July 16th, 1931

Born on July 16th, 1931

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 16th, 1931?

July 16th, 1931

Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia

July 16th, 1931

Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie promulgated the nation's first modern constitution.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie

What else happened on July 16th?

July 16th, 2013

At least 23 students died and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Indian state of Bihar after consuming a Midday Meal that was contaminated with pesticide.

July 16th, 2008

A tainted milk powder scandal broke in China which ultimately involved an estimated 300,000 victims, the vast majority infants, with 54,000 hospitalized with kidney problems and 6 deaths.

July 16th, 2007

An earthquake of magnitude .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw6.6 struck Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.

July 16th, 2004

Millennium Park, a public park in Chicago, Illinois, and the world's largest rooftop garden, opened to the public.

July 16th, 1983

A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter operated by British Airways crashed in thick fog in the Celtic Sea, killing 20 of the 26 people on board.

July 16th, 1965

South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo—an undetected communist spy—was reported dead due to injuries sustained during his capture, but it is generally assumed he was killed on the orders of military officials.

July 16th, 1951

The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published.

July 16th, 1950

Korean War: A Korean People's Army unit massacred 31 prisoners of war of the U.S. Army on a mountain near the village of Tuman.

July 16th, 1790

President George Washington signed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the capital of the United States, which later became Washington, D.C.

July 16th, 1782

Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes".

July 16th, 1377

The ten-year-old Richard II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

July 16th, 1232

Muhammad ibn Yusuf (pictured), who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona.

July 16th, 2019

A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.

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

Born on July 16th, 1931

68

Susan Stephen

British actress (1931-2000)

*July 16th, 1931, London †April 21st, 2000, Sussex

92

Georges Turlier

Canoe racer

*July 16th, 1931, Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine

89

Norm Sherry

American baseball player and coach (1931-2021)

*July 16th, 1931, New York City †March 8th, 2021, San Juan Capistrano

49

Bernard Dimey

French writer, poet, singer-songwriter and screen writer (1931-1981)

*July 16th, 1931, Nogent †July 1st, 1981, 18th arrondissement of Paris

92

Andrzej Kryński

Polish fencer

*July 16th, 1931, Piastów

90

Gerda Rubinstein

Dutch sculptor

*July 16th, 1931, Berlin †March 25th, 2022

85

Hans Manz

Swiss writer (1931-2016)

*July 16th, 1931, Wila †November 17th, 2016

64

Caroline Blackwood

English writer (1931–1996)

*July 16th, 1931, Greater London †February 14th, 1996, Manhattan

85

Hanns Kreisel

German mycologist (1931-2017)

*July 16th, 1931, Leipzig †January 18th, 2017, Wolgast

84

Robert Banks Stewart

British television producer (1931-2016)

*July 16th, 1931, Edinburgh †January 14th, 2016

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Who's birthday is on July 16th?

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

85

Guy Béart

French singer (1930-2015)

*July 16th, 1930, Cairo †September 16th, 2015, Garches

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

84

James Michael Moynihan

Catholic bishop

*July 16th, 1932, Rochester †March 6th, 2017, Syracuse

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

*July 16th, 1872, Borge Municipality †June 18th, 1928, Arctic Ocean

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

87

Yasuo Fukuda

Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008

*July 16th, 1936, Takasaki

70

Corin Redgrave

British actor (1939-2010)

*July 16th, 1939, Marylebone †April 6th, 2010, Tooting

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

*July 16th, 1947, Buffalo †July 1st, 2023, Los Angeles

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

*July 16th, 1968, Arnhem †March 24th, 2017, Apeldoorn

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

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92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

69

Gloria Talbott

American actress (1931-2000)

*February 7th, 1931, Glendale †September 19th, 2000, Glendale

91

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

*March 2nd, 1931, Privolnoye †August 30th, 2022, Central Clinical Hospital

88

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

*February 18th, 1931, Lorain †August 5th, 2019, The Bronx

80

Bernhard Schrader

German chemist (1931-2012)

*March 15th, 1931, Quedlinburg †January 8th, 2012, Essen

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress

*January 17th, 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau †June 2nd, 2017, Baden

24

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

93

William Shatner

Canadian actor

*March 22nd, 1931, Montreal

87

Lise Henningsen

Danish actress (1931-2019)

*September 5th, 1931, Copenhagen †January 28th, 2019, Copenhagen

84

William Bast

Author, screenwriter (1931-2015)

*April 3rd, 1931, Milwaukee †May 4th, 2015, Los Angeles

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

72

Gerhard Rosenfeld

German composer

*February 10th, 1931, Königsberg †March 5th, 2003, Bergholz-Rehbrücke

85

Massimo Fagioli

Italian film director, screenwriter, author and psychiatrist

*May 19th, 1931, Monte Giberto †February 13th, 2017, Rome

93

Rupert Murdoch

Australian-born American media mogul (born 1931)

*March 11th, 1931, Melbourne

73

Anne Bancroft

American actress (1931–2005)

*September 17th, 1931, The Bronx †June 6th, 2005, New York City

81

Larry Hagman

American actor (1931–2012)

*September 21st, 1931, Fort Worth †November 23rd, 2012, Dallas

93

James Earl Jones

American actor

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

89

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

*October 19th, 1931, Poole †December 12th, 2020, Royal Cornwall Hospital

88

Rip Torn

American actor (1931–2019)

*February 6th, 1931, Temple †July 9th, 2019, Lakeville

92

Rita Moreno

Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress

*December 11th, 1931, Humacao

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No: With 365 days 1931 is a normal year and no leap year.

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