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

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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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)

1780
Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont are the last major raids of the American Revolutionary War.
1834
Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
1940
Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
1951
The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
1968
United States athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos are kicked off the US team for participating in the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute.
1978
Pope John Paul II is elected after the October 1978 Papal conclave.
1984
Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1986
Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders.
1995
The Skye Bridge is opened.
2002
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.

Who were born on October 16?

1906
León Klimovsky, Argentine film director (d. 1996)
1932
John Grant, British politician (d. 2000)
1941
Tim McCarver, American baseball player and commentator
1956
John Chavis, American football coach
1959
Gary Kemp, British musician and actor
1969
Danny Hesp, Dutch footballer
1972
Darius Kasparaitis, Russian ice hockey player
1977
John Mayer, American musician
1981
Ali B, Dutch rapper
1986
Nicky Adams, Welsh footballer

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