Friday May 16, 2025
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 viernes.

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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, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

218
Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Rome.
1204
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
The Communist Party of China issues the “May 16 Notice”, marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
Kuwait permits women’s suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.

Who were born on ?

Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (d. 1988)
Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001)
Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960)
Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist
Glenn Gregory, British musician (Heaven 17)
Charles Wright, American professional wrestler
Jason Acuña, American television personality
Emiliana Torrini Icelandic singer and songwriter
Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
Miles Heizer, American actor

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