Wednesday April 16, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from β€œThe 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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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.

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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)
  • week ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law.
Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland.
The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
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”.
Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.

Who were born on ?

Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social reformer (d. 1919)
Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer (d. 1948)
George “The Animal” Steele, American professional wrestler
Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer
David Kohan, American television producer
Fernando Viña, American baseball player
Kelli O'Hara, American singer/actress
Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater

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