July 16th, 1932

Born on July 16th, 1932

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 33,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 479 days, exactly on August 17th, 2025, people who were born on July 16th, 1932 will be 34,000 days old!

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What 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, 1931

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

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.

July 16th, 2015

Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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

Born on July 16th, 1932

84

James Michael Moynihan

Catholic bishop

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

75

Max McGee

American football player (1932-2007)

*July 16th, 1932, Overton †October 20th, 2007, Deephaven

88

Dick Thornburgh

American politician (1932-2020)

*July 16th, 1932, Pittsburgh †December 31st, 2020, Verona

91

Oleg Protopopov

Soviet figure skater (1932–2023)

*July 16th, 1932, Saint Petersburg †October 31st, 2023, Interlaken

74

Milly Vitale

Italian actress

*July 16th, 1932, Rome †November 2nd, 2006, Rome

24

José Antonio Echeverría

Cuban revolutionary (1932-1957)

*July 16th, 1932, Cárdenas †March 13th, 1957, Havana

91

Hédi Bouraoui

Tunisian-Canadian writer

*July 16th, 1932, Sfax

83

John Chilton

British musician (1932-2016)

*July 16th, 1932, London †February 25th, 2016

91

Benoît Laprise

Canadian politician

*July 16th, 1932, Quebec

91

Bill Byrge

American actor

*July 16th, 1932, Nashville

90

Jules Hardy

Canadian neurosurgeon

*July 16th, 1932, Sorel‐Tracy †October 28th, 2022, Montreal

90

Sammy Chung

Football player and coach (born 1932)

*July 16th, 1932, Abingdon-on-Thames †August 28th, 2022

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40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

85

Guy Béart

French singer (1930-2015)

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

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

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

87

Yasuo Fukuda

Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008

*July 16th, 1936, Takasaki

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

55

Larry Sanger

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

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

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

68

Susan Stephen

British actress (1931-2000)

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

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68

David McTaggart

Badminton player and Greenpeace founder

*June 24th, 1932, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2001, Paciano

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

84

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

79

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

*February 27th, 1932, Hampstead Garden Suburb †March 23rd, 2011, Los Angeles

92

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)

*February 9th, 1932, Dresden

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

*August 6th, 1932, Hammersmith †March 9th, 2017, London

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

*January 22nd, 1932, Detroit †October 14th, 2023, Los Angeles

86

Jacques Chirac

President of France from 1995 to 2007

*November 29th, 1932, 5th arrondissement of Paris †September 26th, 2019, 6th arrondissement of Paris

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

*February 19th, 1932, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †January 6th, 2021, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

*March 4th, 1932, Padua †February 21st, 2017, Rome

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

71

Thomas Klestil

Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)

*November 4th, 1932, Vienna †July 6th, 2004, Vienna

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

82

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

German politician (1932–2015)

*July 3rd, 1932, Alt-Treptow †June 21st, 2015, Rottach-Egern

84

Debbie Reynolds

American actress, singer, and dancer (1932-2016)

*April 1st, 1932, El Paso †December 28th, 2016, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

*February 26th, 1932, Kingsland †September 12th, 2003, Nashville

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

84

Dan Rooney

American football executive/owner, philanthropist and diplomat (1932-2017)

*July 20th, 1932, Pittsburgh †April 13th, 2017, Pittsburgh

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Leap year

Yes: 1932 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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