June 16th, 1973

Born on June 16th, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 426 days, exactly on June 23rd, 2025, people who were born on June 16th, 1973 will be 19,000 days old!

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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, 1973

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Federica Mogherini

Italian politician

*June 16th, 1973, Rome

49

Shane Reed

New Zealand triathlete

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

50

Thomas Dutronc

French musician

*June 16th, 1973, Paris

50

Malan Breton

Actor, musician, and fashion designer

*June 16th, 1973, Taipei

50

Aaron Ehasz

American television writer and producer

*June 16th, 1973, Maryland

50

Oana Zăvoranu

Romanian actress

*June 16th, 1973, Bucharest

50

Sandra Pires

Brazilian volleyball player

*June 16th, 1973, Rio de Janeiro

50

Nikos Machlas

Greek footballer

*June 16th, 1973, Heraklion

50

Rebecca Curci-Hickenbottom

American ballet dancer and Nitro Girl

*June 16th, 1973, San Antonio

50

Amanda Byram

Irish television presenter and former model

*June 16th, 1973, Dublin

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

56

Jürgen Klopp

German football manager (born 1967)

*June 16th, 1967, Stuttgart

48

Sun Jun

Chinese badminton player

*June 16th, 1975, Nanjing

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

48

Willemijn Verkaik

Dutch singer-actor

*June 16th, 1975, Son en Breugel

41

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

53

Phil Mickelson

American professional golfer

*June 16th, 1970, San Diego

49

Rajiv Joseph

American writer

*June 16th, 1974, Cleveland

25

Tupac Shakur

American rapper (1971–1996)

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

51

John Cho

American actor

*June 16th, 1972, Seoul

49

Alexandre Astier

French writer, director, editor and actor

*June 16th, 1974, Lyon

45

Daniel Brühl

German actor

*June 16th, 1978, Barcelona

68

Laurie Metcalf

American actress

*June 16th, 1955, Carbondale

51

Andy Weir

American writer

*June 16th, 1972, Davis

62

Petru Iosub

Romanian rower

*June 16th, 1961, Fălticeni

57

Olivier Roumat

French rugby union player

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

23

Bianca Andreescu

Canadian tennis player

*June 16th, 2000, Mississauga

43

Sibel Kekilli

German actress

*June 16th, 1980, Heilbronn

49

Joseph May

British actor

*June 16th, 1974, Southampton

38

Cat Smith

British politician (born 1985)

*June 16th, 1985, Barrow-in-Furness

80

Joan Van Ark

American actress (born 1943)

*June 16th, 1943, New York City

Same year
Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

50

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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