Did you know that December 16, 1955 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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Countdown to Your 71st Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 70th birthday on Tuesday. How was your 70th birthday? Is it fun? We wish you good memories on your birthday. Celebrating a festive birthday party with family and friends, getting gifts and surprises will certainly make you happier.
Did you know that people born on December 16
We have calculated your birthday for the next 10 years. It's going to be a fun time to celebrate with family and friends. You'll get lots of gifts, too! There are 357 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 71 years old. There have been 25576 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 8526 days, which is equivalent to 23.36 years. You spent 33.37% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wednesday | 71 Years Old |
| 2027 | Thursday | 72 Years Old |
| 2028 | Saturday | 73 Years Old |
| 2029 | Sunday | 74 Years Old |
| 2030 | Monday | 75 Years Old |
| 2031 | Tuesday | 76 Years Old |
| 2032 | Thursday | 77 Years Old |
| 2033 | Friday | 78 Years Old |
| 2034 | Saturday | 79 Years Old |
| 2035 | Sunday | 80 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on December 16

People born on 16
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on December 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987) |
| 1888 | Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934) |
| 1888 | Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (d. 1967) |
| 1889 | Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (d. 1930) |
| 1895 | Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (d. 1984) |
| 1896 | Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (d. 1984) |
| 1899 | Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973) |
| 1900 | Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999) |
| 1900 | V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997) |
| 1901 | Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978) |
Did you know that on December 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1598 | Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545) |
| 1669 | Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608) |
| 1687 | William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623) |
| 1751 | Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700) |
| 1774 | François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694) |
| 1783 | Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699) |
| 1783 | Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720) |
| 1805 | Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746) |
| 1809 | Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755) |
| 1859 | Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on December 16
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain. |
| 1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The Surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh and India respectively. |
| 1971 | The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day. |
| 1973 | Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) Volokolamsky District, killing all 51 aboard, including 4 Lithuanian doctors. |
| 1986 | Jeltoqsan: Riots erupt in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR. |
| 1989 | Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. |
| 2011 | Zhanaozen massacre: Violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces. |
| 2013 | A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured. |
| 2014 | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren. |
| 2022 | A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31. |
In 1955, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 88,372 baby boys were named Michael in 1955. The rest were named David, James, Robert and John. While the popular baby girl name in 1955 was Mary. There were 63,173 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Deborah, Linda, Debra and Susan. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 1955 there were 2,773,019,915 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 231,084,993. This shows that there were 231,084,993 babies born every month in 1955. It can also be concluded that there are 7,702,834 babies born every day and 5,350 babies born every minute which is mean that 90 babies born every second in the year 1955. Maybe one of them is you.
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