July 16th, 1952

Born on July 16th, 1952

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 26,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 784 days, exactly on June 18th, 2026, people who were born on July 16th, 1952 will be 27,000 days old!

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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, 1952

71

Stewart Copeland

American drummer and composer

*July 16th, 1952, Alexandria

71

Eugenio Finardi

Italian singer

*July 16th, 1952, Milan

71

Warrington Hudlin

American filmmaker

*July 16th, 1952, East St. Louis

71

Anna J. Brown

United States federal judge

*July 16th, 1952, Portland

71

Klas Eklund

Swedish economist

*July 16th, 1952, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

63

Eiji Kimizuka

Japanese General

*July 16th, 1952, Kanagawa Prefecture †December 28th, 2015

71

Gabriela Schimmer-Göresz

German politician

*July 16th, 1952, Memmingen

71

Makyo

French comic writer

*July 16th, 1952, Dunkirk

71

Karmelo Landa

Basque politician

*July 16th, 1952, Ea

71

Ken McEwan

Cricketer

*July 16th, 1952, Bedford, Eastern Cape

71

Santiago Esteva

Spanish swimmer

*July 16th, 1952, Reus

71

Marc Esposito

French film director

*July 16th, 1952, Algiers

71

Julia Reid

UK politician (born 1952)

*July 16th, 1952, London

71

Pamala Stanley

American disco and Hi-NRG singer

*July 16th, 1952, Philadelphia

71

Vasily Kafanov

Russian-born, American painter and illustrator

*July 16th, 1952, Moscow

71

Loretta Yang

Taiwanese actress

*July 16th, 1952, Taipei

71

Richard Egielski

American children's illustrator

*July 16th, 1952, New York City

71

Momir Karadžić

Serbian footballer

*July 16th, 1952, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

71

Mark McEntee

Australian musician

*July 16th, 1952, Perth

71

Tom Danley

American audio engineer, electrical engineer and inventor

*July 16th, 1952, Northern Illinois

71

Dave Nellist

British politician (born 1952)

*July 16th, 1952, Cleveland

71

Don Muse

Canadian football player

*July 16th, 1952, St. Louis

71

Edgar E. Peters

Asset manager

*July 16th, 1952, Kyoto

71

Michael Forbes

American politician

*July 16th, 1952, Riverhead

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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

72

Marc Bogaerts

Belgian artistic director, choreographer

*July 16th, 1951, Antwerp

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

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

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

72

Bobby Previte

American drummer

*July 16th, 1951, New York City

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

66

Faye Grant

American actress

*July 16th, 1957, St. Clair Shores

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

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

66

Richard LeParmentier

American actor (1946-2013)

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

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

Same year
Born in 1952

71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

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Leap year

Yes: 1952 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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