This is our day guide for Friday October 16th 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
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| General Information for October 16th 2015 | |
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| There are no public holidays today. | |
| Day 289 of 2015 | |
| 76 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 42 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1986 - Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders. | |
| 1964 – China detonates its first nuclear weapon. | |
| 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. | |
| 1905 – The Partition of Bengal in India takes place. |