March 16th, 1962

Born on March 16th, 1962

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 16th, 1962?

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tiger_Line_Flight_739

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tiger_Line_Flight_739

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on March 16th, 1962

62

Pádraig Cusack

Irish theatre producer

*March 16th, 1962, Dalkey

62

Iaia Forte

Italian actress

*March 16th, 1962, Naples

62

Douglas Sannachan

British actor

*March 16th, 1962, Glasgow

62

Joey Merlino

American mobster

*March 16th, 1962, Philadelphia

62

Anthony Lowe

Australian scientist

*March 16th, 1962, Malta

62

Albert Falette

French association football player

*March 16th, 1962, Kourou

62

Joe Crowley

Former U.S. Representative from New York

*March 16th, 1962, New York City

62

Liliane Gaschet

French sprinter

*March 16th, 1962, Fort-de-France

62

Franck Fréon

French racing driver

*March 16th, 1962, Paris

62

Janette Rauch

Swiss actress

*March 16th, 1962, Switzerland

62

Aleksey Mitrofanov

Russian politician

*March 16th, 1962, Moscow

62

Brian Mullen

American ice hockey player

*March 16th, 1962, Hell's Kitchen

62

Tero Jartti

Finnish film director, screenwriter and actor

*March 16th, 1962, Valtimo

62

Stewart Hill

Player of American and Canadian football

*March 16th, 1962, Seattle

62

Rex Salas

American songwriter

*March 16th, 1962, Maryland

62

Mitch Willis

American football player

*March 16th, 1962, Dallas

62

Melvin Jenkins

American football player

*March 16th, 1962, Jackson

62

Mark Cahill

Preacher and author

*March 16th, 1962, Ridgewood

62

Eric Roozendaal

Australian politician

*March 16th, 1962, Sydney

62

Don Moody

American television producer

*March 16th, 1962, Manhattan

62

Branco Mello

Brazilian musician

*March 16th, 1962, São Paulo

62

Andrea DeShong

American boxer

*March 16th, 1962, Mingo Junction

62

Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani

Nigerien diplomat

*March 16th, 1962, Zinder

62

Shinji Onuki

Japanese rugby union footballer

*March 16th, 1962, Tokyo

62

Marcel Brands

Dutch football player

*March 16th, 1962, 's-Hertogenbosch

62

Gerhard Fettweis

German university teacher

*March 16th, 1962, Antwerp

62

John Hedlund

Footballer

*March 16th, 1962, Bay Shore

52

Lars Larsson

Swedish association football player (1962-2015)

*March 16th, 1962, Trelleborg †March 8th, 2015, Malmö

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Who's birthday is on March 16th?

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

65

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

61

Danzell Lee

American football player

*March 16th, 1963, Corsicana

71

Richard Stallman

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

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

64

Maria Fricioiu

Romanian rower

*March 16th, 1960, Golăiești

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

59

Cristiana Reali

Brazilian actress

*March 16th, 1965, São Paulo

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

54

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

60

Walter Mzembi

Member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe

*March 16th, 1964, Masvingo Province

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

60

Mauro Gianetti

Swiss cyclist

*March 16th, 1964, Lugano

54

Joakim Berg

Swedish singer, songwriter and musician

*March 16th, 1970, Eskilstuna

Same year
Born in 1962

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

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No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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