March 16th, 1948

Born on March 16th, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 201 days, exactly on November 12th, 2024, people who were born on March 16th, 1948 will be 28,000 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, 1948

76

Catherine Quéré

French politician

*March 16th, 1948, Angoulême

76

Margaret Weis

American fantasy novelist

*March 16th, 1948, Independence

76

Glyn Watts

British ice dancer

*March 16th, 1948, London

76

Jean-Claude Dauphin

French actor

*March 16th, 1948, Boulogne-Billancourt

76

Ricardo Kotscho

Brazilian journalist

*March 16th, 1948, São Paulo

76

Hans Dahlgren

Swedish politician

*March 16th, 1948, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

76

Petr Hladík

Cyclist

*March 16th, 1948, Děčín

51

Pablito Calvo

Spanish actor (1948-2000)

*March 16th, 1948, Madrid †February 1st, 2000, Alicante

76

Michael Bruce

American rock musician and member of Alice Cooper

*March 16th, 1948, Kansas City

76

Richard Desjardins

Canadian singer and filmmaker

*March 16th, 1948, Rouyn-Noranda

76

Ghislaine Paradis

Canadian actress

*March 16th, 1948, Montreal

76

José García Belaúnde

Peruvian politician

*March 16th, 1948, Lima

76

Jesús Esperanza

Spanish bicycle racer

*March 16th, 1948, Getafe

76

John Rakowski

Australian boxer

*March 16th, 1948, Brisbane

76

David Clunie

Scottish footballer (born 1948)

*March 16th, 1948, Edinburgh

76

Robert Adonis

British Guianese cricketer

*March 16th, 1948, Beterverwagting

76

C. Vivian Stringer

American basketball coach

*March 16th, 1948, Edenborn

76

Bill Edley

American politician

*March 16th, 1948, Canton

76

María Araceli Vázquez Camacho

Mexican politician

*March 16th, 1948, Mexico City

76

Anil Khandelwal

Author

*March 16th, 1948, Agra

76

Erich Miß

German footballer

*March 16th, 1948, Wuppertal

72

Tatjana Lematschko

Swiss and Bulgarian chess player

*March 16th, 1948, Moscow †May 17th, 2020, Zürich

75

Margaret Susan Brock

Australian historian

*March 16th, 1948, Adelaide †May 30th, 2023

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Who's birthday is on March 16th?

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

71

Richard Stallman

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

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

65

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

73

Jaques Wagner

Brazilian unionist and politician

*March 16th, 1951, Rio de Janeiro

80

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

American-Dutch computer scientist

*March 16th, 1944, New York City

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

74

Kate Nelligan

Canadian actress

*March 16th, 1950, London

79

Helene Ritchie

New Zealand politician

*March 16th, 1945, Wellington

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

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

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

81

John Leeson

English actor

*March 16th, 1943, Leicester

77

Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)

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

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Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Leap year

Yes: 1948 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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