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, 2024 is the 137th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
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
- 1771 –The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The “Regulators”, occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
- 1843 –The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
- 1874 –A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
- 1929 –In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
- 1943 –Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
- 1951 –The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
- 1960 –Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
- 1969 –Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
- 1975 –Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- 1986 –The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
Who were born on May 16?
- 1917 –James C. Murray, American politician (d. 1999)
- 1944 –Danny Trejo, American actor
- 1948 –Jesper Christensen, Danish actor
- 1955 –Debra Winger, American actress
- 1968 –Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress
- 1972 –Khary Payton, American actor
- 1982 –Billy Crawford, Filipino singer and musician
- 1985 –Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 –Darko Sarovic, Serbian sprinter
- 1998 –Ariel Waller, Canadian actress
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