March 16th, 1962

Born on March 16th, 1962

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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, 2002

Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern was premiered in Hamburg, together with her Johannes-Passion, by soloists, choirs and orchestras from the Mariinsky Theatre and the NDR.

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 Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 in 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, 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, 1322

Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

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

Born on March 16th, 1962

64

Albert Falette

French association football player

*March 16th, 1962, Kourou

64

Iaia Forte

Italian actress

*March 16th, 1962, Naples

64

Douglas Sannachan

British actor

*March 16th, 1962, Glasgow

64

Joey Merlino

American mobster

*March 16th, 1962, Philadelphia

64

Anthony Lowe

Australian scientist

*March 16th, 1962, Malta

64

Brian Mullen

American ice hockey player

*March 16th, 1962, Hell's Kitchen

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Born in 1962

64

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

64

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

64

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

64

Nik P.

Austrian singer

*April 6th, 1962, Friesach

63

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

63

Keir Starmer

British lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024

*September 2nd, 1962, Southwark

64

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

64

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

64

Thomas Rachel

German politician (CDU)

*May 17th, 1962, Birkesdorf

63

Damian Halata

German association football player and manager

*August 8th, 1962, Świętochłowice

63

Dietmar Schacht

German association football player and manager

*September 28th, 1962, Duisburg

64

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

64

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

63

Steve Moneghetti

Australian long distance runner

*September 26th, 1962, Ballarat

64

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

61

Steve Albini

American record engineer, rock musician and poker player

*July 22nd, 1962, Pasadena †May 7th, 2024, Chicago

63

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

63

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

64

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

63

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

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Leap year

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

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