Monday 16 March
📆 We are on Monday 16 March. This is the 75th day of the year and there are 289 days left before celebrating the new year 2027! 🍾
In the French Republican calendar, it was the equivalent of 26 Ventôse, officially defined as the day of du pissenlit.
And based on the Year 08 calendar imagined by Reporterre, la marée noire de l’Amoco Cadiz in 1978
🪽 For the Saints, know that we wish on 16 March a happy celebration to Bénédicte !
🪦 On 16 March, it's also the death anniversary of:
- Emilie Dequenne (death at age 43 years old in 2025)
📜 This day in history:
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🧠 However - and because we love to show off our knowledge - note that today 16 March is also:
- the release of the film Memento in the US (2001)
- the release of the album Björk - Vulnicura in 2015
😱 And the phobia of the day for 16 March (randomly chosen) is la napoléophobie, which is the fear of de Napoléon !
📝 Sources for 16 March :
To establish the list of events for 16 March, we relied primarily on the Wikipedia page.
More precisely and in chronological order in display order: