July 16th, 1974

Born on July 16th, 1974

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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, 1974

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

49

Espido Freire

Spanish writer

*July 16th, 1974, Bilbao

49

Wendell Sailor

Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer

*July 16th, 1974, Sarina

49

Maret Maripuu

Estonian politician

*July 16th, 1974, Tallinn

49

Chris Pontius

American stuntman and actor

*July 16th, 1974, Pasadena

49

Ryan McCombs

American singer

*July 16th, 1974, Muncie

49

Tommie Frazier

All-American college football player, professional football player, college football coach

*July 16th, 1974, Bradenton

49

Terhi Kokkonen

Finnish musician and writet

*July 16th, 1974, Helsinki

49

Massimo Marazzina

Italian footballer

*July 16th, 1974, Pandino

49

Robinne Lee

American actress

*July 16th, 1974, Mount Vernon

49

Alexander Maier

Austrian snowboarder

*July 16th, 1974, Altenmarkt im Pongau

49

Elie Y. Katz

American politician

*July 16th, 1974, Teaneck

49

Jeremy Enigk

American musician

*July 16th, 1974, Seattle

49

Tomas Seyler

German darts player

*July 16th, 1974, Bremerhaven

49

Francisco Manuel Ruano Bausán

Spanish association football player

*July 16th, 1974, Barcelona

49

Ron Powlus

American football quarterback

*July 16th, 1974, Berwick

49

Krisztián Bártfai

Canoe racer

*July 16th, 1974, Vác

49

Karim Hussain

Canadian screenwriter

*July 16th, 1974, Ottawa

49

Kamil Kiereś

Polish football manager

*July 16th, 1974, Piotrków Trybunalski

49

Jason Enloe

Professional golfer

*July 16th, 1974, Decatur

49

Giuseppe Giordano

Olympic pistol shooter (1974-)

*July 16th, 1974, Naples

49

Curtis Dvorak

Football mascot

*July 16th, 1974, Morristown

49

Chris Chetti

American professional wrestler

*July 16th, 1974, Copiague

49

Ben Manski

American lawyer and activist

*July 16th, 1974, Pittsburgh

49

Anatoli Tebloyev

Russian footballer

*July 16th, 1974, Arkhangelsk

49

Georg Blumauer

Austrian tennis player

*July 16th, 1974, Vienna

49

César Nava Vázquez

Mexican lawyer and politician

*July 16th, 1974, Morelia

49

Michelle Chandler

Basketball player

*July 16th, 1974, Geelong

49

Jens Scharping

German footballer

*July 16th, 1974, Hamburg

49

Lee Sang-yun

South Korean professor

*July 16th, 1974, Busan

49

Stefano Fresi

Italian composer and actor

*July 16th, 1974, Rome

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

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

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

50

Stefano Garzelli

Italian road racing cyclist

*July 16th, 1973, Varese

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

50

Katherina Reiche

German politician

*July 16th, 1973, Luckenwalde

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

47

Romain Haguenauer

French ice dancing coach

*July 16th, 1976, Lyon

54

Sahra Wagenknecht

German politician (born 1969)

*July 16th, 1969, Jena

52

Evelyn Großmann

German figure skater

*July 16th, 1971, Dresden

34

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

41

André Greipel

German road bicycle racer

*July 16th, 1982, Rostock

40

Annie Lööf

Swedish politician and party leader of the Swedish Center Party, former minister of enterprise

*July 16th, 1983, Värnamo parish

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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