What are the important events that happened on June 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 16: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 16 is the 168th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 3, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,641,600 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontaoctagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 227 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,195 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 16 Historical Events
- 1745 –Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 1774 –Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
- 1795 –First Battle of Groix otherwise known as “Cornwallis’ Retreat”.
- 1815 –Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
- 1897 –A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
- 1904 –Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called “Bloomsday”.
- 1925 –The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
- 1930 –Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
- 1963 –Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
- 1967 –The Monterey Pop Festival begins
Who were born on June 16?
- 1613 –John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)
- 1754 –Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir poet (d. 1800)
- 1880 –Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-born American chemist and historian (d. 1963)
- 1938 –Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist
- 1940 –Neil Goldschmidt, American Governor of Oregon
- 1946 –Mark Ritts, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1969 –Mark Crossley, Welsh footballer
- 1970 –Phil Mickelson, American golfer
- 1972 –Ann Shoket, American magazine editor
- 1982 –Jodi Santamaria, Filipino actress
Who died on June 16?
- 1804 –Johann Adam Hiller, German composer (b. 1728)
- 1869 –Charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)
- 1872 –Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)
- 1902 –Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (b. 1841)
- 1930 –Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American co-inventor of the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
- 1939 –William Henry ‘Chick’Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (b. 1905)
- 1940 –DuBose Heyward, American novelist (b. 1885)
- 1986 –Maurice Duruflé, French composer and organist (b. 1902)
- 2007 –Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, Iranian cleric (b. 1931)
- 2011 –Östen Mäkitalo, Swedish electrical engineer (b. 1938)
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