386 Historic Events for June 16
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| 1858 |
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Gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50)
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| 1858 |
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Eugene Ysaye, composer
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| 1858 |
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Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
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| 1861 |
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Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian
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| 1861 |
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Battle of Vienna, VA and Secessionville, SC (James Island)
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| 1863 |
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Paul Antonin Vidal, composer
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| 1864 |
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Union Gen Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Va
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| 1864 |
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Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia
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| 1864 |
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Battle of Lynchburg VA
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| 1871 |
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Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, NYC
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| 1873 |
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Pres Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Perc‚ indians
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| 1874 |
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Arthur Meighen, (C) 9th PM of Canada (1920-21, 1926)
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| 1879 |
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Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)
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| 1879 |
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Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees the boy)
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| 1879 |
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Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
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| 1880 |
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James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies
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| 1880 |
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Salvation Army forms in Londo
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| 1881 |
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Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty
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| 1882 |
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17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa
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| 1883 |
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1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2)
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| 1884 |
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1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY)
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| 1888 |
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Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown)
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel and Hardy)
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| 1892 |
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Lupino Lane, London England, actress (Love Parade)
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| 1892 |
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Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80
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