Friday May 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

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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

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by the Numbers

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

Historical Event(s)

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Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Rome.
14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
The first ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1.
Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India.
Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
A report by United States’ Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
Kuwait permits women’s suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.

Who were born on ?

Studs Terkel, American writer (d. 2008)
Claude Morin, French Canadian politician
Hana Brady, Polish Holocaust victim (d. 1944)
Christian Lacroix, French fashion desinger
Jon Coffelt, American artist
Melanie Lofton, American journalist
Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player
Taavi Rähn, Estonian footballer
Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer

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