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

  • 1774 –
    Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
  • 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).
  • 1883 –
    The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
  • 1891 –
    John Abbott becomes Canada’s third Prime Minister.
  • 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”.
  • 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.
  • 1940 –
    A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
  • 1958 –
    Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
  • 1963 –
    Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
  • 1972 –
    The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls, Labrador.
  • 1976 –
    Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.

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