July 16th, 1998

Born on July 16th, 1998

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, 1998

25

Ty-Shon Alexander

American basketball player

*July 16th, 1998, Charlotte

25

Josh Myers

American football center

*July 16th, 1998, Miamisburg

25

Hiroto Ishikawa

Japanese association football player

*July 16th, 1998, Fukuoka Prefecture

25

Itsuki Oda

Japanese association football player

*July 16th, 1998, Saga Prefecture

25

Francisco "Paco" Venegas

Mexican association football player

*July 16th, 1998, San Francisco de Acámbaro

25

Oralchan Omirtajew

Association football player

*July 16th, 1998, Karaganda

18

Rina Matsuno

Japanese idol, singer, model, actress

*July 16th, 1998, Tokyo †February 8th, 2017, Japan

25

Rina Hirata

Japanese idol singer and tarento

*July 16th, 1998, Fukuoka Prefecture

25

Aristidis Kokkoris

Greek footballer

*July 16th, 1998, Patras

25

Mohammad Al-Majhad

Association football player

*July 16th, 1998, Al-Ahsa Oasis

25

Agustín Mazzola

Argentine footballer

*July 16th, 1998, Tandil

25

Eronildo dos Santos Rocha

Football player

*July 16th, 1998, Brazil

25

Sophia Dunkley

Cricketer (born 1998)

*July 16th, 1998, Lambeth

25

Giorgos Giannoutsos

Association football player

*July 16th, 1998, Chalkida

25

Manuel Thurnwald

Association football player

*July 16th, 1998, Austria

25

Matt Fagerson

Scottish rugby union player

*July 16th, 1998, Perth

25

Mariya Vadeyeva

Russian basketball player

*July 16th, 1998, Moscow

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

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

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

23

Annika Hocke

German figure skater

*July 16th, 2000, Berlin

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

34

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

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

29

Jonas Rapp

German cyclist

*July 16th, 1994, Rockenhausen

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

27

Kevin Abstract

American rapper and singer

*July 16th, 1996, Corpus Christi

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

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

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

35

Eric Johannesen

German rower

*July 16th, 1988, Oberhausen

Same year
Born in 1998

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

25

Latto

American rapper and singer

*December 22nd, 1998, Columbus

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

26

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

25

Nina Chuba

German singer and television actor

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

26

Zé Felipe

Brazilian sertanejo singer

*April 21st, 1998, Goiânia

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

25

Clara Azurmendi

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1998, San Sebastián

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

26

Rodion Alimov

Russian badminton player

*April 21st, 1998, Ufa

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

24

Hugo Helmig

Danish singer-songwriter

*July 24th, 1998, Aarhus †November 23rd, 2022

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 16th.

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Born on July 16th, 1998
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

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