March 16th, 1940

Born on March 16th, 1940

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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, 1940

84

Muguette Dini

French politician

*March 16th, 1940, Illiers-Combray

84

Jan Pronk

Dutch politician

*March 16th, 1940, The Hague

80

Rainer Jork

German politician and author

*March 16th, 1940, Dresden †July 23rd, 2020, Radebeul

84

Sreekumaran Thampi

Indian film director

*March 16th, 1940, Haripad

39

Vagif Mustafazadeh

Azerbaijani musician (1940-1979)

*March 16th, 1940, Baku †December 16th, 1979, Tashkent

84

Claus Offe

German political sociologist

*March 16th, 1940, Berlin

84

Bernd Wefelmeyer

German composer and conductor

*March 16th, 1940, Berlin

84

Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz

French journalist

*March 16th, 1940, Marseille

84

Keith Rowe

British artist

*March 16th, 1940, Plymouth

80

Barbara Stolterfoht

German politician

*March 16th, 1940, Duchcov †February 21st, 2021, Berlin

82

Wolf Arnold

German orthopedic surgeon

*March 16th, 1940, Dresden †November 5th, 2022

84

Jonathan Tetteh Ofei

Ghanaian lawyer and politician

*March 16th, 1940, Prampram

84

Naotake Okubo

Japanese rower

*March 16th, 1940, Hokkaido

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Who's birthday is on March 16th?

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

77

Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)

*March 16th, 1941, Parma †November 22nd, 2018, Rome

71

Richard Stallman

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

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

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

80

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

American-Dutch computer scientist

*March 16th, 1944, New York City

81

John Leeson

English actor

*March 16th, 1943, Leicester

65

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

61

Robert Guéï

Ivorian politician (1941-2002)

*March 16th, 1941, Man †September 19th, 2002, Cocody

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

91

Jerry Lewis

American comedian, actor and filmmaker (1926–2017)

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

79

Helene Ritchie

New Zealand politician

*March 16th, 1945, Wellington

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

93

Christa Ludwig

German mezzo-soprano (1928-2021)

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

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Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

83

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Yes: 1940 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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