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: November 16
November 16, 2025 is the 320th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Topaz is your modern birthstone. Pearl is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: November 16
- 534 –A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.
- 1491 –An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
- 1532 –Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
- 1776 –American Revolution: the United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: Hessian mercenaries capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
- 1822 –American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
- 1852 –The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
- 1904 –English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
- 1944 –Dueren, Germany is destroyed by Allied bombers.
- 1945 –Cold War: Operation Paperclip – the United States Army secretly admits 88 German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology.
Who were born on November 16?
- 1836 –King Kalākaua, of Hawaiʻi (d. 1891)
- 1897 –Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951)
- 1942 –Joanna Pettet, English actress
- 1950 –David Leisure, American actor
- 1953 –Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, writer and actor
- 1957 –Jacques Gamblin, French actor
- 1964 –Maeve Quinlan, American actress
- 1973 –Christian Horner, British Formula One team owner
- 1982 –Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player
- 1983 –K, South Korean-born Japanese singer
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