July 16th, 1966

Born on July 16th, 1966

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 one of the world's largest rooftop gardens, 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

Wolfgang Amadeus 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, 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, 1966

58

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

58

Jyrki Lumme

Ice hockey player

*July 16th, 1966, Tampere

58

Don Willett

United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit

*July 16th, 1966, Talty

58

Ross Spano

U.S. Representative from Florida

*July 16th, 1966, Brandon

58

Fabrizio Gifuni

Italian actor

*July 16th, 1966, Rome

58

Thomas Michael Higgins

American social entrepreneur, professional investor, banker and economic development specialist

*July 16th, 1966, Sofia

58

Frankie Gan Joon Zin

Malaysian politician

*July 16th, 1966, Malacca

58

Yıldız Tilbe

Turkish pop singer

*July 16th, 1966, Konak

58

Nikos Anastasiadis

Greek cross-country skier and biathlete

*July 16th, 1966, Naoussa

58

Michael Thibodeau

Member of Maine State Senate

*July 16th, 1966, Winterport

58

Mike Horn

South African-Swiss explorer

*July 16th, 1966, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

58

Scott Derrickson

American screenwriter and film director

*July 16th, 1966, Denver

58

Zane Frazier

American karateka, kickboxer, and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

*July 16th, 1966, Phoenix

58

Kip Diggs

American boxer and politician

*July 16th, 1966, Grand Rapids

58

François Payard

French chef

*July 16th, 1966, Nice

58

Chip Lohmiller

American football player and coach

*July 16th, 1966, Woodbury

58

Natalya Dukhnova

Belarusian middle distance runner

*July 16th, 1966, Moynaq

58

Usha Srinivasan

Indian dancer

*July 16th, 1966, Chennai

58

Swapna Waghmare Joshi

Indian actress

*July 16th, 1966, Vadodara

58

Mikhail Tatarinov

Russian ice hockey player

*July 16th, 1966, Angarsk

58

Dalpalan

South Korean composer

*July 16th, 1966, Seoul

58

Yukio Kawabe

Japanese rikishi

*July 16th, 1966, Shibuya-ku

58

Johnny Vaughan

English television and radio presenter

*July 16th, 1966, Barnet

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

41

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

56

Larry Sanger

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

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

28

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

35

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

55

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

69

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

57

Will Ferrell

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1967)

*July 16th, 1967, Irvine

50

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

55

Sahra Wagenknecht

German politician (born 1969)

*July 16th, 1969, Jena

59

Gianni Faresin

Road bicycle racer

*July 16th, 1965, Marostica

25

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

31

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

68

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

28

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

51

Stefano Garzelli

Italian road racing cyclist

*July 16th, 1973, Varese

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

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

60

Miguel Induráin

Spanish cyclist

*July 16th, 1964, Villava-Atarrabia

67

Faye Grant

American actress

*July 16th, 1957, St. Clair Shores

37

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

Same year
Born in 1966

58

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

58

Lucie Bílá

Czech singer and actress

*April 7th, 1966, Otvovice

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter and activist (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

58

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Franco Foda

German association football player and manager

*April 23rd, 1966, Mainz

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

58

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

58

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

58

Catrin Striebeck

German actress

*April 18th, 1966, Vienna

58

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Stefan Mappus

German politician, former PM of Baden-Württemberg

*April 4th, 1966, Pforzheim

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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