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06/16/1858
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Gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1858
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Eugene Ysaye, composer
Type: Birth
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06/16/1858
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Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
Type: Event
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06/16/1861
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Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian
Type: Birth
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06/16/1861
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Battle of Vienna, VA and Secessionville, SC (James Island)
Type: Event
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06/16/1863
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Paul Antonin Vidal, composer
Type: Birth
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06/16/1864
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Union Gen Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Va
Type: Event
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06/16/1864
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Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia
Type: Event
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06/16/1864
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Battle of Lynchburg VA
Type: Event
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06/16/1871
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Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, NYC
Type: Event
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06/16/1873
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Pres Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Perc indians
Type: Event
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06/16/1874
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Arthur Meighen, (C) 9th PM of Canada (1920-21, 1926)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1879
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Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1879
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Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees the boy)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1879
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Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
Type: Event
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06/16/1880
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James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies
Type: Death
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06/16/1880
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Salvation Army forms in Londo
Type: Event
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06/16/1881
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Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty
Type: Event
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06/16/1882
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17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa
Type: Event
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06/16/1883
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1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2)
Type: Event
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06/16/1884
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1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY)
Type: Event
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06/16/1888
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Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1890
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Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel and Hardy)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1892
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Lupino Lane, London England, actress (Love Parade)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1892
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Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80
Type: Death
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06/16/1893
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RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack
Type: Event
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06/16/1894
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Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1895
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Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel and Hardy)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1896
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William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1896
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Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1896
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Temperature hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif
Type: Event
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06/16/1898
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China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
Type: Event
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06/16/1899
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Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1899
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Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's
Type: Event
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06/16/1899
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Helen Traubel, St Louis MO, soprano (Sieglinde in Walkre, Nightclubs)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1900
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Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1901
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Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1901
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Conrad Beck, composer
Type: Birth
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06/16/1901
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Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
Type: Death
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06/16/1902
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Barbara McClintock, US, cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1902
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Kornelis Posthumus, Dutch chemist
Type: Birth
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06/16/1903
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Pepsi Cola company forms
Type: Event
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06/16/1903
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Ford Motors incorporates
Type: Event
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06/16/1903
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1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
Type: Event
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06/16/1903
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Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer
Type: Birth
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06/16/1904
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Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
Type: Event
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06/16/1904
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Gerard Holt, Dutch architect
Type: Birth
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06/16/1905
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Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51
Type: Death
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06/16/1906
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Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's)
Type: Birth
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06/16/1907
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Jack Albertson, Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico and the Man)
Type: Birth
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