What Day of the Week

February 16, 2017 was the 47^th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 318 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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.
• 1866

  Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• 1945

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

  Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
• 1980

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
• 1987

  The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed “Ivan the Terrible” in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
• 1998

  China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground.
• 1999

  Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
• 2005

  The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.

• 1727

  Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (d. 1817)
• 1826

  Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
• 1896

  Eugénie Blanchard, French supercentenarian (d. 2010)
• 1922

  Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German night fighter pilot (d. 1950)
• 1926

  John Schlesinger, English film director (d. 2003)
• 1937

  Yuri Manin, Russian mathematician
• 1960

  Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress
• 1960

  Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
• 1964

  Bebeto, Brazilian footballer
• 1971

  Amanda Holden, British actress

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