Sweet 16

Sixteen is the minimum age for being allowed an official driver's license in many U.S. states and in Canada.

In Australia it is the age one can begin to get a learner's licence. (I think this is how our Aussie friends spell licence as opposed to the American spelling - license)

Sixteen is the minimum age for getting an adult job in most states and provinces (as well as for dropping out of school).

In America, female sixteen year olds earn the right to privacy laws surrounding OBGYN practices.

In the Netherlands it is the legal minimum age for a person to purchase any tobacco product.

Sixteen is the age of consent for many jurisdictions around the world.

Sixteen is the minimum age to get married with parental consent in many countries.

Sixteen is the legal drinking age in France, Germany, The Netherlands and Spain.

In The Netherlands sixteen is the age when all adult rights are granted but the age of majority is 18.

Sixteen Candles is a popular 1984 coming-of-age film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling and Anthony Michael Hall. The film was written and directed by John Hughes and is often credited with the beginning of the Brat Pack film movement.

Sixteen is the number of months Alyson & Ford have been LID.