March 16th, 1978

Born on March 16th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 16th, 1978?

March 16th, 1978

Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoco_Cadiz

What else happened on March 16th?

March 16th, 2014

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

March 16th, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

March 16th, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

March 16th, 1968

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

March 16th, 1872

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

March 16th, 1802

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

March 16th, 0934

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

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

Born on March 16th, 1978

46

Sophie Irene Hunter

British theatre director

*March 16th, 1978, Hammersmith

46

Anneliese Dodds

British politician

*March 16th, 1978, Aberdeen

46

Brooke Burns

American actress and model

*March 16th, 1978, Dallas

46

Juan Cabandié

Argentinian politician

*March 16th, 1978, Navy Petty-Officers School of Mechanics

46

Boris Derichebourg

CEO Derichebourg Multiservices

*March 16th, 1978, Enghien-les-Bains

46

Brian Willsie

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 16th, 1978, London

46

María José Poves

Athletics competitor

*March 16th, 1978, Zaragoza

46

Giovanni Pantaleoni

Olympic baseball player

*March 16th, 1978, Cupramontana

46

Brandon Friedman

American military writer, blogger and memoirist

*March 16th, 1978, Shreveport

46

Aubrey Miles

Filipina television host, singer and actress

*March 16th, 1978, Caloocan

46

Anupam Acharya

Indian Academician

*March 16th, 1978, Pune

46

Natalie Grinham

Australian squash player

*March 16th, 1978, Toowoomba

46

Raju Lama

Nepalese singer

*March 16th, 1978, Baruwa

46

Matthew Montgomery

American actor

*March 16th, 1978, Houston

46

Kostas Bakoyannis

Greek politician

*March 16th, 1978, Athens

46

Ramiro Carballo

Salvadoran footballer

*March 16th, 1978, Colón

46

Louis Blundell

English darts player

*March 16th, 1978, England

46

Gabriela Krčmářová

Czech gymnast

*March 16th, 1978, Karviná

46

Khori Ivy

American football player (born 1978)

*March 16th, 1978, Boca Raton

46

Jorge Corrula

Portuguese actor

*March 16th, 1978, Portugal

46

Mohamed Laqouahi

Italian long-distance runner

*March 16th, 1978, Morocco

46

Ed Ableser

American politician who served in the Arizona Senate, representing the 26th district

*March 16th, 1978, Tarzana

46

Lee Kyou-hyuk

South Korean speed skater

*March 16th, 1978, Seoul

46

Alex Savea

American Samoan footballer

*March 16th, 1978, American Samoa

46

Andrea Šebestová

Czech rhythmic gymnast

*March 16th, 1978, Plzeň

46

Joakim Bäckström

Professional golfer

*March 16th, 1978, Umeå

46

Annemieke Bes

Olympic sailor

*March 16th, 1978, Groningen

46

Patrick Ghigani

German footballer (born 1978)

*March 16th, 1978, Munich

46

Sharon Shason

Israeli basketball player

*March 16th, 1978, Tel Aviv

46

Manuel Rivera Garrido

Peruvian footballer

*March 16th, 1978, Lima

46

Mirnes Mešić

Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer

*March 16th, 1978, Doboj

46

Ayesha Dharker

British actress

*March 16th, 1978, Mumbai

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39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

45

Stefano Zacchiroli

Italian computer programmer (1979-)

*March 16th, 1979, Bologna

48

Matt Evers

American pair skater

*March 16th, 1976, Saint Paul

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

54

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

38

Alexandra Daddario

American actress

*March 16th, 1986, New York City

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

52

Katja Bornschein

German association football player

*March 16th, 1972, Jugenheim

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

41

Yoann Lemoine

French singer, songwriter, music video director and graphic designer

*March 16th, 1983, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune

54

Joakim Berg

Swedish singer, songwriter and musician

*March 16th, 1970, Eskilstuna

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45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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