What Day of the Week

February 16, 2019 was the 47^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 318 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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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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• 1249

  Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with Mongol Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
• 1852

  Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
• 1899

  Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Iceland’s first football club is founded.
• 1904

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
• 1940

  World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
• 1945

  World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
• 1957

  The “Toddlers’ Truce”, a controversial television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is abolished in the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 1985

  Hezbollah is founded.
• 1999

  In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.

• 1821

  Heinrich Barth, German explorer (d. 1865)
• 1880

  Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
• 1891

  Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967)
• 1903

  Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (d. 1978)
• 1958

  Ice-T, American rapper and actor
• 1958

  Lisa Loring, American actress
• 1963

  Dano Halsall, Swiss swimmer
• 1973

  Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete
• 1978

  Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer
• 1988

  Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer

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