July 16th, 1955

Born on July 16th, 1955

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1955

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

68

Anita Weiß

German middle distance runner

*July 16th, 1955, Burow

68

Kike Elomaa

Finnish politician, bodybuilder, and singer

*July 16th, 1955, Lokalahti

68

Daniel Labaronne

French politician

*July 16th, 1955, Paris

66

Wolfgang Reisinger

Austrian drummer

*July 16th, 1955, Vienna †June 8th, 2022

68

Janet Huckabee

American politician

*July 16th, 1955, Lake Charles

68

Annie Whitehead

English trombonist

*July 16th, 1955, Oldham

68

Dan Marouelli

Ex-National Hockey League referee

*July 16th, 1955, Edmonton

68

Patrick Bernasconi

French businessperson

*July 16th, 1955, Domjean

68

Peter Pakesch

Austrian curator and artistic director

*July 16th, 1955, Graz

68

Michel Pansard

French priest

*July 16th, 1955, Rennes

68

Thom S. Rainer

President and CEO, LifeWay Christian Resources

*July 16th, 1955, Union Springs

68

Liselotte Sundström

Finnish researcher, biologist, professor of evolutionary biology (University of Helsinki)

*July 16th, 1955, Helsinki

68

Merrill Nelson

American politician

*July 16th, 1955, Tooele

68

Tatyana Biryulina

Soviet-Uzbekistani javelin thrower

*July 16th, 1955, Tashkent

68

Angela Woollacott

Australian historian

*July 16th, 1955, Adelaide

68

Antoine Joly

French politician and diplomat

*July 16th, 1955, Le Mans

68

Richard Priestman

British archer

*July 16th, 1955, Liverpool

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 16th?

40

Katrina Kaiftulutulu

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

66

Faye Grant

American actress

*July 16th, 1957, St. Clair Shores

55

Larry Sanger

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

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

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

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

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

72

Marc Bogaerts

Belgian artistic director, choreographer

*July 16th, 1951, Antwerp

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

72

Bobby Previte

American drummer

*July 16th, 1951, New York City

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

70

Corin Redgrave

British actor (1939-2010)

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

Same year
Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

62

Kid Vinil

Brazilian singer, radio broadcaster, composer and journalist

*March 10th, 1955, Cedral †May 19th, 2017, São Paulo

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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