This is our day guide for Friday October 16th 2020 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 2020 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 290 of 2020 | |
| 76 days left in 2020 | |
| Week 42 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1986 - Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders. | |
| 1978 – Wanda Rutkiewicz is the first Pole and the first European woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. | |
| 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. |