Fait mathématique: 16839 is an uninteresting number.
Culture générale: 16839 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Date historique: February 6th is the day in 1843 that the first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).