March 16th, 1980

Born on March 16th, 1980

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What 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.

March 18th, 2007

Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah.

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

Born on March 16th, 1980

44

Todd Heap

Former American football tight end

*March 16th, 1980, Mesa

44

Felipe Reyes

Spanish professional basketball player

*March 16th, 1980, Córdoba

44

Iva Pazderková

Czech actress, presenter and comedian

*March 16th, 1980, Uherské Hradiště

44

Mats Lavander

Swedish ice hockey player

*March 16th, 1980, Piteå

44

Serkan Günes

Swedish photographer

*March 16th, 1980, Istanbul

44

Luciano José Pereira da Silva

Brazilian footballer

*March 16th, 1980, Rio Branco

44

Sandra Möller

German sprinter

*March 16th, 1980, Lüdenscheid

44

Julia Schlecht

German volleyball player

*March 16th, 1980, Herdecke

44

Konstantin Syomin

Russian journalist

*March 16th, 1980, Yekaterinburg

44

Khoren Gevor

Armenian boxer

*March 16th, 1980, Vagharshapat

44

Moritz Krämer

German film director

*March 16th, 1980, Basel

44

Joaquín Berthold

Argentine actor

*March 16th, 1980, Argentina

44

Bahri Tanrıkulu

Taekwondo practitioner

*March 16th, 1980, Ankara

44

Tapio Sammalkangas

Ice Hockey player

*March 16th, 1980, Tampere

44

Scott Coe

Canadian football player

*March 16th, 1980, Winnipeg

44

Kristinn Óskar Haraldsson

Icelandic strength athlete

*March 16th, 1980, Reykjavík

44

Ahmed Barki

Moroccan boxer

*March 16th, 1980, Casablanca

44

Ovidiu Burcă

Romanian association football player

*March 16th, 1980, Slatina

44

Jaroslav Kristek

Czech ice hockey player

*March 16th, 1980, Zlín

44

Albert Jacob

Australian politician

*March 16th, 1980, Subiaco

44

Adela Úcar

Spanish journalist

*March 16th, 1980, Bilbao

44

Ivana Jelčić

Croatian handball player

*March 16th, 1980, Mostar

44

Telena Cruz Nelson

Guamanian politician

*March 16th, 1980, Yigo

44

Aldo Martínez Hernández

Mexican politician

*March 16th, 1980, Coahuila

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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

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

46

Sophie Irene Hunter

British theatre director

*March 16th, 1978, Hammersmith

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

38

Alexandra Daddario

American actress

*March 16th, 1986, New York City

41

Yoann Lemoine

French singer, songwriter, music video director and graphic designer

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

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

48

Matt Evers

American pair skater

*March 16th, 1976, Saint Paul

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

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

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

41

Benjamin Ortner

Austrian basketball player

*March 16th, 1983, Innsbruck

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

65

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

52

Katja Bornschein

German association football player

*March 16th, 1972, Jugenheim

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Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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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