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, 2024 is the 321st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
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.
- 1776 –American Revolution: the United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
- 1852 –The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
- 1938 –LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
- 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 –Dueren, Germany is destroyed by Allied bombers.
- 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.
- 1973 –Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
- 1988 –In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Who were born on November 16?
- 1836 –King Kalākaua, of Hawaiʻi (d. 1891)
- 1885 –Monsignor Sir Mikiel Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984)
- 1895 –Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1896 –Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)
- 1916 –Daws Butler, American voice actor (d. 1988)
- 1924 –Mel Patton, American sprinter
- 1950 –John Swartzwelder, American television writer and novelist
- 1956 –Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver
- 1965 –Mark Benton, English actor
- 1976 –Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
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