Tuesday April 16, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

April 16: Day of the Week

April 16, 2024 is the 107th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 259 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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

April 16 Historical Event(s)

1457 BC
Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
1346
Dušan the Mighty is proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans.
1847
The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.
1862
American Civil War: The Battle at Lee’s Mills in Virginia.
1962
Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become “the most trusted man in America”.
1963
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
1972
Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1992
The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
2003
The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.
2007
President of Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo declares the First Ivorian Civil War to be over.

Who were born on April 16?

1516
Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (d. 1550)
1800
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, British soldier (d. 1888)
1848
Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social reformer (d. 1919)
1859
Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, Welsh socialite (d. 1924)
1904
Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (d. 1983)
1905
Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
1946
Margot Adler, American journalist
1948
Lynne Franks, British public relations consultant
1970
Dero Goi, German musician
1981
Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer

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