WillDekkard
06-17-2010, 03:48 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- June 16th
* 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.
* 1745 British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
* 1745 Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress 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.
* 1755 French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beausιjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
* 1774 Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
* 1779 Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the siege of Gibraltar begins.
* 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.
* 1858 Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
* 1871 The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in 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 The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
* 1903 Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by 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; traditionally "Bloomsday".
* 1911 A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
* 1915 The foundation of the British Women's Institute.
* 1922 General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Fιin.
* 1924 The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
* 1925 The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek, is established.
* 1930 Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
* 1940 World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pιtain becomes Premier of Vichy France.
* 1940 A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
* 1948 The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
* 1955 Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perσn.
* 1958 Imre Nagy, Pαl Malιter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
* 1961 Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris.
* 1963 Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
* 1967 The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival begins in Monterey, California.
* 1972 Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
* 1972 The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada starts 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.
* 1977 Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
* 1989 Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest.
* 1997 The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed.
* 2000 Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
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- June 16th
* 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.
* 1745 British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada.
* 1745 Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress 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.
* 1755 French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beausιjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
* 1774 Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
* 1779 Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the siege of Gibraltar begins.
* 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.
* 1858 Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
* 1871 The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in 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 The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
* 1903 Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by 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; traditionally "Bloomsday".
* 1911 A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
* 1915 The foundation of the British Women's Institute.
* 1922 General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Fιin.
* 1924 The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
* 1925 The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek, is established.
* 1930 Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
* 1940 World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pιtain becomes Premier of Vichy France.
* 1940 A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
* 1948 The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
* 1955 Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perσn.
* 1958 Imre Nagy, Pαl Malιter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
* 1961 Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris.
* 1963 Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
* 1967 The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival begins in Monterey, California.
* 1972 Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
* 1972 The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada starts 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.
* 1977 Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
* 1989 Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest.
* 1997 The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed.
* 2000 Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
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