What do cabbage patch dolls, your own self and your favorite bottle of beer have in common? Hmm…if you said “They all have a born-on date!” then your own self would also be correct! If you were born on July 16th of any year then follow along as we look at who shares your birthday as well as historical events and other facts specific to your own personal born on date!
General information about July 16th birthdays:
If you were born on July 16th of any standard year then you were born on the 197th day of the calendar year. If you happen to have been born during a leap year then you were born on the 198th day of that calendar year. If you are a U.S. citizen and your July 16th birthday occurred in 1993 or any year earlier, then you are legally able to obtain a valid state drivers license once you have met all educational requirements to do so. Any person born on July 16th of 1991 or any year earlier is legally able to purchase cigarettes or smoke in public and any person born on July 16th of 1988 or any year earlier is legally able to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages while living or traveling in the U.S.
If your birthday falls on July 16th of 1959 or any year earlier, then it means you have been conquering and exploring this world for a half a century or longer and are now allowed to start asking in the U.S. about senior discounts at a multitude of commercial businesses, events and services! Different companies set the eligibility age higher if their policy calls for it but age 50 is the lowest beginning age of eligibility in the U.S. A great site to check out senior discount deals at is listed below.
http://www.seniordiscounts.com/
Astrological data for July 16th birthdays:
In accordance with Western Astrology, those born on July 16th are born under Cancer, the sign of the Crab which is of Water Element, of Fixed Quality and ruled planetarily by the silvery white Moon. The constellation of Cancer holds some well known stars or star clusters such as the Kwan Kei cluster (Bright Fire), Praesepe or Beehive Cluster(the manger) and Asellus Borealis(the northern donkey). Cancerian folk are often described as very intuitive, home loving and deeply sentimental though they do need the attention and social interaction through community situations or individuals that they feel comfortable with and that they feel understands them or they will quickly “clam up” and retreat into their Crab shell never to be enticed out again for fear of repeated hurt-whether real or imagined in nature. Most Cancerian souls love to take care and provide a safe home or environment for others and they are fabulous hosts with warm homes you are invited into or lost souls wandering and depressing to be around if those needs are somehow not available. They love to do anything inside or out that has to do with the home, and often there is a prominent water feature on or near their property. Cancerians are usually very cheery, loyal and resourceful but often times inside very insecure which can cause struggle in relationships because there natural protective Cancer tendencies allow it remain inside until it manifests as a point of no return break instead of open communication that could have easily fixed it prior. Cancer folk tend to be very creative in any field they choose and also are easily influenced by the mother/mother figure in their life(male or female) or by the lack of at a very deep level as well as tend to be very adept at mothering others-for better or for worse benefit wise of both parties. They keep everything and refuse to throw out even their old tennis shoes that they outgrew in high school unless of course for the benefit of another then without question. Cooking, music and water recreation are oft times hobbies and pursuits of those born under the sign of Cancer. If you wish to gain a greater understanding of Western Astrology (or Chinese Astrology dependent upon your birth year) visit this informative link courtesy of Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_sign
Find your Cancer glyph at the bottom of the page when you are done to check out your Cancer specific traits. Famous fellow Cancerians include Robin Williams, John Quincy Adams, Ernest Hemingway, Princess Diana, Lindsay Lohan, Henry VIII, Meryl Streep, George Michael, Louis Armstrong, Prince William, Dalai Lama, David Spade, Cyndi Lauper, Helen Keller, Kris Kristofferson, Tobey Maguire, Rembrandt, James Cagney, Sly Stallone, Liv Tyler, Jerry Hall, Tom Cruise, George W. Bush, Jimmy Smits, Edward VIII-Duke of Windsor, Ringo Starr, Henry David Thoreau, Jack Dempsey, Sir Edmund Hillary, 50 Cent, Ingmar Bergman Anjelica Huston, Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Carlos Santana, David Hasselhoff, Nelson Mandela, Giorgio Armani, Ross Perot, Georges Pompidou, and Linda Rondstat. Countries “born” under the sign of Cancer are the United States of America, Yugoslavia, Canada, Holland, Scotland and New Zealand. States “born” under the sign of Cancer are New York, New Hampshire, Missouri, Wyoming and Idaho.
