Did you know that July 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 July 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 203 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 66 years old. There have been 23903 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 7968 days, which is equivalent to 21.83 years. You spent 33.58% 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 July 16

If you were 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 July 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Michael Searle, Australian rugby league player and businessman |
| 1968 | Olga Souza, Brazilian singer and dancer |
| 1968 | Robert Sherman, American songwriter and businessman |
| 1969 | Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netball player and sportscaster |
| 1970 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1970 | Raimonds Miglinieks, Latvian basketball player and coach |
| 1970 | Serena Chen, American social psychologist |
| 1971 | Corey Feldman, American actor |
| 1971 | Ed Kowalczyk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1972 | Ben Cahoon, American-Canadian football player and coach |
Did you know that on July 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (b. 1915) |
| 1992 | Buck Buchanan, American football player and coach (b. 1940) |
| 1994 | Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) |
| 1995 | May Sarton, American playwright and novelist (b. 1912) |
| 1995 | Stephen Spender, English author and poet (b. 1909) |
| 1996 | Adolf von Thadden, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1921) |
| 1998 | John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (b. 1915) |
| 1999 | Alan Macnaughton, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1903) |
| 1999 | John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer and publisher (b. 1960) |
| 2001 | Morris, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on July 16
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 622 | The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. |
| 997 | Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece. |
| 1054 | Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing a Papal bull (of doubtful validity) of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the formal start of the East-West Schism. |
| 1212 | Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain. |
| 1228 | The canonization of Saint Francis of Assisi |
| 1232 | The Spanish town of Arjona declares independence and names its native Muhammad ibn Yusuf as ruler. This marks the Muhammad's first rise to prominence; he would later establish the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state in Spain. |
| 1251 | Celebrated by the Carmelite Order-but doubted by modern historians-as the day when Saint Simon Stock had a vision of the Virgin Mary. |
| 1377 | King Richard II of England is crowned. |
| 1536 | Jacques Cartier, navigator and explorer, returns home to St. Malo after claiming Stadacona (Quebec), Hochelaga (Montereal) and the River of Canada (St. Lawrence River) region for France. |
| 1661 | The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. |
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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