Wednesday July 16, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

622
The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
American Revolutionary War: light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
Henry James becomes a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to England during the first World War.
The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Holocaust: Vel‘ d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel’d'Hiv): the government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Winter Velodrome in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company.
United States Marine major John Glenn flies a F8U Crusader supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds, setting a new transcontinental speed record.
USS George Washington a modified Skipjack class submarine successfully test fires the first ballistic missile while submerged.
Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first manned space mission to land on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Luzon Earthquake strikes in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7.7.

Who were born on ?

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (d. 1875)
Percy Kilbride, American actor (d. 1964)
Barnard Hughes, American actor (d. 2006)
Irwin Rose, American biologist, Nobel laureate
Barbara Lee, American politician
Tom Terrell, American journalist, musicologist and DJ (d. 2007)
Tina Tyler, Canadian porn actress
Ana Paula Arósio, Brazilian actress
Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler
AnnaLynne McCord, American actress

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