July 16th, 1959

Born on July 16th, 1959

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, 1959

64

Ángeles Caso

Spanish writer

*July 16th, 1959, Gijón

64

Jürgen Ligi

Estonian politician

*July 16th, 1959, Tartu

64

Gerd Wessig

East German high jumper

*July 16th, 1959, Lübz

64

Bob Joles

American voice actor

*July 16th, 1959, Glendora

64

Gegia

Italian actor, television presenter and singer (1959-)

*July 16th, 1959, Galatina

64

J. D. Alexander

American politician

*July 16th, 1959, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

64

Fabrizio Frates

Italian basketball coach

*July 16th, 1959, Milan

64

Zoran Jolevski

Macedonian politician

*July 16th, 1959, Skopje

64

Yves Lafontaine

Canadian musician

*July 16th, 1959, Grand-Mère

64

Keith-Lee Castle

British actor

*July 16th, 1959, England

64

Gary Anderson

American football player (born 1959)

*July 16th, 1959, Parys

64

James MacMillan

Scottish composer and conductor

*July 16th, 1959, Kilwinning

64

Joanna MacGregor

British musician

*July 16th, 1959, London

64

Donatella Sacchi

Italian gymnast

*July 16th, 1959, Novara

64

Kari Härkönen

Finnish cross-country skier

*July 16th, 1959, Ristijärvi

64

Tommy Mörth

Olympic ice hockey player

*July 16th, 1959, Stockholm

64

David Brailer

American government official

*July 16th, 1959, Kingwood

64

Yūko Kotegawa

Japanese actress

*July 16th, 1959, Ōita

64

Zdravko Mamić

Croatian football executive

*July 16th, 1959, Bjelovar

64

Curtis Berry

American professional basketball player

*July 16th, 1959, Atlanta

64

Martin Pritchard

Australian politician (born 1959)

*July 16th, 1959, Lymington

64

Arjuna Mahendran

Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

*July 16th, 1959, Colombo

64

José Carmen Alcántara

Mexican politician

*July 16th, 1959, Acambay

64

Frank Capra III

American film director (1959)

*July 16th, 1959, San Diego

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Who's birthday is on July 16th?

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

55

Larry Sanger

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

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

66

Faye Grant

American actress

*July 16th, 1957, St. Clair Shores

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

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

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

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

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

63

Steve Overland

British singer

*July 16th, 1960, East Anglia

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

54

Sahra Wagenknecht

German politician (born 1969)

*July 16th, 1969, Jena

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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