July 16th, 1942

Born on July 16th, 1942

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What happened on July 16th, 1942?

July 16th, 1942

Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

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, 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.

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

Born on July 16th, 1942

81

Margaret Court

Australian tennis player

*July 16th, 1942, Albury

81

Hughie Pollock

American rower

*July 16th, 1942, Boston

81

Frank Field

British politician and peer

*July 16th, 1942, Edmonton

81

Jens Ulltveit-Moe

Norwegian businessman

*July 16th, 1942, Drammen Municipality

81

Madhu Rye

Gujarati author from India

*July 16th, 1942, Khambhalia

66

Susanne Dierolf

German mathematician

*July 16th, 1942, Bratislava †April 24th, 2009

81

Sam Belsito

American politician

*July 16th, 1942, Worcester

81

Russ Jones

Canadian writer

*July 16th, 1942, Ontario

81

Óscar Bitar Haddad

Mexican politician

*July 16th, 1942, Tulancingo de Bravo

78

Ernie Phythian

English footballer (1942-2020)

*July 16th, 1942, Farnworth †August 3rd, 2020, Johannesburg

80

Bob Cunnell

Cricketer (born 1942)

*July 16th, 1942, Ipswich †November 30th, 2022

73

Jörg Ebner

German radio host

*July 16th, 1942, Olsztyn †November 15th, 2015

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Who's birthday is on July 16th?

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

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

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

70

Corin Redgrave

British actor (1939-2010)

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

55

Larry Sanger

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

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

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

66

Richard LeParmentier

American actor (1946-2013)

*July 16th, 1946, Pittsburgh †April 15th, 2013, Austin

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

87

Yasuo Fukuda

Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008

*July 16th, 1936, Takasaki

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

82

George Young

British Conservative politician (born 1941)

*July 16th, 1941, Oxford

85

Guy Béart

French singer (1930-2015)

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

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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