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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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)

1497
Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
Seven Years’ War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg.
The Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world
World War I: German battleships under Franz von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a posse of 200, following a botched bank robbery in Clinton, Indiana.
Thailand joins the United Nations.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War.
Independence of The Republic of Kazakhstan.

Who were born on ?

Turk Murphy, American trombonist (d. 1987)
Birgitta Valberg, Swedish actress
Billy Gibbons, American guitarist (ZZ Top)
Katie Leigh, American voice actress
Shane Black, American actor, writer and director
Donovan Bailey, Jamaican/Canadian sprinter,
Luisa Ranieri, Italian actress
Joe Absolom, English actor
Danielle Lloyd, English model
Frankie Ballard, American singer

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