About February 16

February 16, 2025 is the 47th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 318 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 366 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On February 16

  • 1249 –
    Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with Mongol Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
  • 1742 –
    Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
  • 1852 –
    Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
  • 1862 –
    American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
  • 1866 –
    Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
  • 1918 –
    The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
  • 1937 –
    Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
  • 1940 –
    World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
  • 1959 –
    Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
  • 1962 –
    Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
  • 1968 –
    In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
  • 1978 –
    The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
  • 1980 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
  • 1983 –
    The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
  • 1985 –
    Hezbollah is founded.
  • 1986 –
    The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
  • 1991 –
    Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
  • 1999 –
    In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.

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