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: December 16
December 16, 2024 is the 351st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 15 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 16
- 1707 –Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
- 1761 –Seven Years’ War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg.
- 1838 –Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Franklin-Nashville Campaign – Battle of Nashville – Major General George H. Thomas’s Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood’s Confederate Army of Tennessee.
- 1918 –Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
- 1922 –President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.
- 1930 –Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a posse of 200, following a botched bank robbery in Clinton, Indiana.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left private peace negotiations, in Paris.
- 1986 –Revolt in Kazakhstan against Communist Party of Kazakhstan, known as Zheltoksan, which becomes the first sign of ethnic strife during Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s tenure
- 2003 –President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 into law. The law establishes the United States’ first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission to enforce its provisions.
Who were born on December 16?
- 1790 –King Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
- 1863 –George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer (d. 1952)
- 1882 –Sir Jack Hobbs, English cricketer (d. 1963)
- 1944 –Jeff Kanew, American film director, writer and editor
- 1955 –Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
- 1970 –Valerie Chow, Hong Kong actress
- 1973 –Scott Storch, Canadian/American hip-hop producer
- 1973 –Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
- 1979 –Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer
- 1984 –Theo James, American actor
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