About June 16
June 16, 2021 is the 167th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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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 230 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On June 16
- 1586 –Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
- 1745 –British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1836 –The formation of the London Working Men’s Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
- 1846 –The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected Pope beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy (not counting St. Peter).
- 1858 –Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1871 –The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
- 1897 –A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
- 1903 –Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
- 1904 –Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
- 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 –A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
- 1915 –Foundation of the British Women’s Institute.
- 1924 –The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
- 1930 –Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
- 1972 –The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls, Labrador.
- 1977 –Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
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