July 16th, 2020

Born on July 16th, 2020

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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

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

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

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

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

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

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

34

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

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

26

Tales Soares

Brazilian model

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

39

Alan Marangoni

Italian road and track cyclist

*July 16th, 1984, Lugo

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

40

Annie Lööf

Swedish politician and party leader of the Swedish Center Party, former minister of enterprise

*July 16th, 1983, Värnamo parish

29

Jonas Rapp

German cyclist

*July 16th, 1994, Rockenhausen

41

André Greipel

German road bicycle racer

*July 16th, 1982, Rostock

35

Eric Johannesen

German rower

*July 16th, 1988, Oberhausen

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

*July 16th, 1947, Buffalo †July 1st, 2023, Los Angeles

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

23

Annika Hocke

German figure skater

*July 16th, 2000, Berlin

50

Stefano Garzelli

Italian road racing cyclist

*July 16th, 1973, Varese

44

Douglas Murray

British political commentator

*July 16th, 1979, Hammersmith

41

Steve Hooker

Australian pole vaulter

*July 16th, 1982, Melbourne

66

Faye Grant

American actress

*July 16th, 1957, St. Clair Shores

38

Youssef Adnane

Football player

*July 16th, 1985, Mulhouse

54

Sahra Wagenknecht

German politician (born 1969)

*July 16th, 1969, Jena

70

Corin Redgrave

British actor (1939-2010)

*July 16th, 1939, Marylebone †April 6th, 2010, Tooting

43

Lindsey Berg

Volleyball player

*July 16th, 1980, Honolulu

33

Grant Hochstein

Figure skater

*July 16th, 1990, Warren

85

Guy Béart

French singer (1930-2015)

*July 16th, 1930, Cairo †September 16th, 2015, Garches

42

Bruno Mascarenhas

Portuguese-Italian rower

*July 16th, 1981, Lisbon

36

Raphaël Gagné

Canadian bicycle racer

*July 16th, 1987, Lac-Beauport

56

Will Ferrell

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1967)

*July 16th, 1967, Irvine

40

Tuva Syvertsen

Norwegian musician

*July 16th, 1983, Oslo

27

Kevin Abstract

American rapper and singer

*July 16th, 1996, Corpus Christi

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Yes: 2020 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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