September 16th, 1978

Born on September 16th, 1978

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

September 16th, 1978

The 7.4 Mw  Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Tabas_earthquake

What else happened on September 16th?

September 16th, 2013

A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three others at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.

September 16th, 1992

The British pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday, and suffered a major devaluation.

September 16th, 1990

Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway (terminus pictured) was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

September 16th, 1982

A Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, killing at least 460 civilians.

September 16th, 1979

Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.

September 16th, 1975

The prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 (example pictured), one of the fastest combat jets in the world, made its maiden flight.

September 16th, 1963

Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.

September 16th, 1961

The U.S. National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury.

September 16th, 1940

Second World War: Italian forces captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt progressed no further.

September 16th, 1920

A bomb in a horse-drawn wagon exploded in front of 23 Wall Street in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring several hundred others.

September 16th, 1844

Felix Mendelssohn completed the score of the Violin Concerto, his final concerto.

September 16th, 1822

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reported a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.

September 16th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights (depicted) on the island of Manhattan.

September 16th, 0681

At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical.

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

Born on September 16th, 1978

45

Carolina Dieckmann

Brazilian actress

*September 16th, 1978, Rio de Janeiro

45

Mads Hansen

Norwegian ice hockey player

*September 16th, 1978, Oslo

45

Michael Mosley

American actor

*September 16th, 1978, Iowa City

45

Brian Sims

American politician

*September 16th, 1978, Washington, D.C.

45

Laureano Olivarez

Venezuelan actor

*September 16th, 1978, Caracas

45

Sensei

Mexican professional wrestler

*September 16th, 1978, Cuernavaca

45

Ebrahim Mirzapour

Iranian footballer

*September 16th, 1978, Mamulan

45

Masaya Nishitani

Japanese association football player

*September 16th, 1978, Tokushima

45

Suad Fileković

Slovenian footballer

*September 16th, 1978, Ljubljana

45

Miguel Ángel Lozano

Spanish footballer

*September 16th, 1978, Sabadell

45

Esteban Nicolás González

Argentine footballer

*September 16th, 1978, Córdoba

45

Dan Dickau

American basketball player

*September 16th, 1978, Portland

45

Michael Uhrmann

German ski jumper

*September 16th, 1978, Wegscheid

45

Viktor Szilágyi

Austrian handball player

*September 16th, 1978, Budapest

45

Claudia Marx

German athlete

*September 16th, 1978, East Berlin

45

Samuel Irons

British actor

*September 16th, 1978, London

45

Ebonie Smith

American actress

*September 16th, 1978, Puerto Rico

45

Aamer Munir

Pakistani cricketer

*September 16th, 1978, Lahore

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

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

58

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

31

Nick Jonas

American singer, actor and musician

*September 16th, 1992, Dallas

42

Fan Bingbing

Chinese actress, model and singer

*September 16th, 1981, Yantai

52

Amy Poehler

American actress

*September 16th, 1971, Newton

42

Alexis Bledel

American actress

*September 16th, 1981, Houston

59

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

93

Albert Szent-Györgyi

Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)

*September 16th, 1893, Budapest †October 22nd, 1986, Woods Hole

65

Jennifer Tilly

American actress

*September 16th, 1958, Harbor City

39

Katharina Dröge

German politician

*September 16th, 1984, Münster

80

Anne Francis

American actress

*September 16th, 1930, Ossining †January 2nd, 2011, Santa Barbara

46

Musiq Soulchild

American singer

*September 16th, 1977, Philadelphia

76

Dieter Riedel

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1947, Gröditz

50

Alexander Vinokourov

Kazakh road bicycle racer, born 1973

*September 16th, 1973, Beskol

39

Katie Melua

English-Georgian singer and songwriter

*September 16th, 1984, Kutaisi

42

David Castello-Lopes

French journalist

*September 16th, 1981, 12th arrondissement of Paris

44

Aileen Celeste Gomez

Venezuelan actress

*September 16th, 1979, Caracas

46

Philip Ng

American actor

*September 16th, 1977, Hong Kong

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Born in 1978

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

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

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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