About June 16
June 16, 2024 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.
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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 227 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On June 16
- 1745 –British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 1745 –Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 1746 –War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
- 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.
- 1858 –Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1858 –The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
- 1891 –John Abbott becomes Canada’s third Prime Minister.
- 1903 –Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
- 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.
- 1911 –IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
- 1924 –The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
- 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 –A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
- 1940 –World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
- 1972 –Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
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