May 16th, 1980

Born on May 16th, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 949 days, exactly on December 1st, 2026, people who were born on May 16th, 1980 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on May 16th?

May 16th, 2014

At least 12 people were killed and 70 others injured when two bombs exploded in a market in Nairobi, Kenya.

May 16th, 1977

The first Chuck E. Cheese location, the first family restaurant to integrate food, animated entertainment (example pictured), and an indoor arcade, opened in San Jose, California.

May 16th, 1975

Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

May 16th, 1961

Led by Park Chung-hee, the Military Revolution Committee carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Posun in Seoul, ending the Second Republic of Korea.

May 16th, 1960

American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

May 16th, 1959

The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time.

May 16th, 1958

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a supersonic interceptor aircraft, set a world flight airspeed record of 1,404.012 mph (2,259.538 km/h).

May 16th, 1943

Second World War: The Royal Air Force's "Dambusters" squadron embarked on an attack on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis.

May 16th, 1929

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

May 16th, 1925

The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.

May 16th, 1918

The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the government, flag, or armed forces during the ongoing World War I.

May 16th, 1866

The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent piece to be made of a copper–nickel alloy.

May 16th, 1832

Prospector Juan Godoy discovered a silver outcrop in Chañarcillo, sparking the Chilean silver rush.

May 16th, 1811

Peninsular War: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the Battle of Albuera fought south of Badajoz, Spain.

May 16th, 1605

After a scuffle in which one cardinal received broken bones, the papal conclave elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V.

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

Born on May 16th, 1980

43

Jens Spahn

German politician

*May 16th, 1980, Ahaus

43

Simon Gerrans

Road bicycle racer

*May 16th, 1980, Melbourne

43

Nuria Llagostera Vives

Spanish tennis player

*May 16th, 1980, Palma de Mallorca

43

Yaniv Green

Israeli basketball player

*May 16th, 1980, Herzliya

43

Artem Knyazev

Pair figure skater

*May 16th, 1980, Tashkent

43

Vadym Melnyk

Footballer

*May 16th, 1980, Nemovychi

43

Mikel Alonso

Basque footballer

*May 16th, 1980, Tolosa

43

Add Fuel

Illustrator, street artist

*May 16th, 1980, Cascais

43

Akemi Satō

Japanese voice actress

*May 16th, 1980, Akita Prefecture

43

Si Riguleng

Chinese wrestler

*May 16th, 1980, Inner Mongolia

43

Rich Parson

American football player

*May 16th, 1980, Newark

43

Marijana Jevtić

Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer

*May 16th, 1980, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

43

Lily Kim

Korean American reporter

*May 16th, 1980, Chicago

43

Matt Koalska

American ice hockey player

*May 16th, 1980, Saint Paul

43

Kaja Hanevold

Figure skater

*May 16th, 1980, Asker

43

Jefisley André Caldeira

Brazilian footballer

*May 16th, 1980, Brazil

43

Calle Steen

Swedish ice hockey player

*May 16th, 1980, Stockholm

43

Alejandro Schiapparelli

Argentine footballer

*May 16th, 1980, Córdoba

43

Henry Vizcaíno

Athletics competitor

*May 16th, 1980, Santa Clara

43

Marlon Jansen

Cricket umpire

*May 16th, 1980, Bloemfontein

43

Esther Barrugués

Andorran sport shooter

*May 16th, 1980, Barcelona

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

46

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

42

Joseph Morgan

English actor and director

*May 16th, 1981, London

41

Heide Wollert

German judoka

*May 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

37

Megan Fox

American actress and model

*May 16th, 1986, Oak Ridge

31

Konstantin Abramov

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1992, Moscow

29

Phillip Chew

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1994, Anaheim

26

Sören Opti

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1997, Paramaribo

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

89

Hannes Hegen

German Illustrator and caricaturist (1925-2014)

*May 16th, 1925, Česká Kamenice †November 8th, 2014, Berlin

25

Emma Karlsson

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1998, Älmhult

53

Gabriela Sabatini

Argentine tennis player

*May 16th, 1970, Buenos Aires

49

Laura Pausini

Italian singer (born 1974)

*May 16th, 1974, Faenza

57

Janet Jackson

American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1966)

*May 16th, 1966, Gary

39

Julien Antomarchi

Cyclist

*May 16th, 1984, Marseille

62

Anette Hoff

Norwegian actress

*May 16th, 1961, Drøbak

32

Ashley Wagner

American figure skater

*May 16th, 1991, Heidelberg

38

Anja Mittag

German female footballer

*May 16th, 1985, Chemnitz

Same year
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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Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 16th.

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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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