March 16th, 1947

Born on March 16th, 1947

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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, 1947

77

Keith Devlin

British mathematician

*March 16th, 1947, Kingston upon Hull

77

Helmut Wollmann

German rower

*March 16th, 1947, Berlin

77

Baek Yoon-sik

South Korean actor

*March 16th, 1947, Seoul

77

Eugenio Bennato

Italian musician

*March 16th, 1947, Naples

77

Shuli Natan

Israeli singer

*March 16th, 1947, London

77

Erling Lae

Norwegian politician

*March 16th, 1947, Oslo

77

Jean-Pierre Grin-Hofmann

Swiss politician

*March 16th, 1947, Valeyres-sous-Rances

77

Denis Merville

French politician

*March 16th, 1947, Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent

77

Walker Gillette

All-American college football player, professional football player, tight end

*March 16th, 1947, Norfolk

77

Trevor Hartley

English footballer and manager (born 1947)

*March 16th, 1947, Doncaster

77

Robert Katona

American artist

*March 16th, 1947, Athens

77

Ramzan Paskayev

Russian musician

*March 16th, 1947, Taraz

77

Gerardo Lorenzo

Argentine field hockey player

*March 16th, 1947, Buenos Aires

77

Margot Botsford

American judge

*March 16th, 1947, New York City

77

Kiran Karnik

Indian banker

*March 16th, 1947, Maharashtra

77

Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr.

American mayor

*March 16th, 1947, Tulsa

77

Dave Moorcroft

English footballer (born 1947)

*March 16th, 1947, Liverpool

77

Bette Lasky

American politician

*March 16th, 1947, Quincy

77

Yevgeny Spiridonov

Soviet swimmer

*March 16th, 1947, Saint Petersburg

77

R. V. Deshapande

Indian politician

*March 16th, 1947, Haliyal

77

Ueli Sutter

Cyclist

*March 16th, 1947, Bettlach

73

Józef Gruszka

Polish politician (1947-2020)

*March 16th, 1947, Kwiatków, powiat ostrowski †June 7th, 2020, Ostrów Wielkopolski

71

Bernd Trunzer

Association football player (1947-2018)

*March 16th, 1947, Markranstädt †March 28th, 2018

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75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

71

Richard Stallman

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

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

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

80

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

American-Dutch computer scientist

*March 16th, 1944, New York City

79

Helene Ritchie

New Zealand politician

*March 16th, 1945, Wellington

73

Jaques Wagner

Brazilian unionist and politician

*March 16th, 1951, Rio de Janeiro

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

81

John Leeson

English actor

*March 16th, 1943, Leicester

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

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

77

Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)

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

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

74

Kate Nelligan

Canadian actress

*March 16th, 1950, London

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76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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