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: March 16
March 16, 2025 is the 75th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Aquamarine is your modern birthstone. Jade is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: March 16
- 37 –Caligula became Roman Emperor after the death of his great uncle, Tiberius.
- 1689 –The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
- 1802 –The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
- 1912 –Lawrence Oates, an ill member of Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole expedition, left the tent to die, saying: “I am just going outside and may be some time.”
- 1924 –In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume became annexed as part of Italy.
- 1939 –Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.
- 1962 –A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappeared in the western Pacific Ocean, with 107 missing.
- 1968 –General Motors produced its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
- 1978 –Supertanker Amoco Cadiz split in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history.
Who were born on March 16?
- 1797 –Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (d. 1864)
- 1839 –John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (d. 1922)
- 1857 –Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936)
- 1911 –Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician (d. 2009)
- 1920 –Sid Fleischman, American author (d. 2010)
- 1922 –Harding Lemay, American television scriptwriter and playwright
- 1942 –Jerry Jeff Walker, American musician
- 1953 –Óscar Ramírez, Peruvian revolutionary
- 1955 –Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
- 1986 –T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
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