Sunday February 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

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone 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 day ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

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Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
The DuSable Museum of African American History is chartered.
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
Hezbollah is founded.
The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.

Who were born on ?

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)
Jim O'Hora, American college football coach (d. 2005)
Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader (d. 2011)
Richard Ford, American novelist
Michael Holding, Jamaican West Indies cricketer
LeVar Burton, American actor
Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete
Jerry Owens, American baseball player
Theresa Goh, Singaporean paralympic swimmer

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