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October 16: Day of the Week
October 16, 2024 is the 290th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 76 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.
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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
October 16 Historical Event(s)
456
Magister militum Ricimer defeats Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
1384
Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.
1590
Carlo Gesualdo, composer, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, murders his wife, Donna Maria d'Avalos, and her lover Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria at the Palazzo San Severo in Naples.
1841
Queen’s University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
1846
William TG Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.
1940
Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
1951
The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
1973
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1975
The Australian Coalition opposition parties using their senate majority, vote to defer the decision to grant supply of funds for the Whitlam Government’s annual budget, sparking the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis.
1984
The Bill debuted on ITV, eventually becoming the longest-running police procedural in British television history.
Who were born on October 16?
1890
Paul Strand, American photographer (d. 1975)
1912
Clifford Hansen, American politician (d. 2009)
1914
Mohammed Zahir Shah, Shah of Afghanistan (d. 2007)
1946
Suzanne Somers, American actress
1953
Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer
1969
Takao Ōmori, Japanese professional wrestler
1970
Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
1972
Kordell Stewart, American football player
1980
Jeremy Jackson, American actor
1984
Melissa Lauren, French pornographic actress
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters SLROATNACAJV? Check your answers here: Words with these letters SLROATNACAJV. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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