July 16th, 1961

Born on July 16th, 1961

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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, 1961

62

Shelia P. Moses

American writer

*July 16th, 1961, Rich Square

62

Andrei Lerque

Ecuadorian archer

*July 16th, 1961, Guayaquil

62

DeMarlo Hale

American baseball player and coach

*July 16th, 1961, Chicago

62

Emmanuel Séjourné

French composer

*July 16th, 1961, Limoges

62

Li Ruiying

Chinese television personality

*July 16th, 1961, Beijing

62

Steve Petuskey

American soccer player

*July 16th, 1961, United States of America

62

Jeremy Asher

Businessman

*July 16th, 1961, London

62

Haris Pašović

Bosnian director

*July 16th, 1961, Sarajevo

62

Bleddyn Bowen

Welsh rugby union player

*July 16th, 1961, Trebanos

62

Takeshi Oki

Japanese association football player and manager

*July 16th, 1961, Shizuoka

62

Helmut Oehring

German composer

*July 16th, 1961, Berlin

62

Fabrice Brégier

Business executive

*July 16th, 1961, Dijon

62

Murray Steele

New Zealand bicycle racer

*July 16th, 1961, Ranfurly

62

Richard Daddy Owubokiri

Nigerian footballer

*July 16th, 1961, Port Harcourt

62

Francisco Mora Ciprés

Mexican politician

*July 16th, 1961, Michoacán

62

Paulus Hochgatterer

Austrian writer

*July 16th, 1961, Amstetten

62

Tony Ayres

Australian film director

*July 16th, 1961, Macau

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Who's birthday is on July 16th?

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

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

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

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

66

Faye Grant

American actress

*July 16th, 1957, St. Clair Shores

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

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

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

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

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

63

Steve Overland

British singer

*July 16th, 1960, East Anglia

59

Miguel Induráin

Spanish cyclist

*July 16th, 1964, Villava-Atarrabia

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

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Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

63

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Joko Widodo

President of Indonesia since 2014

*June 21st, 1961, Surakarta City

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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