Turkmenistan
Northern Cyprus
Sakha (Yakutia)
Gagauzia
North Macedonia
BulgariaOn this day: July 16
What happened in the Turkic world on July 16? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Events
- 1770
Battle of Chesma
1770 battle
Births
- 1902
Alexander Luria
Soviet psychologist (1902–1977) - 1913
Mirza Babayev
Soviet actor (1913-2003) - 1928
Bella Davidovich
American musician
- 1942
Victor Kalashnikov
Russian firearm designer (1942–2018) - 1949
Ishenbai Kadyrbekov
Kyrgyzstan politician - 1962
Natalya Lisovskaya
Russian athletics competitor - 1966
Natalya Dukhnova
Belarusian middle distance runner - 1972
Oleg Ogorodov
Uzbekistani tennis player
- 1985
Yuliya Ratkevich
Azerbaijani wrestler
- 1986
Dustin Boyd
Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994
Elina Mikhina
Kazakhstani female sprinter
- 1999
Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova
Uzbek-born American chess player
Deaths
- 1949
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Russian poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator (1866–1949)
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