June 16: Day Of The Week
June 16, 2013 is the 167th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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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.
June 16 Historical Events
- 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.
- 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.
- 1930 –Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
- 1961 –Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on June 16?
- 1826 –Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
- 1888 –Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (d. 1925)
- 1903 –Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972)
- 1912 –Enoch Powell, British politician (d. 1998)
- 1941 –Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist
- 1955 –Tree Rollins, American basketball player
- 1959 –The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler
- 1972 –Simon Khan, English golfer
- 1980 –Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
- 1986 –Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
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