July 16th, 1997

Born on July 16th, 1997

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

July 16th, 2015

Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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

Born on July 16th, 1997

26

Matthew Bostock

British cyclist

*July 16th, 1997, Isle of Man

26

Hugo de Sadeleer

Racing driver

*July 16th, 1997, Lausanne

26

Simrat Kaur

Indian actress

*July 16th, 1997, Malabar Hill

26

Orlane Kanor

French handball player

*July 16th, 1997, Les Abymes

26

Nikolai Giorgobiani

Russian association football player

*July 16th, 1997, Sochi

26

Nadia Moser

Canadian biathlete

*July 16th, 1997, Edmonton

26

David Tijanić

Slovenian association football player

*July 16th, 1997, Slovenia

26

Rafael Ramos Jiménez

Association football player

*July 16th, 1997, La Alberca

26

Takeru Kishimoto

Japanese association football player

*July 16th, 1997, Nara Prefecture

26

Maryan Shved

Ukrainian footballer

*July 16th, 1997, Mykolaiv

26

Francesco Cassata

Italian footballer

*July 16th, 1997, Sarzana

26

Giovanna Reynaud

Mexican actress and model

*July 16th, 1997, Guadalajara

26

Alessandra Pagliaro

Italian female weightlifter

*July 16th, 1997, Caltanissetta

26

Rizky Yusuf Nasution

Indonesian association football player

*July 16th, 1997, East Aceh

26

Kyrsha Attaf

Curaçaoan beauty queen

*July 16th, 1997, Willemstad

26

Pablo Leandro Gómez

Argentine association football player

*July 16th, 1997, Mendoza

26

Sarah Adegoke

Nigerian tennis player

*July 16th, 1997, Ibadan

26

Maique Reis Nascimento

Brazilian volleyball player

*July 16th, 1997, Santo Antônio do Amparo

26

Isaia Walker-Leawere

New Zealand rugby union player (1997-)

*July 16th, 1997, Gisborne

26

Braydon Ennor

New Zealand rugby union player

*July 16th, 1997, Auckland

26

Kabelo Sekhukhune

Cricketer

*July 16th, 1997, Johannesburg

26

André Manuel Pinto Nogueira Sousa

Association football player

*July 16th, 1997, Porto

26

Petrus Palmu

Finn ice hockey player (1997-)

*July 16th, 1997, Joensuu

26

Jose Nazareno

Association football player

*July 16th, 1997, Guayaquil

26

Wesley Fonguck

Association football player (born 1997)

*July 16th, 1997, Lambeth

26

Gabby Dal Busco

Association football player

*July 16th, 1997, Australia

26

Maja Göthberg

Swedish association football player

*July 16th, 1997, Sweden

26

Charee Crest

Actor

*July 16th, 1997, Manila

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

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

26

Tales Soares

Brazilian model

*July 16th, 1992, Minas Gerais †April 27th, 2019, São Paulo

34

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

29

Jonas Rapp

German cyclist

*July 16th, 1994, Rockenhausen

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

27

Kevin Abstract

American rapper and singer

*July 16th, 1996, Corpus Christi

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

23

Annika Hocke

German figure skater

*July 16th, 2000, Berlin

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

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

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

35

Eric Johannesen

German rower

*July 16th, 1988, Oberhausen

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

*July 16th, 1872, Borge Municipality †June 18th, 1928, Arctic Ocean

Same year
Born in 1997

26

Zara Larsson

Swedish singer and songwriter

*December 16th, 1997, Solna Municipality

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

27

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

26

Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Thai badminton player

*May 20th, 1997, Chonburi

27

Li Yinhui

Chinese badminton player

*March 11th, 1997, Wuhan

27

Princesa Alba

Chilean singer

*February 16th, 1997, Santiago

26

Leony

German pop singer

*June 25th, 1997, Chammünster

26

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

27

Chloë Grace Moretz

American actress (born 1997)

*February 10th, 1997, Atlanta

27

Bella Poarch

American singer and social media personality (born 1997)

*February 9th, 1997, Philippines

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

26

Raye

British singer and songwriter

*October 24th, 1997, Tooting

27

Aaron Chia Teng Fong

Malaysian badminton player

*February 24th, 1997, Malacca

26

Dardan

German rapper

*October 2nd, 1997, Stuttgart

26

Apache 207

German rapper

*October 23rd, 1997, Ludwigshafen

26

Charles Leclerc

Monegasque racing driver

*October 16th, 1997, Monte Carlo

26

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani children's education activist

*July 12th, 1997, Mingora

26

Fabian Reese

German association football player

*November 29th, 1997, Kiel

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Public holidays on July 16th

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Born on July 16th, 1997
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1997 is a normal year and no leap year.

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