If you are interested in current daily/weekly forecasts for the Cancer sign stop by the link below for each day of your astrological year!
http://www.bridgettwalther.com/daily.asp?sign=Gemini
Birthstone/Birth Flower specifics for July 16th birthdays:
The birthstone most commonly associated with your July 16th birthday is the glowing Ruby, root of which is found in Latinized “ruber” meaning “red”. Pearl and Moonstone are also less common stones for July births. It symbolizes courage, devotion, integrity, happiness and strength. The clarity of the ruby’s red color is reputed to energetically induce prosperity and enhance energy as well as to energetically effect and possibly lessen blood diseases and infections and for increasing metabolism and mind alertness. Rubies are found heavily in Asia Minor and Northern Africa but are also found in the South Eastern United States. The deep red ruby color accounts for the most popular of the precious gems desired but ironically the lighter a ruby’s “redness” is(some rare times even a translucent violet)-the higher the clarity of that particular stone, similar to sapphires and emeralds. The red of the ruby often was used in early Christianity to denote fire and today still signifies the powerful intercession of the Holy Spirit and Pentecost. The ruby’s hardness is second only to that of the diamond.
For those of you born on July 16th your birth flower is The Water Lily. Alternate and less common is The Blue Larkspur. Water lilies root deep in soil beneath a body of water but its full blooms float and open on the surface. There are two main groups of water lilies-tropical and hardy. A very temperamental flower, the lily is always “picky” about its surrounding climate with some varieties preferring the cool northern latitudes of Alaska and Canada, blooming only during the day while the more well known ones indigenous to warm tropical climates-this variety blooms both day and night and is fully fragrant. The Water Lily seed has an amazing fertility range with seeds remaining plantable and viable, surviving for up to 2000 years. The Larkspur is a clustering blue garden flower, gathered in a long fat dolphin shaped shaft upon its lengthy stem. Called Lark’s Heel by Shakespeare the clusters draw butterflies and bumble bees when in bloom like magnets. It is a beautiful flower for arrangements and grows throughout Northern America but is also toxic to farm animals when ingested in very large amounts (as with free grazing) so no tossing it on anyone’s salad even though it would take a truckload to make a human even sick-just look and enjoy its beauty! Unique fact: though it is toxic on a level-it also is/was used in many cultures to counteract the poison of a scorpion sting allowing the victim to escape the local muscular paralysis that accompanied the sting. The Larkspur symbolically means from Roman times an open heart and ardent attachment.
http://www.birthstones.org.uk/index.htm
Important historical e
vents which have occurred on July 16th:
622 – Moslem Era begins-Mahomet begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hejira)
622 – Origin of Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH)
622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
1054 – Michael Caerularius excommunicated of Constantinople
1054 – Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Eastern Christian churches by placing an invalid Papal Bull of Excommunication on the altar in the Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. This is often dated as the start of the East-West Schism.
1099 – Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue & set it afire
1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain
1429 – Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans
1439 – Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading)
1519 – Public debate between Martin Luther & theologist John Eck
1548 – La Paz, Bolivia is founded
1659 – Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II
1661 – 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm
1683 – Manchu/Chinese Qing Dynasty naval forces under commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
1769 – Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif
1775 – John Adams graduates Harvard
1782 – Mozart’s opera “Das Entfuhrung aus dem Serail,” premieres in Vienna
1790 – Congress establishes District of Columbia
1798 – US Public Health Service forms & US Marine Hospital authorized
1801 – Pope Pius VII & 1st consul Napoleon sign concord
1809 – The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declared its independence from Spanish Crown and formed the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, lead by Pedro Domingo Murillo.
