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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 319 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 3, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,467,360 minutes 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 348 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 4,074 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.
- 1804 –First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
- 1943 –World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
- 1945 –World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
- 1961 –Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
- 1962 –Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
- 1985 –Hezbollah is founded.
- 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?
- 1915 –Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (d. 2007)
- 1929 –Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
- 1958 –Lisa Loring, American actress
- 1964 –Christopher Eccleston, English actor
- 1974 –Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, American actor
- 1975 –Vanina Ickx, Belgian racing driver
- 1979 –Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
- 1982 –Alemão, Portuguese footballer
- 1988 –Diego Capel, Spanish footballer
- 1991 –Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer
Who died on February 16?
- 1710 –Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
- 1899 –Félix Faure, President of France (b. 1841)
- 1917 –Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)
- 1961 –Dazzy Vance, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1992 –Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (b. 1917)
- 1996 –Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932)
- 1997 –Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1912)
- 2003 –Eleanor “Sis” Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (b. 1907)
- 2004 –Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937)
- 2011 –Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922)
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