June 16th, 1971

Born on June 16th, 1971

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What happened on June 16th?

June 16th, 2016

Jo Cox, a British Member of Parliament, was murdered in her constituency.

June 16th, 2012

Liu Yang (pictured), a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first Chinese woman in space.

June 16th, 1972

English musician David Bowie released his breakthrough album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

June 16th, 1963

Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space.

June 16th, 1960

Psycho, a psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (pictured) and based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, premiered.

June 16th, 1936

A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven people on board.

June 16th, 1911

The technology company IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.

June 16th, 1904

Irish author James Joyce began a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday.

June 16th, 1883

In the Victoria Hall disaster, 183 children were crushed to death when they ran down the stairs to collect gifts after a variety show in Sunderland, England.

June 16th, 1819

A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').

June 16th, 1755

After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to British forces, marking the end of Father Le Loutre's War.

June 16th, 1632

The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, who became the first permanent European settler of Pejepscot, Maine.

June 16th, 1407

Ming forces conquered Đại Ngu in modern-day northern Vietnam, capturing Hồ dynasty emperor Hồ Quý Ly and bringing the country under Chinese rule.

June 16th, 0632

The final king of the Sasanian Empire of Iran, Yazdegerd III, ascended the throne at the age of eight.

June 16th, 2019

Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.

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

Born on June 16th, 1971

25

Tupac Shakur

American rapper (1971–1996)

*June 16th, 1971, East Harlem †September 13th, 1996, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

52

Michael Shellenberger

American writer and environmental policy advocate

*June 16th, 1971, Colorado

52

Imtiaz Ali

Indian film director

*June 16th, 1971, Jamshedpur

52

Sékou

American publisher

*June 16th, 1971, Boston

52

Vrajesh Hirjee

Indian actor

*June 16th, 1971, London

52

Raulín Rodríguez

Dominican Republic singer

*June 16th, 1971, Monte Cristi

45

Alejandro Jano Fuentes

Mexican singer

*June 16th, 1971, Mexico †June 18th, 2016, Chicago

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Who's birthday is on June 16th?

56

Jürgen Klopp

German football manager (born 1967)

*June 16th, 1967, Stuttgart

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

53

Phil Mickelson

American professional golfer

*June 16th, 1970, San Diego

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

48

Sun Jun

Chinese badminton player

*June 16th, 1975, Nanjing

41

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

48

Willemijn Verkaik

Dutch singer-actor

*June 16th, 1975, Son en Breugel

51

John Cho

American actor

*June 16th, 1972, Seoul

49

Rajiv Joseph

American writer

*June 16th, 1974, Cleveland

68

Laurie Metcalf

American actress

*June 16th, 1955, Carbondale

45

Daniel Brühl

German actor

*June 16th, 1978, Barcelona

57

Olivier Roumat

French rugby union player

*June 16th, 1966, Mont-de-Marsan

51

Andy Weir

American writer

*June 16th, 1972, Davis

62

Petru Iosub

Romanian rower

*June 16th, 1961, Fălticeni

53

Clifton Collins

American actor

*June 16th, 1970, Los Angeles

50

Federica Mogherini

Italian politician

*June 16th, 1973, Rome

23

Bianca Andreescu

Canadian tennis player

*June 16th, 2000, Mississauga

49

Alexandre Astier

French writer, director, editor and actor

*June 16th, 1974, Lyon

53

Cobi Jones

American soccer player

*June 16th, 1970, Detroit

49

Shane Reed

New Zealand triathlete

*June 16th, 1973, Palmerston North †October 30th, 2022, Palmerston North

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Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host (born 1971)

*October 13th, 1971, Los Angeles

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

52

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

52

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

53

Susi Susanti

Indonesian badminton player

*February 11th, 1971, Tasikmalaya City

52

Chen Ying

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung City

52

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

52

Mario Abdo Benítez

50st President of Paraguay

*November 10th, 1971, Asunción

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

52

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada since 2015

*December 25th, 1971, Ottawa

52

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

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No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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