October 16th, 1975

Born on October 16th, 1975

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

October 16th, 1975

The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis

What else happened on October 16th?

October 16th, 2017

The Maltese journalist and anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack in Bidnija.

October 16th, 2013

In Laos's deadliest air accident, Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashed into the Mekong River, resulting in the deaths of all 49 people aboard.

October 16th, 1991

A man drove his vehicle through the window of a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and opened fire, killing 23 people before fatally shooting himself.

October 16th, 1984

The Bill debuted on ITV, eventually becoming the longest-running police procedural in British television history.

October 16th, 1964

With the success of Project 596 (mushroom cloud pictured), China became the world's fifth nuclear power.

October 16th, 1944

A four-day air battle over Taiwan ended with a decisive American victory, destroying hundreds of Japanese aircraft and military facilities.

October 16th, 1943

The Holocaust: The Gestapo conducted a raid on the Roman Ghetto, capturing 1,259 members of the Jewish community, most of whom were sent to Auschwitz.

October 16th, 1923

Roy and Walt Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, which eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world.

October 16th, 1916

Margaret Sanger established the United States' first family planning clinic in Brooklyn, New York.

October 16th, 1905

Authorities of the British Raj partitioned the Bengal Presidency, separating the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas.

October 16th, 1875

Brigham Young University, the largest religious university in the United States, was founded in Provo, Utah.

October 16th, 1841

The Church of Scotland established Queen's College in Kingston, Ontario, in Canada.

October 16th, 1834

Most of the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed in a fire caused by the burning of wooden tally sticks.

October 16th, 1813

The Sixth Coalition attacked French forces led by Napoleon in the Battle of Leipzig, the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars, with over 500,000 troops involved.

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

Born on October 16th, 1975

48

Jacques Kallis

South African cricketer

*October 16th, 1975, Pinelands

48

Christophe Maé

French pop singer

*October 16th, 1975, Carpentras

48

Giada Colagrande

Italian actor and director

*October 16th, 1975, Pescara

48

Kellie Martin

American actress

*October 16th, 1975, Riverside

48

Rajeev Khandelwal

Indian actor

*October 16th, 1975, Jaipur

48

Sérgio Abreu

Brazilian actor

*October 16th, 1975, Rio de Janeiro

48

Claudio Núñez

Chilean footballer

*October 16th, 1975, Valparaíso

48

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Icelandic footballer

*October 16th, 1975, Reykjavík

48

Ernesto Noel Aquino

Honduran footballer

*October 16th, 1975, La Ceiba

48

Nelson Lee

Taiwanese-Canadian actor

*October 16th, 1975, Taipei

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

40

Loreen

Moroccan and Swedish singer and songwriter

*October 16th, 1983, Danderyd

37

Inna

Romanian singer

*October 16th, 1986, Mangalia

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

33

Weni Anggraini

Indonesian badminton player

*October 16th, 1990, Sridadi

47

Gil Kenan

British-American-Israeli film director

*October 16th, 1976, London

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

26

Charles Leclerc

Monegasque racing driver

*October 16th, 1997, Monte Carlo

55

Elsa Zylberstein

French actress

*October 16th, 1968, Boulogne-Billancourt

50

Philipp Hochmair

Austrian actor

*October 16th, 1973, Vienna

46

John Mayer

American musician (born 1977)

*October 16th, 1977, Bridgeport

57

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

American voice actress and director

*October 16th, 1966, Los Angeles

40

Kenny Omega

Canada-born Japanese professional wrestler

*October 16th, 1983, Winnipeg

61

Kenneth Lonergan

American film director, playwright, and screenwriter

*October 16th, 1962, New York City

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

87

Günter Grass

German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)

*October 16th, 1927, Free City of Danzig †April 13th, 2015, Lübeck

96

Angela Lansbury

Irish-British-American actress and singer (1925–2022)

*October 16th, 1925, St Pancras †October 11th, 2022, Los Angeles

47

Yotuel Romero

Cuban actor and musician

*October 16th, 1976, Havana

31

Rembrandt Bugatti

1884-1916 Italian sculptor

*October 16th, 1884, Milan †January 8th, 1916, 7th arrondissement of Paris

51

Darren Balmforth

Australian rower

*October 16th, 1972, Hobart

58

Gerhart Rodenwaldt

German classical archaeologist

*October 16th, 1886, Grunewald †April 27th, 1945, Grunewald

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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