What Day of the Week

February 16, 2020 was the 47^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 319 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.

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

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

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• 1742

  Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
• 1804

  First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
• 1866

  Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• 1923

  Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• 1936

  Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
• 1937

  Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• 1960

  The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
• 1962

  Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
• 1980

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
• 1985

  Hezbollah is founded.

• 1032

  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)
• 1824

  Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)
• 1845

  George Kennan, American explorer (d. 1924)
• 1866

  Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (d. 1949)
• 1909

  Richard McDonald, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1998)
• 1934

  August Coppola, American academic; father of Nicolas Cage (d. 2009)
• 1950

  Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (d. 2002)
• 1965

  Dave Lombardo, Cuban-born drummer (Slayer)
• 1967

  John Valentin, baseball player
• 1987

  Theresa Goh, Singaporean paralympic swimmer

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