March 16th, 1960

Born on March 16th, 1960

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1960

64

Maria Fricioiu

Romanian rower

*March 16th, 1960, Golăiești

64

Zurab Azmaiparashvili

Georgian chess player

*March 16th, 1960, Tbilisi

64

Markus Selin

Finnish television producer and film producer

*March 16th, 1960, Nummela

64

As'ad AbuKhalil

Professor

*March 16th, 1960, Tyre

64

Lahcen Haddad

Moroccan politician

*March 16th, 1960, Boujad

64

Saraswati Chaudhary

Member of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province

*March 16th, 1960, Janaknandani

64

Sabine Orléans

German actress

*March 16th, 1960, Düsseldorf

64

John Hemming

British politician (born 1960)

*March 16th, 1960, Birmingham

64

Jenny Eclair

English comedian, novelist, and actress

*March 16th, 1960, Kuala Lumpur

64

Craig First

American composer

*March 16th, 1960, Harrisburg

64

Duane Sutter

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 16th, 1960, Viking

64

Rick Nowels

American songwriter and record producer

*March 16th, 1960, Los Altos

64

Dave Hubbick

English footballer (born 1960)

*March 16th, 1960, South Shields

64

Joel Mwaka

Tanzanian politician

*March 16th, 1960, Tanzania

64

Elaine Beech

American Democratic politician in Alabama

*March 16th, 1960, Chatom

64

Ricky Relosa

Filipino basketball player (1960-)

*March 16th, 1960, Manila

64

Józef Dankowski

Polish association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1960, Walentynowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

65

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

71

Richard Stallman

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

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

59

Cristiana Reali

Brazilian actress

*March 16th, 1965, São Paulo

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

61

Danzell Lee

American football player

*March 16th, 1963, Corsicana

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

54

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

54

Joakim Berg

Swedish singer, songwriter and musician

*March 16th, 1970, Eskilstuna

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

60

Walter Mzembi

Member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe

*March 16th, 1964, Masvingo Province

Same year
Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

63

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

63

Denyse Julien

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1960, Rouyn-Noranda

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 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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