September 16th, 1969

Born on September 16th, 1969

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

September 16th, 2022

The death of Mahsa Amini occurred, which sparked worldwide protests.

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

Born on September 16th, 1969

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

54

Carlo Gabriel Nero

Italian-English actor and film director

*September 16th, 1969, London

54

Hernán Cristante

Argentine footballer

*September 16th, 1969, La Plata

54

Arno van Zwam

Dutch association football player

*September 16th, 1969, Beneden-Leeuwen

54

Janno Gibbs

Filipino actor and singer

*September 16th, 1969, Manila

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

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

52

Amy Poehler

American actress

*September 16th, 1971, Newton

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

59

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

31

Nick Jonas

American singer, actor and musician

*September 16th, 1992, Dallas

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

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

80

Anne Francis

American actress

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

76

Dieter Riedel

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1947, Gröditz

60

Richard Marx

American singer and songwriter

*September 16th, 1963, Chicago

42

Fan Bingbing

Chinese actress, model and singer

*September 16th, 1981, Yantai

50

Alexander Vinokourov

Kazakh road bicycle racer, born 1973

*September 16th, 1973, Beskol

55

Marc Anthony

American singer (born 1968)

*September 16th, 1968, New York City

53

Christine Urspruch

German actress

*September 16th, 1970, Remscheid

91

Lee Kuan Yew

1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1923–2015)

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

89

B. B. King

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

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

39

Katharina Dröge

German politician

*September 16th, 1984, Münster

59

Rossy de Palma

Spanish actress

*September 16th, 1964, Palma de Mallorca

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Born in 1969

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

54

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

54

Catrine Bengtsson

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1969, Gothenburg

54

Jyri Aalto

Finnish badminton player

*July 11th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

55

Alexia Bohwim

Norwegian writer, feminist

*March 13th, 1969, Oslo

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1969 is a normal year and no leap year.

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