March 16th, 1943

Born on March 16th, 1943

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

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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, 1943

81

John Leeson

English actor

*March 16th, 1943, Leicester

81

Murat Belge

Turkish intellectual, academic, translator, literary critic, columnist, civil rights activist, and tour guide

*March 16th, 1943, Ankara

81

Maruja Torres

Spanish writer and journalist

*March 16th, 1943, El Raval

81

William Nygaard

Norwegian publisher

*March 16th, 1943, Oslo

81

Rick Reichardt

American baseball player

*March 16th, 1943, Madison

81

Harry van Hoof

Dutch conductor, composer and music arranger

*March 16th, 1943, Hilversum

77

Marc Meneau

French chef

*March 16th, 1943, Avallon †December 9th, 2020, Auxerre

81

Horst Lohse

German composer and music educator

*March 16th, 1943, Kulmbach

81

Kirsten Dene

German actress

*March 16th, 1943, Hamburg

81

Hans Heyer

Racecar driver

*March 16th, 1943, Mönchengladbach

81

Josef Rose

German handball player

*March 16th, 1943, Trutnov

81

Álvaro de Soto

Peruvian diplomat

*March 16th, 1943, Buenos Aires

81

Ursula Wiltshire Goodenough

American biologist

*March 16th, 1943, New York City

81

Joan Shenton

British documentary filmmaker

*March 16th, 1943, Antofagasta

81

Ron Piper

English footballer (born 1943)

*March 16th, 1943, Cresswell

81

Ray Veall

Footballer (born 1943)

*March 16th, 1943, Skegness

81

James R. Peterson

American politician

*March 16th, 1943, Revillo

81

Ellen Land-Weber

American artist, photographer and author

*March 16th, 1943, Rochester

81

David A. Snow

American sociologist

*March 16th, 1943, Saginaw

81

Alan Bloor

English football player and manager (born 1943)

*March 16th, 1943, Stoke-on-Trent

81

Al Irwin

Canadian footballer

*March 16th, 1943, Toronto

81

Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro

Roman Catholic archbishop

*March 16th, 1943, San Donà di Piave

81

Victor Ling

Canadian researcher

*March 16th, 1943, China

81

Fred L. Lowery

Retired Louisiana Baptist clergyman

*March 16th, 1943, Montevallo

81

Susan Bay

American actress

*March 16th, 1943, Los Angeles

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Who's birthday is on March 16th?

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

80

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

American-Dutch computer scientist

*March 16th, 1944, New York City

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

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

77

Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)

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

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

79

Helene Ritchie

New Zealand politician

*March 16th, 1945, Wellington

65

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

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

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

76

Franz Annen

Swiss priest and theologian (1942-2018)

*March 16th, 1942, Schwyz †November 13th, 2018, Ibach

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

73

Jaques Wagner

Brazilian unionist and politician

*March 16th, 1951, Rio de Janeiro

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

Same year
Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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