March 16th, 1946

Born on March 16th, 1946

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1946

78

Romano Bajlo

Croatian rower

*March 16th, 1946, Zadar

78

Heribert Müller

German medievalist

*March 16th, 1946, Cologne

78

Mary Kaldor

British economist

*March 16th, 1946, United Kingdom

78

Guesch Patti

French singer and dancer

*March 16th, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine

78

Chris Foss

British artist

*March 16th, 1946, Bailiwick of Guernsey

78

José Dirceu

Brazilian politician

*March 16th, 1946, Passa Quatro

78

Joaquim Clotet

Spanish philosopher

*March 16th, 1946, Mataró

78

Sigmund Groven

Norwegian harmonicist, traditional musician

*March 16th, 1946, Heddal

78

J. Z. Knight

American cult leader

*March 16th, 1946, Roswell

78

Bernd Dießner

German distance runner

*March 16th, 1946, Aken (Elbe)

78

Hubert Soudant

Dutch conductor

*March 16th, 1946, Maastricht

76

Michael Basman

British chess player

*March 16th, 1946, St Pancras †October 26th, 2022, Carshalton

78

Eleanor Raskin

American activist

*March 16th, 1946, Washington, D.C.

78

Dale Flavel

Canadian politician

*March 16th, 1946, Strasbourg

78

Ayub Quadri

Bangladeshi civil servant

*March 16th, 1946, Chattogram District

78

Lee Mallory

American poet, educator

*March 16th, 1946, San Mateo

78

José Carlos Cota Osuna

Mexican politician

*March 16th, 1946, La Paz

77

Mario Benítez

Uruguayan boxer

*March 16th, 1946, Salto †October 22nd, 2023, Montevideo

69

Tomris İncer

Turkish actress

*March 16th, 1946, Bulgaria †October 5th, 2015, Istanbul

77

Pascal Vanderveeren

Lawyer, International Criminal Bar president

*March 16th, 1946, Brussels-Capital Region †August 24th, 2023

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 16th?

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

71

Richard Stallman

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

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

79

Helene Ritchie

New Zealand politician

*March 16th, 1945, Wellington

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

80

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

American-Dutch computer scientist

*March 16th, 1944, New York City

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

65

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

81

John Leeson

English actor

*March 16th, 1943, Leicester

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

77

Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)

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

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

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

73

Jaques Wagner

Brazilian unionist and politician

*March 16th, 1951, Rio de Janeiro

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

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

Same year
Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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