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October 16: Day of the Week
October 16, 2024 is the 290th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 76 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
October 16 Historical Event(s)
1384
Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.
1781
George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia after the Siege of Yorktown.
1793
Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.
1841
Queen’s University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
1875
Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
1923
The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.
1939
World War II: First attack on British territory by the German Luftwaffe.
1975
The Balibo Five, a group of Australian television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), are killed by Indonesian troops.
1995
The Skye Bridge is opened.
1998
Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.
Who were born on October 16?
1906
León Klimovsky, Argentine film director (d. 1996)
1927
Günter Grass, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1944
Kaizer Motaung, Southafrican footballer and footballmanager
1952
Boogie Mosson, American musician (P Funk)
1959
Marc Collins-Rector, American businessman and sex offender
1968
Mark Lee, Singaporean actor & comedian
1970
Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
1974
Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player
1977
John Mayer, American musician
1982
Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indian Film Actor
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters UZUECGNNZ? Check your answers here: Word solver UZUECGNNZ. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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