March 16th, 1981

Born on March 16th, 1981

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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, 2002

Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern was premiered in Hamburg, together with her Johannes-Passion, by soloists, choirs and orchestras from the Mariinsky Theatre and the NDR.

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 Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 in 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, 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, 1322

Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.

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.

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

Born on March 16th, 1981

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Julia Letlow

American politician and academic administrator (born 1981)

*March 16th, 1981, Monroe

45

Curtis Granderson

American baseball player

*March 16th, 1981, Blue Island

45

Danny Brown

American rapper

*March 16th, 1981, Detroit

45

Fabiana Murer

Pole vaulter

*March 16th, 1981, Campinas

45

Karl Egloff

Ecuadorian-Swiss mountaineer

*March 16th, 1981, Quito

45

Julia Kijowska

Polish actress

*March 16th, 1981, Warsaw

45

James Terry

American martial artist

*March 16th, 1981, Kodiak

45

Ruhaini Matdarin

Malaysian writer

*March 16th, 1981, Kota Kinabalu

45

Jordi Tarrés

Spanish footballer

*March 16th, 1981, Barcelona

45

Yoav Ziv

Israeli footballer

*March 16th, 1981, Hadera

45

Clara Sofie

Danish singer, songwriter, DJ, music producer

*March 16th, 1981, Denmark

45

Christian Grasmann

German bicycle racer and track cyclist

*March 16th, 1981, Munich

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44

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

44

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung

45

Satoko Suetsuna

Japanese badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Ōita

45

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

45

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

44

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

45

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

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Linda Sundblad

Swedish singer, actress and model

*July 5th, 1981, Lidköping

45

Tamta

Georgian-born Greek singer

*January 10th, 1981, Tbilisi

44

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

44

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

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Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

44

Beyoncé

American singer

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

44

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

45

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

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Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Serena Williams

American tennis player

*September 26th, 1981, Saginaw

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Britney Spears

American pop singer

*December 2nd, 1981, McComb

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Fernando Alonso

Spanish racing driver

*July 29th, 1981, Oviedo City

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Adriana Lima

Brazilian model

*June 12th, 1981, Salvador

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No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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