Wednesday April 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 miércoles.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal 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)
  • week ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law.
Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland.
World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
Allied forces started bombing of Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht Ship HMY.
Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.

Who were born on ?

Henry Clinton, British general (d. 1795)
Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1912)
Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (d. 1983)
Berton Roueché, American medical writer (d. 1994)
Tom Allen, American politician
David Graf, American actor (d. 2001)
John Bowe, Australian racing driver
Dave Pirner, American rock singer (Soul Asylum)
Boris Diaw, French basketball player
Lily Loveless, British actress

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