Saturday October 16th, 1926
October Sixteenth, Nineteen Twenty-Six

How old am I if I was born on October 16, 1926?


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Date Facts:

  • October 16, 1926 was a Saturday
  • Zodiac Sign for this date is: Libra
  • This date was 35,831 days ago
  • October 16th 2025 is on a Thursday
  • Someone born on this date is 98 years old
  • If you were born on this date:

  • You've slept for 11,944 days or 33 years!
  • Your next birthday is 329 days away
  • You've been alive for 859,944 hours
  • You were born on a Saturday in mid October
  • You are 51,596,640 minutes old
  • Your next birthday is on a Thursday

  • Most popular baby names of 1926 ranked:

    Rank Name
    1. Robert
    2. John
    3. James
    4. William
    5. Charles
    6. George
    7. Richard
    Rank Name
    1. Dorothy
    2. Betty
    3. Helen
    4. Margaret
    5. Ruth
    6. Doris
    7. Virginia

    How popular is your name? Search to find out!


    Celebrities Birthdays:
    October 16th

    You Share a birthday with over 20 other celebrities and/or famous people! Click Here to view our complete list. Who do you share a birthday with?

    Opal: Birthstone for October 16th, 1926

    Stone:

    Energies:

    Repel evil
    Protect Eyesight

    High Value:
    $120 Per Carat
    Low Value:
    $20 Per Carat

    Click Here To learn more about October Birthstones

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    Opal, the birthstone of October, is a beautiful stone loved by many, partly for the fact the each stone has its own unique color pattern. "Opal" gets it's origins from the Greek word "Opallios", which means "To see change in color". The reason for this being that the opal comes in a wide variety of colors, ranging the entire spectrum. 95% of which come from Australia, after seasonal rains drench the outback and carry silica deposits underground, where they go on to harden in the dry season. Leaving deposits of the beautiful stone.

    Because of the way they are formed, opals are relatively soft for a precious stone, averaging just below 6.0 on the Mh

    1926 - the Silent Generation:

    Age Range:

    80-101 years old

    Attributes:

    The silent Gen were born into a fortunate time period associated with wealth, and high eduaction.

    the Silent Generation Summary:

    Contrary to their name, the Silent Generation tended to be very patriotic and ambitious. They were plagued with the Korean war, and economic instability following WWII

    Time Period:

    1923-1944

    Like to see more about Generations? Click here to go to our interactive generations table.


    Zodiac - Libra:

    Symbol:

    Libra Traits:

    Kind
    Gentle
    Harmony
    Peaceful

    Libra Summary:

    Libras are skilled diplomats, and make friends where ever they go. Have expensive tastes and a good work ethic

    Start Date:

    9-23

    End Date:

    10-22

    Click here to see more about Libra


    1926-10-16: This day in History:

  • 1775-10-16 Portland Maine burned by British.
  • 1781-10-16 Washington takes Yorktown
  • 1793-10-16 Marie Antoinette beheaded in France.
  • 1846-10-16 Dentist William T. Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether
  • 1849-10-16 British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras.
  • 1859-10-16 John Brown leads group of 20 in a raid on Harper's Ferry Va.
  • 1861-10-16 Confederacy starts selling postage stamps
  • 1869-10-16 Hotel in Boston becomes the 1st to have indoor plumbing
  • 1916-10-16 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (Bkln)
  • 1921-10-16 Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin -- only mid-game coaching change in NFL history.
  • 1923-10-16 Disney Co founded
  • 1941-10-16 Gordo (by Gus Arriola) 1st appeared in newspapers
  • 1943-10-16 Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens the city's new subway system.
  • 1946-10-16 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials.
  • 1952-10-16 Woolworth's at Powell & Market (S.F.) opens.
  • 1957-10-16 Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip arrive in Virginia
  • 1962-10-16 Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba
  • 1962-10-16 Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 3 in the world series
  • 1964-10-16 Brezhnev & Kosygin replace Krushchev as head of Russia
  • 1964-10-16 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
  • 1969-10-16 Soyuz 6 returns to Earth
  • 1970-10-16 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser
  • 1971-10-16 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in S.F.
  • 1973-10-16 Kissinger & Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize
  • 1976-10-16 Soyuz 23 returns to Earth
  • 1978-10-16 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II.
  • 1981-10-16 Israel's General Moshe Dayan dies at 66
  • 1982-10-16 Mt Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return
  • 1982-10-16 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins
  • 1982-10-16 Shultz warns US will withdraw from UN if they vote to exclude Israel
  • 1984-10-16 Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu named Nobel Peace Prize winner
  • 1985-10-16 Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip.
  • 1986-10-16 Armand Hammer arrives back in US with Jewish refusenik David Goldfarb
  • 1987-10-16 175-kph winds cause blackout in London much of southern England.
  • 1987-10-16 18-month-old Jessica McClure is rescued 58 hours after she fell 22 feet into a well shaft in Midland TX.

  • 10-16-1926 in
    Roman Numerals:

    X • XVI • MCMXXVI


    What is 1926-10-16 converted to roman numerals? Above is the date 10-16-1926 converted into roman numerals.
    The above date is written in the traditional western/American style of writing dates. Formatted in the order of
    Month-Day-Year. If you prefer the European way of writing dates (Which is day-month-year) the roman numerals would be written XVI • X • MCMXXVI.


    Next Birthday Countdown:

    Countdown timer for Oct 16, 2025:


    The above timer is a countdown clock for your next birthday! (Assuming you were born on 1926-10-16) This timer is automatically updated, and is accurate all the way up to the nearest second. Watch as your next birthday ticks closer and closer right before your eyes. If you were born on 16th-october-1926, your next birthday is only 329 days away.


    Your birthday is on October sixteenth, 1926. Being born in mid-October says a lot about you. Your zodiac sign is libra, your birth-stone is the Opal, and your birth flower is the Marigold (both of which make great gifts for someone with this birthday). You are 98 years old, and were born in the beginning of the Silent Generation. Which generation you are born into makes a huge impact on your life, click here to see our interactive table and learn more. You have been alive for 35831 days, or 859944 hours, or 51596640 minutes! Your next birthday which is in 2025, is on a Thursday.

  • Birthstone: Opal (great gift idea, see Opal article)
  • Birthflower: Marigold
  • Zodiac Sign: Libra

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