December 16th: What is special about this date?
December 16th marks the 350th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 351st in case of leap years). There are 15 days remaining until the end of the year. Discover famous birthdays on December 16th, celebrities died on this date, the zodiac sign associated to December 16th and what happened on December 16th in history. On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about December 16th.
December 16th: what famous birthdays are on this date?
On December 16th there are the following famous birthdays:
![Theo James]()
Theo James (1984)Theo James is a British actor best known for his roles in the Divergent series and the TV series Downton Abbey.
![Krysten Ritter]()
Krysten Ritter (1981)American actress, musician, and model.
![Maruschka Detmers]()
Maruschka Detmers (1962)Actress and comedian, best known for her part in "pra(c]nom carmen", a jean-luc godard directed film.
![Liv Ullmann]()
Liv Ullmann (1938)Born in tokyo, norway, she became a leading dramatic actress of swedish and foreign films.
![Benjamin Bratt]()
Benjamin Bratt (1963)American actor who rose to stardom in 1995 when he played detective reynaldo "rey” curtis on nbc's law & order.
![Flo Rida]()
Flo Rida (1979)American rapper.
![Christopher Biggins]()
Christopher Biggins (1948)English actor and tv presenter.
![Miranda Otto]()
Miranda Otto (1967)An australian actress who is well-known for her role as a%0owyn in peter jackson’s "the lord of the rings” trilogy (2001-2003).
![Xander Berkeley]()
Xander Berkeley (1955)Xander Berkeley is an American actor known for his roles in movies and TV shows.
![Jon Tenney]()
Jon Tenney (1961)American actor and director.
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December 16th: who died on this date?
On December 16th the following celebrities died:
![Silvana Mangano]()
Silvana Mangano (1989)Italian actress who rose to fame in 1949 as a star of "bitter rice" in which she played the role of a leading lady in italy.
![Lee Van Cleef]()
Lee Van Cleef (1989)Lee van cleef, one of the greatest movie villains, started his career as an accountant.
![Thelma Todd]()
Thelma Todd (1935)American actress and comedian (b. 1905).
![Nicol Williamson]()
Nicol Williamson (2011)Nicol Williamson was a talented actor known for his performances on stage and screen.
![Keely Smith]()
Keely Smith (2017)American singer and actress (b. 1928).
![John Spencer]()
John Spencer (2005)English rugby player and coach.
![Aileen Pringle]()
Aileen Pringle (1989)Actress (age consent, convicted night parade).
![Moses Gunn]()
Moses Gunn (1993)American actor.
- Jacub Grimm (1863)
Jacub Grimm was a German academic, linguist, cultural researcher, and author who, together with his brother Wilhelm, published collections...
- Der Grimm (1863)
Der Grimm, along with his brother Jacob, collected and published many traditional German folktales and fairy tales.
December 16th: what zodiac sign is associated with this date?
On December 16th, the zodiac sign associated with this date is Sagittarius according to the Western Zodiac.
December 16th: what is special about the Sagittarius sign?
The Sagittarius sign encompasses people born between November 22nd and December 21st.
You can discover Sagittarius's personality traits and attitude and Sagittarius's most and least compatible signs.
If you're a Sagittarius born in December discover why December born are so special.
December 16th: what happened on this date in history?
Here's what happened on December 16th in history:
- Dec 16, 1909: US pressure forces Nicaraguan President JosT Santos Zelaya from office.
- Dec 16, 1915: Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity".
- Dec 16, 1945: Cleveland Rams win NFL championship.
- Dec 16, 1965: Gemini 6 returns to Earth.
- Dec 16, 1966: Beatles release Everywhere its Christmas in the UK
- Dec 16, 1977: Mikhail Baryshnikov's 1976 production of Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet ''The Nutcracker'' comes to CBS a year after premiering onstage at the Kennedy Center. This adaptation will become the most popular television production of the work.
- Dec 16, 1985: Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission
- Dec 16, 1994: Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI
- Dec 16, 1995: American Airlines Flight 965 (Boeing 757) crashes into a mountain near Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia after veering off its course en route to Cali, Colombia. Of the 164 people on board, four passengers and a dog are the only survivors.
- Dec 16, 2000: Japan releases "Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus"
- Dec 16, 2002: Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavisic pleaded guilty to one count for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Tribunal for the ex-Yugoslavia in The Hague for the atrocities she committed against Bosnian Muslims during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War.
- Dec 16, 2014: War in North-West Pakistan: 2014 Peshawar school massacre: Taliban gunmen stormed one of the military-run Army Public Schools of Peshawar in Pakistan, killing at most 141 people, including 132 children, and nine employees. Most of the five hundred students were evacuated. All six gunmen are killed in the shooting.
What day of the year is December 16th?
December 16th marks the 350th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (or the 351st in case of leap years).
There are 15 days remaining until the end of the year.
December 16th is the 16th day of the month of December.
What day of the week is December 16th, 2024?
On December 16th, 2024 the day of the week is Monday.
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