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
- 1532 –Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
- 1849 –A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
- 1857 –Second relief of Lucknow – twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
- 1907 –Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
- 1914 –The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
- 1940 –World War II: in response to the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- 1944 –Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur river was launched
- 1945 –UNESCO is founded.
- 1965 –Venera program: the Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, that will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
- 1988 –The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is “sovereign” but stops short of declaring independence.
Who were born on November 16?
- 1892 –Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978)
- 1922 –José Saramago, Portuguese novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 2010)
- 1928 –Clu Gulager, American actor
- 1935 –Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
- 1956 –Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver
- 1963 –Steve Arguelles, British jazz drummer
- 1964 –Maeve Quinlan, American actress
- 1965 –Mark Benton, English actor
- 1980 –Carol Huynh, Canadian freestyle wrestler
- 1986 –Saeko, Japanese actress
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