November 16th, 1952

Born on November 16th, 1952

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What happened on November 16th?

November 16th, 2020

The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.

November 16th, 2002

The first case of SARS (pictured), a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.

November 16th, 1997

Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.

November 16th, 1992

In Suffolk, England, a local man found the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold in Britain (sample pictured), including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former Roman Empire.

November 16th, 1981

About 30 million people watched the fictional couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber wed on the television show General Hospital in the highest-rated hour in American soap-opera history.

November 16th, 1973

U.S. president Richard Nixon signed an act authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to transport oil from the Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Alaska.

November 16th, 1967

Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.

November 16th, 1944

World War II: Operation Queen commenced with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war, attacking German targets in the Rur valley.

November 16th, 1914

World War I: Austro-Hungarian forces launched an assault against Serbian defensive positions at the Kolubara river, beginning the Battle of Kolubara.

November 16th, 1885

After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, the Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel was hanged for high treason.

November 16th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: Fort Washington on Manhattan was captured from the Patriots by British and Hessian units.

November 16th, 1632

King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.

November 16th, 1532

Spanish conquest of Peru: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro orchestrated a surprise attack (depiction shown) in Cajamarca, capturing the Inca emperor, Atahualpa.

November 16th, 1476

With the help of Stephen III and Stephen Báthory, Vlad the Impaler ousted Basarab the Old and became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

November 16th, 0534

The second edition of the Code of Justinian, a codification of Roman law by Byzantine emperor Justinian I, was published.

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

Born on November 16th, 1952

71

Shigeru Miyamoto

Japanese video game designer and producer

*November 16th, 1952, Sonobe

71

Robin McKinley

American fantasy writer

*November 16th, 1952, Warren

71

László Gálffi

Hungarian actor

*November 16th, 1952, Budapest

63

Helmut Zyla

German association football player (1952-2016)

*November 16th, 1952, Bochum †February 1st, 2016

71

Klaus Zeh

German politician

*November 16th, 1952, Leipzig

71

Lauren Newton

American singer

*November 16th, 1952, Coos Bay

71

Rick Atkinson

American author

*November 16th, 1952, Munich

71

José Luis García Agraz

Mexican film director

*November 16th, 1952, Mexico City

62

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha

Governor of Bayelsa State (1952-2015)

*November 16th, 1952, Bayelsa State †October 10th, 2015, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

65

Jean Salem

French philosopher

*November 16th, 1952, Algiers †January 13th, 2018, Rueil-Malmaison

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Who's birthday is on November 16th?

68

Guillermo Lasso

47th president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

72

Paula Vogel

American playwright

*November 16th, 1951, Providence

20

Ana Castela

Brazilian singer

*November 16th, 2003, Amambai

38

Sanna Marin

Prime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023

*November 16th, 1985, Helsinki

55

James Parks

American actor

*November 16th, 1968, Ventura County

82

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

*November 16th, 1930, Ogidi †March 21st, 2013, Boston

25

Bol Bol

South Sudanese-American basketball player

*November 16th, 1998, Khartoum

70

Brigitte Zypries

German politician

*November 16th, 1953, Kassel

46

Maggie Gyllenhaal

American actress and filmmaker (born 1977)

*November 16th, 1977, Manhattan

81

Joanna Pettet

British-born Canadian actress (b. 1942)

*November 16th, 1942, London

70

Griff Rhys Jones

Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter

*November 16th, 1953, Cardiff

53

Martha Plimpton

American actress

*November 16th, 1970, New York City

67

Andrzej Skowroński

Polish rower (1953-2020)

*November 16th, 1953, Kraków †December 10th, 2020

23

Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti

Badminton player

*November 16th, 2000, Jonggol

68

Guy Stockwell

American actor (1933-2002)

*November 16th, 1933, Hollywood †February 6th, 2002, Prescott

70

Jesús Caudevilla Pastor

Spanish writer

*November 16th, 1953, Sabadell

68

Héctor Cúper

Argentine footballer

*November 16th, 1955, Chabás

92

Gene Amdahl

American physicist (1922-2015)

*November 16th, 1922, Flandreau †November 10th, 2015, Palo Alto

27

Brendan Murray

Irish singer

*November 16th, 1996, Galway

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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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday) which are celebrated on November 16th.

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Born on November 16th, 1952
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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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