About June 16
June 16, 2025 is the 167th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Gemini is the sun 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 246 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On June 16
- 1487 –Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
- 1586 –Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
- 1746 –War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
- 1755 –French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
- 1774 –Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
- 1779 –Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
- 1815 –Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
- 1858 –The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
- 1891 –John Abbott becomes Canada’s third Prime Minister.
- 1903 –The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
- 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”.
- 1911 –IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
- 1925 –The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
- 1930 –Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
- 1933 –The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed.
- 1940 –World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
- 1963 –Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
- 1972 –Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
- 1972 –The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls, Labrador.
- 1997 –The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed.
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