November 16th, 1978

Born on November 16th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1978

45

Conny Pohlers

Association footballer

*November 16th, 1978, Halle (Saale)

45

Carolina Parra

Brazilian musician

*November 16th, 1978, São Paulo

45

Kip Bouknight

American baseball player

*November 16th, 1978, Columbia

45

Santiago Peña Palacios

President of Paraguay

*November 16th, 1978, Asunción

45

Gary Naysmith

Scottish association football player

*November 16th, 1978, Edinburgh

45

Amir Zobdeh

Iranian model

*November 16th, 1978, Tehran

45

Nova Soraya

Indonesian actress

*November 16th, 1978, Jakarta

45

Adi Ezroni

Israeli actress, television host, and film producer

*November 16th, 1978, Israel

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

46

Maggie Gyllenhaal

American actress and filmmaker (born 1977)

*November 16th, 1977, Manhattan

38

Sanna Marin

Prime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023

*November 16th, 1985, Helsinki

68

Guillermo Lasso

47th president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

20

Ana Castela

Brazilian singer

*November 16th, 2003, Amambai

25

Bol Bol

South Sudanese-American basketball player

*November 16th, 1998, Khartoum

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

55

James Parks

American actor

*November 16th, 1968, Ventura County

53

Martha Plimpton

American actress

*November 16th, 1970, New York City

23

Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti

Badminton player

*November 16th, 2000, Jonggol

46

Mauricio Ochmann

American actor

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

49

Paul Scholes

English association football player (born 1974)

*November 16th, 1974, Salford

46

Gigi Edgley

Australian actress and recording artist

*November 16th, 1977, Perth

51

Aurelia Dobre

Romanian gymnast

*November 16th, 1972, Bucharest

50

Carli Norris

English actress

*November 16th, 1973, London

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 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

45

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

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

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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, 1978
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Leap year

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

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