July 16th, 1951

Born on July 16th, 1951

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What happened on July 16th, 1951?

July 16th, 1951

J. D. Salinger publishes his popular yet controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

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July 16th, 1951

The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on July 16th, 1951

72

Marc Bogaerts

Belgian artistic director, choreographer

*July 16th, 1951, Antwerp

72

Bobby Previte

American drummer

*July 16th, 1951, New York City

72

Esther Friesner

American writer

*July 16th, 1951, New York City

72

Dan Bricklin

American computer scientist

*July 16th, 1951, Philadelphia

72

Wendell Potter

American whistleblower

*July 16th, 1951, United States of America

72

Surya Paloh

Indonesian politician

*July 16th, 1951, Banda Aceh City

72

Pramod Tiwari

Indian politician

*July 16th, 1951, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh

72

Al Cliver

Italian actor

*July 16th, 1951, Alexandria

72

Breda Babošek

Slovenian athlete, high jump

*July 16th, 1951, Maribor

72

Che Rosli Che Mat

Malaysian politician

*July 16th, 1951, Arau

72

Jean-Luc Mongrain

Canadian journalist

*July 16th, 1951, Montreal

20

Franco Serantini

Italian anarchist

*July 16th, 1951, Cagliari †May 7th, 1972, Pisa

72

Philippe Charlier

Belgian politician

*July 16th, 1951, Montignies-sur-Sambre

72

Terry Watada

Japanese-Canadian writer

*July 16th, 1951, Toronto

72

Alfonso González Fernández

Spanish football manager

*July 16th, 1951, Almería

72

Amnart Chalermchaowarit

Former football player from Thailand

*July 16th, 1951, Saraburi

72

Alexandru Ioan Morțun

Romanian politician

*July 16th, 1951, Drobeta-Turnu Severin

72

James Hogle

American biophysicist

*July 16th, 1951, Detroit

72

Dave Farnsworth

American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate

*July 16th, 1951, Mexico City

72

Jerry Sisemore

Player of American football

*July 16th, 1951, Olton

72

Lorraine Chase

British actress

*July 16th, 1951, Deptford

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Who's birthday is on July 16th?

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

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

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

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

66

Faye Grant

American actress

*July 16th, 1957, St. Clair Shores

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

Richard LeParmentier

American actor (1946-2013)

*July 16th, 1946, Pittsburgh †April 15th, 2013, Austin

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

70

Corin Redgrave

British actor (1939-2010)

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

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Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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