Birthdays occurring on July, 16

1911

Ginger Rogers was born on July 16, 1911 American stage and film dancer and actress, noted primarily as the partner of Fred Astaire in a series of motion-picture musicals. 1911-1995 When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction More quotations from Ginger Rogers

1924

Bess Myerson was born on July 16, 1924 To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful More quotations from Bess Myerson

1928

Anita Brookner was born on July 16, 1928 English art historian and author, b.1928 Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. More quotations from Anita Brookner

Deaths occurring on July, 16

1882

Mary Todd Lincoln died on July 16, 1882 American first lady (wife of Abraham Lincoln), 1818-1882 Beautiful, glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country! More quotations from Mary Todd Lincoln

1981

Harry Chapin died on July 16, 1981 American singer and song writer, 1942-1981 Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people. More quotations from Harry Chapin

1985

Wayne King died on July 16, 1985 Down she came, 1,500 pounds of longhorn beef with a speckled red hide, 4 feet of horns and a majestically glowering look in her red-rimmed eyes. More quotations from Wayne King