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, 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, 1981

43

Curtis Granderson

American baseball player

*March 16th, 1981, Blue Island

43

Danny Brown

American rapper

*March 16th, 1981, Detroit

43

Fabiana Murer

Pole vaulter

*March 16th, 1981, Campinas

43

Karl Egloff

Ecuadorian-Swiss mountaineer

*March 16th, 1981, Quito

43

Julia Kijowska

Polish actress

*March 16th, 1981, Warsaw

43

James Terry

American martial artist

*March 16th, 1981, Kodiak

43

Ruhaini Matdarin

Malaysian writer

*March 16th, 1981, Kota Kinabalu

43

Jordi Tarrés

Spanish footballer

*March 16th, 1981, Barcelona

43

Yoav Ziv

Israeli footballer

*March 16th, 1981, Hadera

43

Clara Sofie

Danish singer, songwriter, DJ, music producer

*March 16th, 1981, Denmark

43

Christian Grasmann

German bicycle racer and track cyclist

*March 16th, 1981, Munich

43

Johannes Aigner

Austrian association football player

*March 16th, 1981, Schwaz

43

Andrew Bree

Irish swimmer

*March 16th, 1981, Helen's Bay

43

Vladislav Chernyshov

Kazakhstani footballer

*March 16th, 1981, Bishkek

43

Issam Merdassi

Tunisian association football player

*March 16th, 1981, Sfax

43

Mikoyam Tavares

Cape Verdean footballer

*March 16th, 1981, Praia

43

Yannis Chrysafis

Greek footballer

*March 16th, 1981, Greece

43

Vincent Cerutti

French radio host and television presenter

*March 16th, 1981, Le Mans

43

Lar Corbett

Irish hurler and publican

*March 16th, 1981, Thurles

43

Henry Medina

Guatemalan footballer

*March 16th, 1981, Nueva Concepción

43

Leonardo Monje

Chilean footballer

*March 16th, 1981, Temuco

43

Mevan Fernando

Sri Lankan cricketer

*March 16th, 1981, Negombo

43

Iweta Rajlich

Polish chess player

*March 16th, 1981, Warsaw

43

Barry Kirk Jackman

Olympic judoka

*March 16th, 1981, Brooklyn

43

Juan Francisco Jimenez Romano

Spanish swimmer

*March 16th, 1981, Castelló de la Plana

43

Eusebiu Diaconu

Olympic wrestler

*March 16th, 1981, Bacău

43

Guillermo Farré

Football player

*March 16th, 1981, Colón

43

Shin Yazawa

Japanese actress

*March 16th, 1981, Tokyo

43

Shinobu Iwane

Japanese shogi player

*March 16th, 1981, Osaka

43

Chae Min-seo

South Korean actress

*March 16th, 1981, Seoul

43

Haman Hu

Chinese television presenter

*March 16th, 1981, Hangzhou

34

Katie May

American model

*March 16th, 1981, Pittsburgh †February 4th, 2016, Los Angeles

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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

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

41

Yoann Lemoine

French singer, songwriter, music video director and graphic designer

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

38

Alexandra Daddario

American actress

*March 16th, 1986, New York City

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

45

Stefano Zacchiroli

Italian computer programmer (1979-)

*March 16th, 1979, Bologna

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

41

Benjamin Ortner

Austrian basketball player

*March 16th, 1983, Innsbruck

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

46

Sophie Irene Hunter

British theatre director

*March 16th, 1978, Hammersmith

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

48

Matt Evers

American pair skater

*March 16th, 1976, Saint Paul

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

54

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

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

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42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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

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