June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining until the end of the year.
June 16: Bloomsday in Dublin, Ireland
More anniversaries:
1487 – Lancastrian forces defeated Yorkistsupporters at the Battle of Stoke Field in East Stoke, Nottinghamshire, England, the final battle of the Wars of the Roses.
1815 – Napoleonic Wars: French Marshal Michel Neyearned a strategic victory against the Anglo-Dutch army in the Battle of Quatre Bras.
1883 – Over 180 out of 1,100 children died in the Victoria Hall disaster in Sunderland, England, when they stampededdown the stairs to collect gifts from the entertainers after the end of a variety show.
1904 – Irish author James Joyce (pictured) began his relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses.
1961 – Pioneering Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyevdefected from the Soviet Union at Paris–Le Bourget Airportwith the help of French police and a Parisian socialite friend.
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