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Day Of The Week: February 16
February 16, 2025 is the 47th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 318 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 16
- 1646 –Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
- 1852 –Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
- 1937 –Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
- 1940 –World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
- 1980 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- 1991 –Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
- 1998 –China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground.
- 1999 –In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
- 2005 –The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
- 2006 –The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
Who were born on February 16?
- 1848 –Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (d. 1935)
- 1891 –Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967)
- 1925 –Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist (d. 2004)
- 1934 –Herbert ‘Herbie’Kalin, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1958 –Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
- 1973 –Christian Bassedas, Argentine footballer
- 1981 –Jay Howard, British racing driver
- 1981 –Jerry Owens, American baseball player
- 1981 –Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
- 1983 –Tuomo Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player
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