September 16th, 1958

Born on September 16th, 1958

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 16th?

September 16th, 2013

A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three others at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.

September 16th, 1992

The British pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday, and suffered a major devaluation.

September 16th, 1990

Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway (terminus pictured) was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

September 16th, 1982

A Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, killing at least 460 civilians.

September 16th, 1979

Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.

September 16th, 1975

The prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 (example pictured), one of the fastest combat jets in the world, made its maiden flight.

September 16th, 1963

Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.

September 16th, 1961

The U.S. National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury.

September 16th, 1940

Second World War: Italian forces captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt progressed no further.

September 16th, 1920

A bomb in a horse-drawn wagon exploded in front of 23 Wall Street in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring several hundred others.

September 16th, 1844

Felix Mendelssohn completed the score of the Violin Concerto, his final concerto.

September 16th, 1822

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reported a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.

September 16th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights (depicted) on the island of Manhattan.

September 16th, 0681

At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical.

September 16th, 2022

The death of Mahsa Amini occurred, which sparked worldwide protests.

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

Born on September 16th, 1958

65

Jennifer Tilly

American actress

*September 16th, 1958, Harbor City

65

Neville Southall

Welsh association football manager and former player

*September 16th, 1958, Llandudno

65

Matthias Deutschmann

German chess player and author

*September 16th, 1958, Betzdorf

65

Orel Hershiser

American baseball player and analyst

*September 16th, 1958, Buffalo

65

Willy Wilhelm

Dutch judoka

*September 16th, 1958, 's-Hertogenbosch

65

Marianne Mortensen

Danish actress

*September 16th, 1958, Skagen

65

Leslie Smith

American alpine skier

*September 16th, 1958, Rutland

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

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

58

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

59

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

54

Armin Medosch

Austrian journalist, researcher and curator

*September 16th, 1962, Graz †February 23rd, 2017, Vienna

76

Dieter Riedel

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1947, Gröditz

93

Albert Szent-Györgyi

Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)

*September 16th, 1893, Budapest †October 22nd, 1986, Woods Hole

31

Nick Jonas

American singer, actor and musician

*September 16th, 1992, Dallas

80

Anne Francis

American actress

*September 16th, 1930, Ossining †January 2nd, 2011, Santa Barbara

60

Richard Marx

American singer and songwriter

*September 16th, 1963, Chicago

67

David Copperfield

American illusionist

*September 16th, 1956, Metuchen

52

Amy Poehler

American actress

*September 16th, 1971, Newton

69

Franz Thönnes

German politician

*September 16th, 1954, Essen

71

Mickey Rourke

American actor and former boxer

*September 16th, 1952, Schenectady

66

Assumpta Serna

Spanish actress

*September 16th, 1957, Barcelona

91

Lee Kuan Yew

1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1923–2015)

*September 16th, 1923, Singapore †March 23rd, 2015, Singapore General Hospital

89

B. B. King

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)

*September 16th, 1925, Berclair †May 14th, 2015, Las Vegas

80

Oskar Lafontaine

German politician

*September 16th, 1943, Saarlouis

89

Lauren Bacall

American actress and model (1924–2014)

*September 16th, 1924, The Bronx †August 12th, 2014, Manhattan

Same year
Born in 1958

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

65

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

65

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

65

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

65

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1958 is a normal year and no leap year.

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