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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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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• 1862

  American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
• 1904

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
• 1923

  Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• 1934

  The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
• 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.
• 1961

  The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.
• 1978

  The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
• 1983

  The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
• 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.

• 1922

  Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German night fighter pilot (d. 1950)
• 1932

  Harry Goz, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1934

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

  Peter Hain, British politician
• 1950

  Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (d. 2002)
• 1953

  George Martin, English footballer
• 1964

  Christopher Eccleston, English actor
• 1974

  Fanis Katergiannakis, Greek footballer
• 1975

  Vanina Ickx, Belgian racing driver
• 1987

  Hasheem Thabeet, American basketball player

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