November 16th, 1976

Born on November 16th, 1976

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What happened on November 16th?

November 16th, 2020

The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.

November 16th, 2002

The first case of SARS (pictured), a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.

November 16th, 1997

Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.

November 16th, 1992

In Suffolk, England, a local man found the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold in Britain (sample pictured), including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former Roman Empire.

November 16th, 1981

About 30 million people watched the fictional couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber wed on the television show General Hospital in the highest-rated hour in American soap-opera history.

November 16th, 1973

U.S. president Richard Nixon signed an act authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to transport oil from the Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Alaska.

November 16th, 1967

Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.

November 16th, 1944

World War II: Operation Queen commenced with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war, attacking German targets in the Rur valley.

November 16th, 1914

World War I: Austro-Hungarian forces launched an assault against Serbian defensive positions at the Kolubara river, beginning the Battle of Kolubara.

November 16th, 1885

After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, the Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel was hanged for high treason.

November 16th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: Fort Washington on Manhattan was captured from the Patriots by British and Hessian units.

November 16th, 1632

King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.

November 16th, 1532

Spanish conquest of Peru: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro orchestrated a surprise attack (depiction shown) in Cajamarca, capturing the Inca emperor, Atahualpa.

November 16th, 1476

With the help of Stephen III and Stephen Báthory, Vlad the Impaler ousted Basarab the Old and became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

November 16th, 0534

The second edition of the Code of Justinian, a codification of Roman law by Byzantine emperor Justinian I, was published.

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

Born on November 16th, 1976

47

Dan Black

British singer-songwriter

*November 16th, 1976, Buckinghamshire

47

Patrick Fölser

Austrian handball player

*November 16th, 1976, Linz

47

Pietro Aurino

Italian boxer

*November 16th, 1976, Torre Annunziata

47

Mario Barravecchia

Belgian Italian singer

*November 16th, 1976, Montegnée

47

Martijn Zuijdweg

Dutch swimmer

*November 16th, 1976, Rotterdam

47

Juha Pasoja

Finnish footballer

*November 16th, 1976, Kemi

47

Egypt Sherrod

American television and radio personality

*November 16th, 1976, Philadelphia

47

Babo

Mexican rapper

*November 16th, 1976, La Tortuga

47

István Madarász

Hungarian film director

*November 16th, 1976, Miskolc

47

Demore Barnes

Canadian actor

*November 16th, 1976, Canada

47

Eric Lane

American actor

*November 16th, 1976, Chicago

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

46

Maggie Gyllenhaal

American actress and filmmaker (born 1977)

*November 16th, 1977, Manhattan

68

Guillermo Lasso

47th president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

38

Sanna Marin

Prime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023

*November 16th, 1985, Helsinki

20

Ana Castela

Brazilian singer

*November 16th, 2003, Amambai

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

55

James Parks

American actor

*November 16th, 1968, Ventura County

25

Bol Bol

South Sudanese-American basketball player

*November 16th, 1998, Khartoum

53

Martha Plimpton

American actress

*November 16th, 1970, New York City

49

Paul Scholes

English association football player (born 1974)

*November 16th, 1974, Salford

46

Mauricio Ochmann

American actor

*November 16th, 1977, Washington, D.C.

23

Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti

Badminton player

*November 16th, 2000, Jonggol

50

Carli Norris

English actress

*November 16th, 1973, London

51

Aurelia Dobre

Romanian gymnast

*November 16th, 1972, Bucharest

46

Gigi Edgley

Australian actress and recording artist

*November 16th, 1977, Perth

82

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

*November 16th, 1930, Ogidi †March 21st, 2013, Boston

27

Brendan Murray

Irish singer

*November 16th, 1996, Galway

30

Stefan Küng

Swiss cyclist

*November 16th, 1993, Wilen

28

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa

Cameroonian footballer

*November 16th, 1995, Yaoundé

41

Amar'e Stoudemire

American-Israeli basketball player who convertetd to Judaism

*November 16th, 1982, Lake Wales

81

Joanna Pettet

British-born Canadian actress (b. 1942)

*November 16th, 1942, London

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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday) which are celebrated on November 16th.

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Born on November 16th, 1976
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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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