Today
Saturday May 16 2026
- Day of the year
- 136/ 365
- Week
- 202,026
- Days left
- 22937%
- Moon
- 0%New moon
Today is Saturday, May 16, 2026. It is day 136 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 229 remain, and 37% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 20.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- May 17World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
- May 20World Bee Day
- May 21World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Brendan the NavigatorIrish monastic saint
- Grégoire-Pierre AgagianianArmenian Cardinal Patriarch and Servant of God (1895–1971)
- Andrzej BobolaPolish Jesuit, saint of the Catholic Church
- Luigi OrioneItalian Catholic saint, priest, social advocate and religious founder (1872-1940)
- Simon StockEnglish hermit
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:38
- Sunset
- 20:07
- Length of day
- 14h 29m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:52
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 36 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Memorial Day — May 25, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
New moon
Illumination : 0%
Moon age : 29.2 days
- Next full moon
- May 31, 2026
- Next new moon
- May 16, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Taurus
until May 21, 2026 — Gemini
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1204
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Wikipedia
1527
The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. Wikipedia
1532
Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. Wikipedia
1770
The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, Dauphin de France, who later becomes king of France. Wikipedia
1916
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria. Wikipedia
1929
In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place. Wikipedia
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1960
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. Wikipedia
1966
The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Wikipedia
1969
Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus. Wikipedia
2003
In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 16
- 1718Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1799)
- 1763Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (died 1829)
- 1821Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (died 1894)
- 1905Henry Fonda, American actor (died 1982)
- 1909Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (died 1960)
- 1915Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2010)
- 1919Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (died 1987)
- 1930Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (died 2000)
Died on this day May 16
- 1265Simon Stock, English-French saint (born 1165)aged 101 years
- 1620William Adams, English sailor and navigator (born 1564)aged 56 years
- 1669Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (born 1596)aged 73 years
- 1891Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1821)aged 70 years
- 1947Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)aged 86 years
- 1990Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, creator of The Muppets (born 1936)aged 54 years
- 1990Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (born 1925)aged 65 years
- 2010Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)aged 68 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 05:38 and sets at 20:07, giving 14h 29m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 36 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is new, 0% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on May 16, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 16 to Brendan the Navigator, Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian and Andrzej Bobola.
No United Nations international day falls on May 16. The next one on the calendar is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, on May 17.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire (1204); The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic (1527). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Maria Gaetana Agnesi was born on May 16, 1718; Simon Stock died on May 16, 1265.
223 days remain until Christmas and 230 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 16 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 37%
- of the year elapsed
- 223
- until Christmas
- 230
- until New Year
- 654
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26