October 16th, 2021

Born on October 16th, 2021

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 16th?

October 16th, 2017

The Maltese journalist and anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack in Bidnija.

October 16th, 2013

In Laos's deadliest air accident, Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashed into the Mekong River, resulting in the deaths of all 49 people aboard.

October 16th, 1991

A man drove his vehicle through the window of a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and opened fire, killing 23 people before fatally shooting himself.

October 16th, 1984

The Bill debuted on ITV, eventually becoming the longest-running police procedural in British television history.

October 16th, 1964

With the success of Project 596 (mushroom cloud pictured), China became the world's fifth nuclear power.

October 16th, 1944

A four-day air battle over Taiwan ended with a decisive American victory, destroying hundreds of Japanese aircraft and military facilities.

October 16th, 1943

The Holocaust: The Gestapo conducted a raid on the Roman Ghetto, capturing 1,259 members of the Jewish community, most of whom were sent to Auschwitz.

October 16th, 1923

Roy and Walt Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, which eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world.

October 16th, 1916

Margaret Sanger established the United States' first family planning clinic in Brooklyn, New York.

October 16th, 1905

Authorities of the British Raj partitioned the Bengal Presidency, separating the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas.

October 16th, 1875

Brigham Young University, the largest religious university in the United States, was founded in Provo, Utah.

October 16th, 1841

The Church of Scotland established Queen's College in Kingston, Ontario, in Canada.

October 16th, 1834

Most of the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed in a fire caused by the burning of wooden tally sticks.

October 16th, 1813

The Sixth Coalition attacked French forces led by Napoleon in the Battle of Leipzig, the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars, with over 500,000 troops involved.

October 16th, 1793

War of the First Coalition: The two-day Battle of Wattignies concluded with Jean-Baptiste Jourdan leading French forces to victory over Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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

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

40

Loreen

Moroccan and Swedish singer and songwriter

*October 16th, 1983, Danderyd

37

Inna

Romanian singer

*October 16th, 1986, Mangalia

33

Weni Anggraini

Indonesian badminton player

*October 16th, 1990, Sridadi

26

Charles Leclerc

Monegasque racing driver

*October 16th, 1997, Monte Carlo

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

55

Elsa Zylberstein

French actress

*October 16th, 1968, Boulogne-Billancourt

87

Günter Grass

German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)

*October 16th, 1927, Free City of Danzig †April 13th, 2015, Lübeck

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

26

Naomi Osaka

Japanese tennis player

*October 16th, 1997, Chūō-ku

31

Rembrandt Bugatti

1884-1916 Italian sculptor

*October 16th, 1884, Milan †January 8th, 1916, 7th arrondissement of Paris

46

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)

*October 16th, 1854, Dublin †November 30th, 1900, Paris

96

Angela Lansbury

Irish-British-American actress and singer (1925–2022)

*October 16th, 1925, St Pancras †October 11th, 2022, Los Angeles

58

Gerhart Rodenwaldt

German classical archaeologist

*October 16th, 1886, Grunewald †April 27th, 1945, Grunewald

40

Kenny Omega

Canada-born Japanese professional wrestler

*October 16th, 1983, Winnipeg

61

Kenneth Lonergan

American film director, playwright, and screenwriter

*October 16th, 1962, New York City

57

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

American voice actress and director

*October 16th, 1966, Los Angeles

30

Clément Venturini

French cyclist

*October 16th, 1993, Villeurbanne

80

Karl-Peter Hadeler

German mathematician

*October 16th, 1936, Hamburg †February 3rd, 2017

50

Philipp Hochmair

Austrian actor

*October 16th, 1973, Vienna

46

John Mayer

American musician (born 1977)

*October 16th, 1977, Bridgeport

75

Hema Malini

Indian actress, dancer, and politician

*October 16th, 1948, Ammankudi

65

Eugene O'Neill

American playwright (1888–1953)

*October 16th, 1888, New York City †November 27th, 1953, Boston

47

Gil Kenan

British-American-Israeli film director

*October 16th, 1976, London

64

Martin Sacks

Australian actor

*October 16th, 1959, Sydney

87

David Ben-Gurion

Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1886–1973)

*October 16th, 1886, Płońsk †December 1st, 1973, Ramat Gan

84

Ernst Kuzorra

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1905, Gelsenkirchen †January 1st, 1990, Gelsenkirchen

65

Tim Robbins

American actor

*October 16th, 1958, West Covina

32

Javier Gómez

Cyclist

*October 16th, 1991, Sogamoso

48

Jacques Kallis

South African cricketer

*October 16th, 1975, Pinelands

28

Harry Leask

British rower

*October 16th, 1995, Edinburgh

55

Jean-Philippe Gatien

French table tennis player

*October 16th, 1968, Alès

31

Natasha Bassett

Australian actress

*October 16th, 1992, Sydney

82

Emma Nicholson

British politician, life peer

*October 16th, 1941, Oxford

38

Casey Stoner

Australian former motorcycle racer

*October 16th, 1985, Southport

51

Darren Balmforth

Australian rower

*October 16th, 1972, Hobart

41

Frédéric Michalak

French rugby union footballer

*October 16th, 1982, Toulouse

66

Sabine John

East German heptathlete

*October 16th, 1957, Döbeln

33

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir

Icelandic-Danish singer

*October 16th, 1990, Copenhagen

94

Fernanda Montenegro

Brazilian actress of theater, telenovelas, and cinema

*October 16th, 1929, Rio de Janeiro

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