July 16th, 1949

Born on July 16th, 1949

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What 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.

July 16th, 2015

Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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

Born on July 16th, 1949

74

Ratna Sarumpaet

Indonesian human rights activist, director, actress, and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1949, Tarutung

74

Takashi Matsumoto

Japanese lyricist and drummer (1949-)

*July 16th, 1949, Minato

74

Ishenbai Kadyrbekov

Kyrgyzstan politician

*July 16th, 1949, Naryn

74

Tami Gold

American film director

*July 16th, 1949, The Bronx

74

Alan Fitzgerald

American musician

*July 16th, 1949, United States of America

74

Margaret Rotundo

American politician

*July 16th, 1949, Schenectady

74

Lisa Mazzotti

Voice actress

*July 16th, 1949, Milan

74

Kathy Calvin

American philanthropist

*July 16th, 1949, Fort Wayne

74

Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain

Former High Court Judeg of Jammu & Kashmir

*July 16th, 1949, Jammu and Kashmir

74

Bob Whitlock

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 16th, 1949, Charlottetown

74

Bill Atessis

Player of American football

*July 16th, 1949, Houston

74

Ann-Sofie Järnström

Swedish speed skater

*July 16th, 1949, Kristinehamn Municipality

74

Cyndy Garvey

American television personality

*July 16th, 1949, Detroit

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Who's birthday is on July 16th?

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

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

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

55

Larry Sanger

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

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

72

Marc Bogaerts

Belgian artistic director, choreographer

*July 16th, 1951, Antwerp

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

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

72

Bobby Previte

American drummer

*July 16th, 1951, New York City

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

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

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

73

Pierre Paradis

Canadian politician

*July 16th, 1950, Bedford

66

Faye Grant

American actress

*July 16th, 1957, St. Clair Shores

70

Corin Redgrave

British actor (1939-2010)

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

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

74

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Born on July 16th, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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