1845 – NY Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta
1856 – Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem
1861 – Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought
1867 – Amstel Hotel, “the dignified old lady” opens in Amsterdam
1867 – D R Averill patents ready-mixed paint
1867 – Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete
1880 – Dr. Emily Stowe becomes the first woman licenced to practice medicine in Canada.
1894 – Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England
1904 – Islands of Manu’a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs
1909 – Det & Wash play longest scoreless game in AL history-18 innings
1912 – Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B A Fiske
1914 – Socialist conference in Brussel (Kautsky, Trotski & Rosa Luxemburg)
1920 – China joins the League of Nations
1920 – Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st US army chemical warfare chief
1926 – National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos
1935 – 1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok)
1936 – 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY
1942 – French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris
1945 – 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico
1946 – US court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau
1951 – King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates
1951 – Novel “Catcher in Rye” by JD Salinger published
1956 – King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England
1956 – Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent
1960 – 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
1962 – NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m
1964 – Republicans convention selects Barry Goldwater as pres candidate
1965 – Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France & Italy opens
1966 – “Half a Sixpence” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 512 perfs
1969 – Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched
1970 – Iraq’s constitution goes into effect
1970 – Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2
1971 – Franco points prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain
1972 – Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes 269th patriarch of Constantinople
1972 – Smokey Robinson & Miracles final live performance
1973 – During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes
1979 – Premier/pres al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein
1980 – Ronald Reagan nominated for Pres by Republicans in Detroit
1982 – George P Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs
1982 – NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth
1983 – Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
1985 – Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent
1985 – F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1152 kph (716 mph)
1987 – Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1987 – Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
1988 – Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec
1988 – Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women’s world record 10.49 seconds
1988 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women’s heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
1988 – Wayne Gretzky (NHL) & Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton
1990 – 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in Philippines
1990 – Civil trial by parents of Suicide victims against Judas Priest begins
1990 – NYC’s Empire State Building catches fire-No fatalities
1990 – Rick Dee’s “Into the Night,” premieres on ABC-TV
1990 – Ukraine declares independence
1993 – S van Ruysdael’s “Winter Landscape” sold for £705,500 in London
1994 – “Sisters Rosensweig” closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 556 perfs
1994 – **1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd)
1994 – 3 tenors-Placid Domingo, Luciano Parvoti, Jose Carreras, perform in LA
1994 – Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds ½ billionaire J Howard Marshall II (89)
1994 – Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games)
1995 – 50th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
1997 – Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.
2004 – Millennium Park, considered the first and most ambitious architectural project in the early 21st century for Chicago, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
2007 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occurs off the Niigata coast, Japan, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant. See 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake.
Famous passings on July 16th:
276 – Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered
1099 – El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59
1216 – Innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies
1324 – Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)
1342 – King Charles I of Hungary
1482 – John van Schaffe
laar, Gelders knight, dies
1546 – Anne Askew, English Protestant (burned at the stake) (b. 1521)
1557 – Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41
1594 – Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (b. 1558)
1730 – Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies
1736 – Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies
1747 – Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies
1764 – Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23
1770 – Francis Cotes, English painter (b. 1726)
1827 – Josiah Spode, potter, dies
1857 – Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies
1871 – Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln
