What are the important events that happened on February 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 16: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 16 is the 47th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 318 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 3, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,739,664,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontaheptagon’ day.
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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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 366 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,440 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 16 Historical Events
- 1646 –Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
- 1742 –Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
- 1852 –Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
- 1934 –The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
- 1943 –World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
- 1959 –Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
- 1968 –In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
- 1987 –The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed “Ivan the Terrible” in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
- 1999 –In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
- 1999 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 16?
- 1543 –Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)
- 1901 –Chester Morris, American film actor (d. 1970)
- 1927 –June Brown, British actress
- 1929 –Peter Porter, Australian poet (d. 2010)
- 1936 –Jill Kinmont, American skier
- 1954 –Iain Banks, Scottish author
- 1955 –Hunt Block, American actor
- 1962 –John Balance, English musician (Coil, Psychic TV) (d. 2004)
- 1981 –Jerry Owens, American baseball player
- 1983 –Tuomo Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player
Who died on February 16?
- 1279 –King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210)
- 1844 –Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)
- 1899 –Félix Faure, President of France (b. 1841)
- 1986 –kumar shiv shankar, Indian Batsman (b. 1909)
- 1988 –Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1916)
- 1992 –Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (b. 1917)
- 1996 –Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2000 –Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908)
- 2003 –Eleanor “Sis” Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (b. 1907)
- 2011 –Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922)
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