Tuesday December 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 French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx 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 st week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

755
An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China.
The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. These four so-called mega-quakes are believed to be an ongoing cataclysmic danger that could reprise the 1811-12 series of 2,000 quakes that affected the lands of what would be eight of today’s heartland states of the United States.
American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Army of Tennessee.
American Civil War: Franklin-Nashville Campaign – Battle of Nashville – Major General George H. Thomas’s Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood’s Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Thailand joins the United Nations.
Vietnam War: Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left private peace negotiations, in Paris.
Vijay Diwas: (Victory Day) is commemorated every 16 December in India as it marks its military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, having an immediate dramatic effect on the United States.
Mafia: In New York City, Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of the Gambino family.
Walter LeRoy Moody begins his terrorist bombing streak when he sends Judge Robert Smith Vance a bomb in the mail, instantly killing him near his house in Birmingham, Alabama.

Who were born on ?

Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)
Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (d. 1999)
Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English writer (d. 2008)
Terry Carter, American actor
Frank Deford, American sportswriter
Steven Bochco, American television producer and writer
Larry Poindexter, American actor and singer
Maruschka Detmers, Dutch actress
Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer
Lola Créton, French actress

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