1882 – Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (b. 1818)
1886 – Ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies
1887 – Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73
1890 – Gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies
1896 – Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74
1896 – William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies
1916 – Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies
1916 – Ludwig P Scharwenka, German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70
1916 – Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physician, dies
1916 – Ilya Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1845)
1923 – Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
1939 – Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies
1944 – John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed
1949 – Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (b. 1866)
1953 – Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82
1960 – John Phillips Marquand, novelist, dies at 66
1961 – [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88
1972 – Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65
1972 – Max Zehnder, composer, dies at 70
1973 – Trijntje “Nine” van de Schaaf, author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91
1979 – James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93
1979 – Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912)
1981 – Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38
1982 – Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies
1982 – Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine & Co), shoots self at 35
1984 – Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
1985 – Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84
1985 – Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
1989 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81
1990 – Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and organist (b. 1908)
1991 – Robert Motherwell, US painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76
1995 – Eleanore M “May” Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83
1995 – Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies
1995 – Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65
1995 – Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91
1995 – Stephen Harold Spender, writer, dies at 86
1996 – John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48
1999 – Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (b. 1966)
1999 – John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (b. 1960)
2002 – John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925)
2003 – Celia Cruz, Cuban musician (b. 1924)
2003 – Carol Shields, Canadian author (b. 1935)
2004 – George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
2005 – Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (b. 1920)
2005 – Prince Gu of Korea (b. 1931)
2005 – Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, and entertainer (b. 1920)
2006 – Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 1948)
2008 – Jo Stafford, American singer of traditional pop music (b. 1917)
Famous Births on July 16th:
1194 – Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1611 – Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)
1704 – John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle
1722 – Joseph Wilton, sculptor
1728 – Henri Moreau, composer
1746 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian monk/discoverer (1st asteroid-Ceres)
1796 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter
1855 – Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer
1860 – Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist
1862 – Ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist
1865 – George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist
1870 – Lambert McKenna, Irish scholar (d. 1956)
1872 – Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole
1877 – Béla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)
1882 – Edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)
1882 – Felix Locher, Switzerland, actor (Frankenstein’s Daughter)
1884 – Anna Vyrubova, Russian memoirist (d. 1964)
1887 – “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)
1888 – Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953)
1888 – Percy Kilbride, SF CA, actor (Egg & I, Ma & Pa Kettle)
1889 – Larry Semon, American comedian (d. 1928)
1896 – Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken)
1899 – Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female district attorney (NY)
1901 – Fritz Mahler, composer
1902 – Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist (d. 1977)
1903 – Mary Philbin, Chicago IL, actress (Phantom of the Opera)
1903 – Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician (d. 1971)
1904 – Goffredo Petrassi, Zagarolo Italy, composer (Beatitudines)
1906 – Vincent Sherman, American film director (d. 2006)
1907 – Barbara Stanwyck, Bkln, actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds)
1907 – Orville Redenbacher, popcorn King (Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet)
1911 – Ginger Rogers, [Virginia McMath], Independ Mo, dancer (Gay Divorcee)
1911 – Sonny Tufts, [Bowen Charleston Tufts II], Bost, actor (Variety Girl)
1912 – Ray Barr, NYC, pianist (Vincent Lopez Show)
1915 – Barnard Hughes, Bedford Hills NY, (Tron, Where’s Poppa, Best Friends)
1915 – Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, deputy speaker (House of Lords)
1924 – Bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)
1925 – Phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground)
1925 – Cal Tjader, American musician (d. 1982)
1926 – Philip Randle, biochemist
