Thursday October 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

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

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

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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.

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by the Numbers

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

Historical Event(s)

Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.
Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
William TG Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.
World War II: First attack on British territory by the German Luftwaffe.
Cuban Missile Crisis between the United States, and Cuba and the USSR, begins.
Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney Riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
The Balibo Five, a group of Australian television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), are killed by Indonesian troops.
The Bill debuted on ITV, eventually becoming the longest-running police procedural in British television history.
The Million Man March occurs in Washington, D.C.
Hawaii Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.

Who were born on ?

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Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)
William O. Douglas, American jurist (d. 1980)
Linda Darnell, American film actress (d. 1965)
Mary Daly, American feminist philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)
Nico, German musician, fashion model and actress (d. 1988)
Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (d. 2003)
Tony Carey, American musician (Rainbow, Planet P Project)
Brian Harper, American baseball player
Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player
Ethan Luck, American musician (The O.C. Supertones, Demon Hunter, Relient K)

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