What Day of the Week
July 16, 1945: Day of the Week
July 16, 1945 was the 197th day of the year 1945 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 168 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.
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A person born on this day will be 74 years old today. If that same person saved a Nickel every day starting at age 5, then by now that person has accumulated $1,270.90 today.
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Here’s the July 1945 calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly 1945 calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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Rooster is the mythical animal and Wood is the element for a person born on this day if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology (or Chinese zodiac).
July 16, 1945 Historical Event(s)
- 1945Manhattan Project: the Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon at the Trinity site near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
- 1945World War II: The Heavy Cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb “Little Boy” bound for Tinian Island. This would be the last time the Indianapolis would be seen by the Mainland she would be torpedoed by the Japanese Submarine I-58 on July 30 and sink with 880 out of 1,196 crewmen.
- 1945World War II: the leaders of the three Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
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