Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 16
May 16, 2025 is the 136th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 16
- 218 –Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Rome.
- 1204 –Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
- 1532 –Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
- 1811 –Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
- 1868 –President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
- 1874 –A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
- 1919 –A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
- 1960 –Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
- 1974 –Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.
- 2003 –In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
Who were born on May 16?
- 1913 –Woody Herman, American musician and band leader (d. 1987)
- 1945 –Alan Flusser, American clothing designer
- 1948 –Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
- 1974 –Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.)
- 1975 –Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica)
- 1977 –Emiliana Torrini Icelandic singer and songwriter
- 1979 –McKenzie Lee, English pornographic actress
- 1982 –Hanna Mariën, Belgian athlete
- 1985 –Okura Tadayoshi, Japanese singer (Kanjani Eight)
- 1986 –Megan Fox, American actress
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