95

Thomas Schelling

American economist (1921-2016)

*April 14th, 1921, Oakland †December 13th, 2016, Bethesda

38

Diana Barrymore

American actress (1921-1960)

*March 3rd, 1921, New York City †January 25th, 1960, New York City

43

Judy Holliday

American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965)

*June 21st, 1921, New York City †June 7th, 1965, New York City

86

Suharto

2nd President of Indonesia (1967—1998)

*June 8th, 1921, Kemusuk †January 27th, 2008, Jakarta

84

Stanisław Lem

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist (1921-2006), studied medical doctor

*September 12th, 1921, Lviv †March 27th, 2006, Kraków

55

James Jones

American author

*November 6th, 1921, Robinson †May 9th, 1977, Southampton

89

Billy Taylor

American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator (1921-2010)

*July 24th, 1921, Greenville †December 28th, 2010, Manhattan

72

Alexis Smith

Canadian-born American actress and singer (1921-1993)

*June 8th, 1921, Penticton †June 9th, 1993, Los Angeles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1921 is a normal year and no leap year.

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