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: October 16
October 16, 2024 is the 290th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 76 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 16
- 1841 –Queen’s University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
- 1869 –The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is “discovered”.
- 1923 –The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.
- 1934 –Chinese Communists begin the Long March; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman.
- 1945 –The Food and Agriculture Organization is founded in Quebec City, Canada.
- 1949 –Nikolaos Zachariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a “temporary cease-fire”, effectively ending the Greek Civil War.
- 1968 –Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney Riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
- 1995 –The Million Man March occurs in Washington, D.C.
- 1995 –The Skye Bridge is opened.
- 1998 –Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.
Who were born on October 16?
- 1396 –William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)
- 1819 –Austin F. Pike, American politician (d. 1886)
- 1876 –Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer, rugby union and soccer player (d. 1913)
- 1878 –Maxie Long, American athlete (d. 1959)
- 1883 –Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (d. 1973)
- 1900 –Primo Conti, Italian painter (d. 1988)
- 1962 –Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player (d. 2010)
- 1982 –Vincy Chan, Hong Kong singer
- 1984 –Melissa Lauren, French pornographic actress
- 1986 –Inna, Romanian singer
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