What Day of the Week

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

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.

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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.
• 1646

  Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
• 1923

  Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• 1937

  Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• 1945

  World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
• 1968

  In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
• 1980

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
• 1986

  The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
• 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.

• 1761

  Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
• 1812

  Henry Wilson, American politician 18th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
• 1821

  Heinrich Barth, German explorer (d. 1865)
• 1931

  Ken Takakura, Japanese actor
• 1950

  Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese acid-folk singer
• 1953

  George Martin, English footballer
• 1969

  David Heath, American professional wrestler
• 1971

  Amanda Holden, British actress
• 1975

  Don Jeffcoat, American actor
• 1980

  Agim Kaba, American actor and film producer

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