Thursday May 16, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India.
Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Kuwait permits women’s suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.

Who were born on ?

Harry Carey, Jr., American actor
Yvonne Craig, American actress
Nicky Chinn, English songwriter (Sweet, Suzi Quatro)
J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel laureate
Olga Korbut, Belarussian gymnast
Janet Jackson, American singer
Tori Spelling, American actress
Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
Café, Brazilian footballer

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