March 16th, 1953

Born on March 16th, 1953

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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, 1953

71

Richard Stallman

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

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

71

Thomas Angyan

Austrian intendant

*March 16th, 1953, Vienna

71

Gregory L. Wayt

United States general

*March 16th, 1953, Dayton

71

Maria Rita Lorenzetti

Italian politician

*March 16th, 1953, Foligno

71

John Autry

American politician

*March 16th, 1953, Fayetteville

71

Óscar Ramírez

Peruvian terrorist

*March 16th, 1953, Arequipa Department

71

Rainer Knaak

German chess player

*March 16th, 1953, Pasewalk

71

Claus Peter Flor

German conductor

*March 16th, 1953, Leipzig

71

Kei Akagi

Japanese jazz pianist (1953-)

*March 16th, 1953, Sendai

71

Mariano Crociata

Roman Catholic bishop

*March 16th, 1953, Castelvetrano

71

Bryan Duncan

American contemporary Christian musician artist (born 1953)

*March 16th, 1953, Riverside

71

Terry Gennoe

English footballer (born 1953)

*March 16th, 1953, Shrewsbury

71

Ronnie Lazaro

Filipino actor

*March 16th, 1953, Sagay

71

Rich Puig

American baseball player

*March 16th, 1953, Tampa

71

Mark Berson

American soccer player

*March 16th, 1953, Hartford

71

Stephanie R. Bush

Lawyer and politician

*March 16th, 1953, East Orange

71

Lars Bäckström

Swedish politician

*March 16th, 1953, Uddevalla

71

Georgette Koko

Gabonese politician

*March 16th, 1953, Gabon

71

Yoshiharu Horii

Japanese association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1953, Fujieda

71

Vernon Tejas

American mountain climber and mountain guide

*March 16th, 1953, Portland

71

Nicholas Agiobi Damachi

Nigerian politician

*March 16th, 1953, Obudu

71

Gloria Bautista Cuevas

Mexican politician

*March 16th, 1953, Huajuapan de León

68

Lee Ying-yuan

Taiwanese politician

*March 16th, 1953, Yunlin County †November 11th, 2021, National Taiwan University Hospital

69

Paul Plimley

Canadian musician

*March 16th, 1953, Vancouver †May 18th, 2022

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39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

65

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

73

Jaques Wagner

Brazilian unionist and politician

*March 16th, 1951, Rio de Janeiro

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

64

Maria Fricioiu

Romanian rower

*March 16th, 1960, Golăiești

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

63

Irwin Keyes

American character actor (1952-2015)

*March 16th, 1952, New York City †July 8th, 2015, Los Angeles

59

Cristiana Reali

Brazilian actress

*March 16th, 1965, São Paulo

54

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

74

Kate Nelligan

Canadian actress

*March 16th, 1950, London

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

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

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71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

71

Jeb Bush

Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007

*February 11th, 1953, Midland

70

John Malkovich

American actor

*December 9th, 1953, Christopher

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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