July 16th, 1973

Born on July 16th, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 452 days, exactly on July 23rd, 2025, people who were born on July 16th, 1973 will be 19,000 days old!

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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 the world's largest rooftop garden, 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

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 (pictured), 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, 1973

50

Stefano Garzelli

Italian road racing cyclist

*July 16th, 1973, Varese

50

Katherina Reiche

German politician

*July 16th, 1973, Luckenwalde

50

Tim Ryan

U.S. Representative from Ohio

*July 16th, 1973, Niles

50

Marcus Pretzell

German politician and lawyer

*July 16th, 1973, Rinteln

50

Shaun Pollock

South African cricketer

*July 16th, 1973, Gqeberha

50

Şinasi Yurtsever

Turkish actor

*July 16th, 1973, Malatya Province

50

Rob Shuter

British gossip columnist, magazine editor, talk-show host, author

*July 16th, 1973, Birmingham

50

Chad Griffin

American political activist

*July 16th, 1973, Hope

50

Alexander Pollak

Austrian journalist

*July 16th, 1973, Vienna

50

João Dias

Portuguese politician (born 1973)

*July 16th, 1973, Serpa

50

Graham Robertson

American filmmaker

*July 16th, 1973, Denver

50

Miss Kittin

French electronic musician

*July 16th, 1973, Grenoble

50

Jonas Chernick

Canadian actor and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1973, Winnipeg

50

Yoshihiko Hakamada

Japanese actor

*July 16th, 1973, Hamamatsu

50

Stuart Cage

Professional golfer

*July 16th, 1973, Leeds

50

Ma-Anne Dionisio

Canadian actress

*July 16th, 1973, Manila

50

Anne-Laure Mignerey

French cross-country skier

*July 16th, 1973, Ambilly

50

László Kránitz

Hungarian politician

*July 16th, 1973, Kapuvár

50

Nicole Roberts

Association football player

*July 16th, 1973, Troy

50

Federico Pasquini

Italian basketball coach

*July 16th, 1973, Ferrara

50

Masahito Haruna

Japanese ice hockey player and coach

*July 16th, 1973, Kushiro

50

Lucas Nilsson

Swedish association football player

*July 16th, 1973, Nyköping

50

Eddie Kohler

American computer scientist

*July 16th, 1973, Massachusetts

50

Maria Carla Bresciani

Italian athlete

*July 16th, 1973, Riva del Garda

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Who's birthday is on July 16th?

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

55

Larry Sanger

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

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

52

Evelyn Großmann

German figure skater

*July 16th, 1971, Dresden

54

Sahra Wagenknecht

German politician (born 1969)

*July 16th, 1969, Jena

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

34

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

44

Douglas Murray

British political commentator

*July 16th, 1979, Hammersmith

47

Romain Haguenauer

French ice dancing coach

*July 16th, 1976, Lyon

41

André Greipel

German road bicycle racer

*July 16th, 1982, Rostock

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

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

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

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

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

Chinese 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

Chinese 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

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Leap year

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

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