1926 – Irwin Rose, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1928 – Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel)
1928 – Robert Sheckley, US, sci-fi author (10th Victim, Mindswap)
1928 – Anita Brookner, English novelist
1928 – Ticho Parly, Danish tenor (d. 1993)
1931 – Caroline Blackwood, writer
1932 – John Chilton, jazz trumpeter
1932 – Milly Vitale, Rome, actress (7 Little Foys, War & Peace, Juggler)
1932 – Oleg Protopopov, Russia, olympic pairs skater (Gold 1964, 68)
1933 – Sollie McElroy, R&B singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops)
1934 – Donald Payne, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
1935 – Tom Rosenthal, publisher/British broadcaster
1936 – Buddy Merrill, T
orrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1938 – Anita Brookner, art historian/novelist
1938 – Tony Jackson, English bass player (The Searchers) (d. 2003)
1939 – Corin Redgrave, London, actor (Excalibur, Man For All Seasons)
1941 – Mišo Kovač, Croatian musician
1942 – Desmond Dekker, [Dacris], Jamaica, reggae pioneer (Aces-Israelites)
1942 – Margaret Smith Court, Australia, tennis pro (1970 Grand Slam)
1943 – Jimmy Johnson, NFL coach (Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins)
1943 – Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet (d. 1990)
1946 – Richard LeParmentier, American actor
1946 – Ron Yary, American football player
1947 – O[renthal] J
1947 – Tom Boggs, rock drummer (Box Tops)
1947 – Assata Shakur, American activist
1948 – Pinchas Zukerman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967)
1949 – Alan “Fitz” Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Night Ranger)
1949 – Ray Major, rock guitarist (British Lions)
1950 – Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1951 – Esther M Friesner[-Stutzman], US, sci-fi author (Witchwood Cradle)
1951 – Jean-Luc Mongrain, French-Canadian journalist
1952 – Stewart Copeland, Alexandria Egypt, drummer (Police-Roxanne)
1952 – Robert David Steele, American spy
1953 – Mickey Rourke, boxer/actor (Wild Orchid, Barfly)
1956 – Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division-Transmission)
1956 – Tony Kushner, American playwright
1957 – Alexandra Marinina, Russian writer
1958 – Michael Flatley, Chicago Ill, Irish choreographer (Lord of Dance)
1958 – Pierre Roland Renoir, Canadian artist
1959 – Gary Anderson, NFL kickerk (Phila Eagles)
1959 – Doug Herzog, American television executive
1960 – Eus van Someren, pop guitarist (Scene, Blaauw)
1963 – Phoebe Cates, Manhattan NY, actress (Fast Times at Ridgemount High)
1963 – Srečko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach
1964 – Miguel Indurain, Spanish bicyclist (Tour de France winner 1991-95)
1964 – Anne Provoost, Belgian author (In the Shadow of the Ark)
1965 – Charles Smith, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1965 – Claude Lemieux, Buckingham Que, NHL forward (Team Canada, Colorado Avs :-)
1966 – Johnny Vaughan, English writer and broadcaster
1967 – Will Ferrell, American comedian
1967 – Christopher Rocancourt, French con artist
1968 – Ariel Solomon, NFL center/guard (Pitts Steelers)
1968 – Barry Sanders, NFL running back (Detroit Lions, 1988 Heisman Trophy)
1969 – Rain Pryor, actress (Head of the Class)/daughter of Richard
1969 – Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netballer
1969 – Daryl Mitchell, American actor
1970 – Phil Graham, Halifax Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-96)
1970 – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director
1971 – Chris Thomas, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)
1971 – Corey Feldman, Encino Calif, actor (License to Drive, Stand by Me)
1971 – Ed Kowalczyk, American singer (Live)
1973 – Tim Ryan, American politician
1973 – Graham Robertson, American filmmaker and author
1974 – Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard (Olymp-bronze-96)
1975 – Jamie Oliver, Welsh keyboardist
1976 – Michael Petkovic, Australian soccer goalie (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1976 – Tomasz Kuchar, Polish Rally driver
1977 – Bryan Budd, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. 2006)
1984 – Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese racing driver
1984 – Katrina Kaif, Indian Actress
1986 – Calum Gittins, New Zealand actor
1989 – Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer
Holidays/Observances for July 16th:
Catholics around the globe celebrate annually in July during the month long observance honoring Most Precious Blood of Jesus. July 16th is also the Roman Catholic feast day of Our Lady of Carmel, a titular designator of The Virgin Mary, patron of all Carmelite foundries. The global Astronomy community remembers witnessing the first of 23 fragments impacting Jupiter on July 16th, 2009 (of the gravitationally torn apart Comet SL9 disrupted in 1992 by Jupiter’s tidal forces from a close pass) to continue with the remaining 22 being pulled in and assaulting the gas giant thru July 22nd of same year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker-Levy_9
Hope this look at what makes your birthday of July 16th special and historically unique has been informative-perhaps even that cabbage patch doll stored in a box in your attic from two decades(or three) ago would enjoy checking their “born on” date out too! Feel free to click on any of the resource links for additional specifics and extra info about any of the categories we looked into above that are relative to your July 16th celebration of birth. Oh…and by the way-have a happy birthday!
Sources:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/jul.php
http://www.history.com/
http://www.timeanddate.com/
http://www.historyorb.com/today/
