Did you know that April 16, 1960 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 66th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 65th birthday on Wednesday. How was your 65th 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 April 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 113 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 66 years old. There have been 23993 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 7998 days, which is equivalent to 21.91 years. You spent 33.71% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 66 Years Old |
| 2027 | Friday | 67 Years Old |
| 2028 | Sunday | 68 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 69 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 70 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 71 Years Old |
| 2032 | Friday | 72 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 73 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 74 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 75 Years Old |

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

If you were born on April 16, 1960, your birthstone is the diamond. Diamonds are formed deep under immense pressure at depths of about 100 miles below the earth's surface. Eruptions then throw them upward into the earth's crust at about 20 to 30 miles per hour. Humans later find them and sell them for money.
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 April 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1728 | Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799) |
| 1730 | Henry Clinton, English general and politician (d. 1795) |
| 1755 | Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842) |
| 1786 | John Franklin, English admiral and politician, fourth Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (d. 1847) |
| 1800 | George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (d. 1888) |
| 1808 | Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1864) |
| 1821 | Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter (d. 1893) |
| 1823 | Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (d. 1852) |
| 1826 | Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (d. 1891) |
| 1827 | Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879) |
Did you know that on April 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1946 | Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884) |
| 1947 | Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900) |
| 1950 | Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867) |
| 1950 | Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905) |
| 1955 | David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872) |
| 1958 | Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920) |
| 1960 | Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884) |
| 1961 | Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912) |
| 1965 | Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884) |
| 1965 | Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1885) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on April 16
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1838 | The French Army captures Veracruz in the Pastry War. |
| 1847 | Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars. |
| 1853 | The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane. |
| 1858 | The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is dissolved. |
| 1862 | American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia. |
| 1862 | American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law. |
| 1863 | American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg. |
| 1878 | The Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issued a declaration establishing a city of Kotka on the southern part islands from the old Kymi parish. |
| 1881 | In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. |
| 1908 | Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah. |
In 1960, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, David is the most used. A total of 85,933 baby boys were named David in 1960. The rest were named Michael, James, John and Robert. While the popular baby girl name in 1960 was Mary. There were 51,477 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. 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 1960 there were 3,034,949,715 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 252,912,477. This shows that there were 252,912,477 babies born every month in 1960. It can also be concluded that there are 8,430,416 babies born every day and 5,855 babies born every minute which is mean that 98 babies born every second in the year 1960. Maybe one of them is you.
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