September 16th, 1966

Born on September 16th, 1966

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What happened on September 16th, 1966?

September 16th, 1966

The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera_House_(Lincoln_Center)

What else happened on September 16th?

September 16th, 2013

A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three others at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.

September 16th, 1992

The British pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday, and suffered a major devaluation.

September 16th, 1990

Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway (terminus pictured) was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

September 16th, 1982

A Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, killing at least 460 civilians.

September 16th, 1979

Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.

September 16th, 1975

The prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 (example pictured), one of the fastest combat jets in the world, made its maiden flight.

September 16th, 1963

Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.

September 16th, 1961

The U.S. National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury.

September 16th, 1940

Second World War: Italian forces captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt progressed no further.

September 16th, 1920

A bomb in a horse-drawn wagon exploded in front of 23 Wall Street in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring several hundred others.

September 16th, 1844

Felix Mendelssohn completed the score of the Violin Concerto, his final concerto.

September 16th, 1822

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reported a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.

September 16th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights (depicted) on the island of Manhattan.

September 16th, 0681

At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical.

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

Born on September 16th, 1966

57

Kevin Young

American athlete, hurdler

*September 16th, 1966, Watts

57

Nikola Pejaković

Serbian actor and musician

*September 16th, 1966, Banja Luka

57

Elizabeth McCracken

American writer

*September 16th, 1966, Brighton

57

John Bel Edwards

American politician and lawyer, Louisiana

*September 16th, 1966, Amite City

57

Wil McCarthy

American writer

*September 16th, 1966, Princeton

57

Stéphane Traineau

French judoka

*September 16th, 1966, Cholet

57

Raúl Magaña

Mexican actor and television actor

*September 16th, 1966, Mexico City

50

David Ethève

French musician (1966-2016)

*September 16th, 1966, Neuilly-sur-Seine †December 9th, 2016, A Coruña

57

Susie Bick

English fashion designer, model

*September 16th, 1966, Cheshire

57

Sean Frye

American actor

*September 16th, 1966, Hollywood

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

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

58

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

59

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

65

Jennifer Tilly

American actress

*September 16th, 1958, Harbor City

54

Armin Medosch

Austrian journalist, researcher and curator

*September 16th, 1962, Graz †February 23rd, 2017, Vienna

52

Amy Poehler

American actress

*September 16th, 1971, Newton

31

Nick Jonas

American singer, actor and musician

*September 16th, 1992, Dallas

60

Richard Marx

American singer and songwriter

*September 16th, 1963, Chicago

93

Albert Szent-Györgyi

Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)

*September 16th, 1893, Budapest †October 22nd, 1986, Woods Hole

76

Dieter Riedel

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1947, Gröditz

80

Anne Francis

American actress

*September 16th, 1930, Ossining †January 2nd, 2011, Santa Barbara

59

Rossy de Palma

Spanish actress

*September 16th, 1964, Palma de Mallorca

59

Molly Shannon

American actress and comedian (born 1964)

*September 16th, 1964, Shaker Heights

42

Fan Bingbing

Chinese actress, model and singer

*September 16th, 1981, Yantai

91

Lee Kuan Yew

1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1923–2015)

*September 16th, 1923, Singapore †March 23rd, 2015, Singapore General Hospital

58

Katy Kurtzman

American actress

*September 16th, 1965, Washington, D.C.

89

B. B. King

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)

*September 16th, 1925, Berclair †May 14th, 2015, Las Vegas

50

Alexander Vinokourov

Kazakh road bicycle racer, born 1973

*September 16th, 1973, Beskol

Same year
Born in 1966

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

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

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

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

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

57

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

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

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

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