July 16th, 1979

Born on July 16th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 16th, 1979?

July 16th, 1979

Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Iraq

What else 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.

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

Born on July 16th, 1979

44

Douglas Murray

British political commentator

*July 16th, 1979, Hammersmith

44

Jayma Mays

American actress

*July 16th, 1979, Bristol

44

Chris Mihm

American basketball player

*July 16th, 1979, Milwaukee

44

Kim Rhode

Sport shooter

*July 16th, 1979, Whittier

44

Jim Banks

American politician (born 1979)

*July 16th, 1979, Columbia City

44

Kim Christensen

Danish footballer (born 1979)

*July 16th, 1979, Fredericia

44

Landy Wen

Taiwanese singer

*July 16th, 1979, Jianshi

44

Ivan Tásler

Slovak composer, guitarist and singer

*July 16th, 1979, Prešov

44

Marie Amachoukeli

French film director, screenwriter

*July 16th, 1979, Paris

44

Grégory Miermont

French mathematician

*July 16th, 1979, Paris

44

Rafaelillo

Spanish matador and torero

*July 16th, 1979, Murcia

44

Kohei Usui

Japanese association football player

*July 16th, 1979, Yokohama

44

Konstantin Skrylnikov

Russian footballer

*July 16th, 1979, Voronezh

44

Yuki Tazawa

Japanese association football player

*July 16th, 1979, Sapporo

44

Kinya Kotani

Japanese singer

*July 16th, 1979, Saitama Prefecture

44

Vladimir Hartinger

Czech ice hockey player

*July 16th, 1979, Šternberk

44

Youl Mawéné

French association football player

*July 16th, 1979, Caen

44

Joé Flick

Luxembourgish footballer

*July 16th, 1979, Luxembourg

44

Ai Linuer

Olympic wrestler

*July 16th, 1979, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

44

Jonathan Genest-Jourdain

Canadian politician

*July 16th, 1979, Sept-Îles

44

Rein van der Kamp

Dutch basketball player and basketball coach

*July 16th, 1979, Meppel

44

Robbie Russell

American soccer player

*July 16th, 1979, Accra

44

Rudy Bourguignon

French athlete

*July 16th, 1979, Léhon

44

Carmen Valle Vea

Mexican politician

*July 16th, 1979, Sonora

44

Joshua Grenier

American soccer player

*July 16th, 1979, Manchester

44

Enrique Esteban Ortiz Carande

Argentine footballer

*July 16th, 1979, Córdoba

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Who's birthday is on July 16th?

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

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

43

Lindsey Berg

Volleyball player

*July 16th, 1980, Honolulu

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

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

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

40

Annie Lööf

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

*July 16th, 1983, Värnamo parish

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

39

Alan Marangoni

Italian road and track cyclist

*July 16th, 1984, Lugo

42

Bruno Mascarenhas

Portuguese-Italian rower

*July 16th, 1981, Lisbon

41

Steve Hooker

Australian pole vaulter

*July 16th, 1982, Melbourne

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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