July 16th, 1976

Born on July 16th, 1976

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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, 1976

47

Romain Haguenauer

French ice dancing coach

*July 16th, 1976, Lyon

47

Bobby Lashley

American professional wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

*July 16th, 1976, Junction City

47

Michael Petkovic

Australian soccer player

*July 16th, 1976, Fremantle

47

Anna Smashnova

Soviet Belarusian-born Israeli former tennis player

*July 16th, 1976, Minsk

47

Șerban Huidu

Romanian broadcaster

*July 16th, 1976, Bucharest

47

K. V. Ushashri Charan

Indian politician

*July 16th, 1976, Rayadurg mandal

47

Peter Van der Heyden

Belgian footballer

*July 16th, 1976, Aalst

47

Carlos Humberto Paredes

Paraguayan footballer

*July 16th, 1976, Asunción

47

Tomonori Tsunematsu

Japanese association football player

*July 16th, 1976, Kagoshima Prefecture

47

Gagan Kumar Thapa

Nepali politician

*July 16th, 1976, Kathmandu

47

Al Walser

Liechtenstein singer

*July 16th, 1976, Lausanne

47

Paolo Benetazzo

Italian film director

*July 16th, 1976, Vicenza

47

Lucas Pusineri

Argentine footballer

*July 16th, 1976, Buenos Aires

47

Brendan Yarema

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 16th, 1976, Sault Ste. Marie

47

Richard Pears

English footballer (born 1976)

*July 16th, 1976, Exeter

47

Kory DeHaan

American baseball player

*July 16th, 1976, Pella

47

Chad Nimmer

American politician

*July 16th, 1976, Blackshear

47

Idris Rahman

English musician

*July 16th, 1976, Chichester

47

Hamish Barton

Auckland, Canterbury and Argentinian first class cricketer

*July 16th, 1976, Gisborne

47

Dale Richards

West Indian cricketer

*July 16th, 1976, Belleplaine

47

Brendon Reeves

Rugby league player

*July 16th, 1976, Quandialla

47

Alexandre Edílson de Freitas

Brazilian footballer and manager

*July 16th, 1976, Brazil

47

Vasil Katsadze

Georgian rugby union and rugby league footballer

*July 16th, 1976, Potsdam

47

Igor Ćutuk

Journalist from Croatia

*July 16th, 1976, Osijek

47

Halyna Markushevska

Ukrainian handball player

*July 16th, 1976, Vinnytsia

47

Pascal Castillo

Swiss footballer

*July 16th, 1976, Switzerland

47

Raúl Cabrera

Surfer and movie director

*July 16th, 1976, Guayaquil

47

Elvir Ovčina

Bosnian basketball player

*July 16th, 1976, Sarajevo

47

Makiko Yoshida

Japanese sprinter, hurdler, coach

*July 16th, 1976, Kōriyama

47

Dana Fox

American screenwriter (born 1976)

*July 16th, 1976, Brighton

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

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

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

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

50

Stefano Garzelli

Italian road racing cyclist

*July 16th, 1973, Varese

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

44

Douglas Murray

British political commentator

*July 16th, 1979, Hammersmith

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

45

José Manuel Ruiz Reyes

Spanish para table tennis player

*July 16th, 1978, Granada

41

André Greipel

German road bicycle racer

*July 16th, 1982, Rostock

34

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

40

Annie Lööf

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

*July 16th, 1983, Värnamo parish

39

Alan Marangoni

Italian road and track cyclist

*July 16th, 1984, Lugo

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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