June 16 - June 16 June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses 1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir 1654 - Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates 1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River 1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French fortress of Louisburg during the War of the Austrian Succession. 1746 - War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of.
Venera 15 and 16 - Venera 15 and 16 Venera 15 and Venera 16 were two identical spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union. Both unmanned orbiters were to map the surface of Venus using high resolution imaging systems. The spacecraft were identical and based on modifications to the earlier Venera space probes. Mission profile The two spacecraft were inserted into Venus orbit a day apart with their orbital planes shifted by an angle of approximately 4 degrees relative to one another. This made it possible to reimage an area if necessary. Each spacecraft was in a nearly polar orbit with a periapsis at 62 N latitude. Together, the two spacecraft imaged the area from the north pole down to about 30 degrees N latitude over the 8 months of mapping operations..
January 16 - January 16 January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 349 days remaining (350 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1362 - One of the North Sea's greatest stormtides ever destroys the island of Strand with the city of Rungholt. 1547 - Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar of Russia. 1556 - Philip II becomes King of Spain. 1572 - The Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. 1581 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism. 1761 - British capture Pondicherry, India from the French. 1777 - Vermont declares its independence from New York. 1780 - American Revolution:.
June - June simple:June June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. June is named for the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter. Events in June: The solstice occurs around the 21st of this month, although it may occur on either the 20 or 22. It is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. Midsummer is celebrated in Sweden on the third Friday in June. Father's Day is celebrated in the USA on the third Sunday in June. Gay pride celebrations in many countries in honor of the Stonewall riots The majority of the Portland Rose Festival occurs June begins on a unique day of the week each year. See Also: January, February,.
June 17 - June 17 June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1579 - Sir Francis Drake claims California for England 1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Bunker Hill is fought 1776 - American invasion of Quebec ends 1856 - The United States Republican Party holds its first political convention, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (they will eventually nominate John C. Fremont as their first Presidential candidate) 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage 1930 - President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff into.
June 15 - June 15 June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse 923 - Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed, King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy 1094 - Valencia falls to El Cid 1215 - King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta 1616 - Pacifique Duplessis opens first school for Indian children in Canada, at Tadoussac, Quebec 1389 - Battle of Kosovo: Turks defeat Serbs and Bosnians 1590 - Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin.
July 16 - July 16 July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1779 - American Revolutionary War: United States forces led by General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, New York from British troops. 1783 - Grants of land in Canada to American loyalists announced. 1790 - The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government) of the United States (see Washington, DC). 1862 - American Civil War: David G. Farragut becomes the first United States Navy rear admiral. 1880 - First woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada -.
June Park, Florida - June Park, Florida June Park is a town located in Brevard County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,367. Geography \nJune Park is located at 28°4'25" North, 80°41'9" West (28.073643, -80.685709)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.7 km˛ (3.7 mi˛). 9.7 km˛ (3.7 mi˛) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 4,367 people, 1,736 households, and 1,274 families residing in the town. The population density is 452.0/km˛ (1,171.0/mi˛). There are 1,859 housing units at an average density of 192.4/km˛ (498.5/mi˛). The racial makeup of the town is 96.86% White, 0.76% African American, 0.16% Native American, 1.21%.
June Havoc - June Havoc June Havoc (born November 8, 1913) is an actress, and younger sister of Gypsy Rose Lee. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and given the name Ellen June Hovick. Their mother, Rose, had married John Hovick, a newspaperman, at the age of fifteen, and was the classic example of a smothering stage mother, though the more horrid details were whitewashed in Gypsy's memoirs. Her two daughters earned the family's money by appearing in vaudeville, where June's talent shone, while Louise stood in the background. June at the age of 16, in 1929, married a boy in the act, named Bobby Reed. Rose had Bobby arrested and he was met at the police station by Rose, carrying a hidden gun. She pulled the.
