Saturday 16 May

📆 We are on Saturday 16 May. This is the 136th day of the year and there are 228 days left before celebrating the new year 2027! 🍾

In the French Republican calendar, it was the equivalent of 27 Floréal, officially defined as the day of de la civette.

And based on the Year 08 calendar imagined by Reporterre, la fête du murin des marais

🪽 For the Saints, know that we wish on 16 May a happy celebration to Honoré !

🎁 On 16 May, it's the birthday of:

  • Megan Fox (1986) who is celebrating their 40 years

🪦 On 16 May, it's also the death anniversary of:

  • Andy Kaufman (death at age 35 years old in 1984)

📜 This day in history:

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🧠 However - and because we love to show off our knowledge - note that today 16 May is also:

  • the release of the film Top Gun in the US (1986)
  • the release of the film Videodrome in France (1984)

😱 And the phobia of the day for 16 May (randomly chosen) is la urinophobie, which is the fear of d'avoir besoin d'uriner !

📝 Sources for 16 May :

To establish the list of events for 16 May, we relied primarily on the Wikipedia page.

More precisely and in chronological order in display order:

1 : Andy Kaufman on Wikipedia
2 : Top Gun on Wikipedia
3 : Videodrome on Wikipedia