Friday August 16, 2024
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 French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond 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 rd week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1513
Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) – King Henry VIII of England defeats French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
The 1929 Palestine riots break out in the British Mandate of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102800 ft, setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto’s stock market.

Who were born on ?

Christian Mortensen, Danish-born American supercentenarian (d. 1998)
Inez Voyce, American female baseball player
Robert Culp, American actor (d. 2010)
Ketty Lester, American singer
Barbara George, American singer and songwriter (d. 2006)
Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (d. 1995)
Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
George Stults, American actor
Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
Dave Ockun, American concert producer

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