May 16th, 1975

Born on May 16th, 1975

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 16th, 1975?

May 16th, 1975

Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junko_Tabei

May 16th, 1975

Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junko_Tabei

What else happened on May 16th?

May 16th, 2014

At least 12 people were killed and 70 others injured when two bombs exploded in a market in Nairobi, Kenya.

May 16th, 1977

The first Chuck E. Cheese location, the first family restaurant to integrate food, animated entertainment (example pictured), and an indoor arcade, opened in San Jose, California.

May 16th, 1961

Led by Park Chung-hee, the Military Revolution Committee carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Posun in Seoul, ending the Second Republic of Korea.

May 16th, 1960

American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

May 16th, 1959

The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time.

May 16th, 1958

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a supersonic interceptor aircraft, set a world flight airspeed record of 1,404.012 mph (2,259.538 km/h).

May 16th, 1943

Second World War: The Royal Air Force's "Dambusters" squadron embarked on an attack on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis.

May 16th, 1929

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

May 16th, 1925

The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.

May 16th, 1918

The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the government, flag, or armed forces during the ongoing World War I.

May 16th, 1866

The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent piece to be made of a copper–nickel alloy.

May 16th, 1832

Prospector Juan Godoy discovered a silver outcrop in Chañarcillo, sparking the Chilean silver rush.

May 16th, 1811

Peninsular War: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the Battle of Albuera fought south of Badajoz, Spain.

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

Born on May 16th, 1975

48

Charlotte Hawkins

British television presenter and newsreader

*May 16th, 1975, Chichester

48

Tomáš Karas

Czech rower

*May 16th, 1975, Prague

48

Simon Whitfield

Canadian triathlete

*May 16th, 1975, Kingston

48

Tony Kakko

Finnish singer

*May 16th, 1975, Kemi

48

Jean-Christophe Devaux

Footballer

*May 16th, 1975, Lyon

48

Milan Fukal

Czech footballer

*May 16th, 1975, Jablonec nad Nisou

48

Dione Taylor

Canadian singer

*May 16th, 1975, Regina

48

Melanie Rühmann

German actress

*May 16th, 1975, Munich

48

Yoshitaka Fujisaki

Japanese association football player

*May 16th, 1975, Kagoshima

26

Khalid al-Mihdhar

9/11 hijacker of the American Airlines Flight 77

*May 16th, 1975, Mecca †September 11th, 2001, The Pentagon

48

Anna Sprung

Russian and Austrian biathlete

*May 16th, 1975, Yelizovo

48

Patrick Pendanx

Footballer

*May 16th, 1975, Dax

48

Mohd Noor Ali

Footballer

*May 16th, 1975, Singapore

48

Michael Coorey

Australian rugby league footballer

*May 16th, 1975, Sydney

48

Liz Barker

British journalist

*May 16th, 1975, Cambridge

48

Niroshan Bandaratilleke

Sri Lankan cricketer

*May 16th, 1975, Colombo

48

Tevita Taumoepeau

Tongan rugby union player

*May 16th, 1975, Tonga

48

John Jakopin

Canadian ice hockey player

*May 16th, 1975, Toronto

48

Guillaume Benon

Footballer

*May 16th, 1975, Croix

48

Bo Van Pelt

Professional golfer

*May 16th, 1975, Richmond

48

Ahmed Shah Durrani

Cricket umpire

*May 16th, 1975, Jalalabad

48

Erick Torres

Peruvian association football player

*May 16th, 1975, Puerto Maldonado

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

46

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

49

Laura Pausini

Italian singer (born 1974)

*May 16th, 1974, Faenza

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

43

Jens Spahn

German politician

*May 16th, 1980, Ahaus

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

53

Gabriela Sabatini

Argentine tennis player

*May 16th, 1970, Buenos Aires

42

Joseph Morgan

English actor and director

*May 16th, 1981, London

41

Heide Wollert

German judoka

*May 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

51

Andrzej Duda

President of Poland since 2015

*May 16th, 1972, Kraków

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

89

Hannes Hegen

German Illustrator and caricaturist (1925-2014)

*May 16th, 1925, Česká Kamenice †November 8th, 2014, Berlin

31

Konstantin Abramov

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1992, Moscow

43

Simon Gerrans

Road bicycle racer

*May 16th, 1980, Melbourne

29

Phillip Chew

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1994, Anaheim

37

Megan Fox

American actress and model

*May 16th, 1986, Oak Ridge

57

Janet Jackson

American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1966)

*May 16th, 1966, Gary

26

Sören Opti

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1997, Paramaribo

62

Anette Hoff

Norwegian actress

*May 16th, 1961, Drøbak

25

Emma Karlsson

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1998, Älmhult

Same year
Born in 1975

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

49

Lorin Morgan-Richards

American author, illustrator, and songwriter

*February 16th, 1975, Beebetown

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

48

Zhang Ning

Chinese female badminton player

*May 19th, 1975, Jinzhou

48

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

48

Kim Dong-moon

South Korean badminton player

*September 22nd, 1975, Gokseong County

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

49

Gu Jun

Badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

48

Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

*June 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1975 is a normal year and no leap year.

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