Wednesday April 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 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, 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)

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.
1178 BC
The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus’ return home from the Trojan War.
73
Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt.
The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
Bernard Baruch coins the term “Cold War” to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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”.
India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.

Who were born on ?

Joseph Black, Scottish chemist (d. 1799)
Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1912)
Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (d. 1997)
Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
Peter Ustinov, English actor (d. 2004)
Dusty Springfield, English singer (d. 1999)
Margrethe II of Denmark
Sir Frank Williams, English Formula One constructor and team principal
Tom Allen, American politician
Michel Blanc, French actor

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