What Day of the Week

February 16, 2022 was the 47^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 318 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1646

  Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
• 1918

  The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
• 1923

  Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• 1945

  World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
• 1962

  Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
• 1983

  The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
• 1999

  Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
• 1999

  In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
• 1999

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 2005

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

• 1032

  Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)
• 1866

  Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (d. 1949)
• 1886

  Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic (d. 1963)
• 1901

  Chester Morris, American film actor (d. 1970)
• 1904

  George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat (d. 2005)
• 1926

  Margot Frank, German-born Dutch Jewish holocaust victim (d. 1945)
• 1960

  Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
• 1976

  Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor
• 1978

  John Tartaglia, Broadway actor and Muppeteer
• 1979

  Eric Mun, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)

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