Irish general election, 1927 (June) - Irish general election, 1927 (June) Party Leader Seats Loss/Gain Dáil Seats (%) Fianna Fáil Eamon de Valera 44 - 28.8 Cumann na nGaedhael W.T Cosgrave 47 - 16 30.7 Labour ? 22 + 8 14.4 Independents - 16 - 1 10.5 Clann na Talmhan Michael Donnellan 11 - 4 7.2 National League ? 8 - 5.2 Sinn Féin ? 5 - 3.3 See also: Government of the 5th Dáil Irish General Election, 1923 Irish General Election, 1927 (September) List of Irish general elections.
Kawabata Yasunari - Yasunari (川端 康成, June 14, 1899 - April 16, 1972) was a Japanese novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. Kawabata was orphaned when he was two and soon long his grandparents also. While still a student at Tokyo Imperial University he joined Yokomitsu Riichi in starting Bungei Jidai (The Artistic Age), a neo-Impressionist journal. Kawabata committed suicide in 1972. Kawabata debuted with Izu no Odoriko ("The Dancer of Izu") in 1927. In 1937 appeared his novel Yukiguni ("Snow Country"), a stark tale of a love affair between a Tokyo playboy and a provincial geisha in a remote hot springs town. Yukiguni established Kawabata as one of Japan's foremost authors and became an instant classic. Senbazuru ("Thousand Cranes") continued some of the themes of Yukiguni. List of Works.
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick - an example of perfect generalship. Five years later Brunswick was appointed to the command of the allied Austrian and German army assembled to invade France and crush the Revolution. In this task be knew that he must encounter more than a formal resistance. He was so far in acknowledged sympathy with French hopes of reform, that when he gave an asylum in his duchy to the comte de Lille (Louis XVIII) the revolutionary government made no protest. Indeed, earlier in this year (1792) be had been offered supreme command of the French army. As the king of Prussia took the field with Brunswick's army, the duke felt bound as a soldier to treat his wishes as actual orders. The result of Brunswick's cautious advance on Paris was the cannonade of Valmy.
Katharine Graham - Katharine Graham Katharine Graham (June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001) was the head of The Washington Post newspaper for more than two decades, overseeing its most famous period, the Watergate coverage that helped bring down President Richard Nixon. She has been widely described as one of the most powerful American women of the 20th century. Graham was the subject of one of the most famous threats in modern American political history. It occurred in 1972, when Nixon's Attorney General, John Mitchell, warned reporter Carl Bernstein about a forthcoming article: "Katie Graham's gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that's published." Graham's father, Eugene Meyer, was a publisher who bought The Washington Post in 1933. She began working for the Post five years later but left.
Venera - Failed to leave earth orbit Venera 1 - Flyby - launched February 12, 1961 : Communications lost enroute to Venus Venera 2 - Flyby - launched November 12, 1965 : Communications lost just before arival Venera 3 - Atmospheric Probe - launched November 16, 1965 : Communications lost just before atmospheric entry Venera 4 - Atmospheric Probe - launched June 12, 1967 : Arrived October 18, 1967 and was the first probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and return data Venera 5 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January 5, 1969 : Arrived May 16, 1969 and successfully returned atmoshperic data before being crushed by pressure within 26km of the surface Venera 6 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January 10, 1969 : Arrived May 17, 1969 and successfully returned atmospheric data before.
Kevin O'Neill - in London in 1953, and began working for the British publisher IPC at the age of 16. In 1976 he was working as a colorist on reprint magazines and British children's comics such as Buster and Whizzer and Chips,. when he put in a transfer to the new science-fiction anthology magazine 2000 A.D. On the first ever issue of this seminal British Sci-Fi Comic, the centre image of Tharg is by Mr O'Neill. Under the guidance of editor Pat Mills, O'Neill's irreverent hyper-kinetic style became a mainstay of the book, and he became one of the magazine's most popular creators. Co-creations of O'Neill with Pat Mills include The ABC Warriors, Nemesis the Warlock, and Metalzoic for 2000AD. During the mid-1980s O'Neill's work began appearing in North America. He encountered numerous difficulties.
Kew Bridge - The Prince of Wales took a lease on Kew House from 1731 and rebuilt the house using William Kent’s designs. His widow, Augusta, started the botanic gardens and created many of the garden buildings. She died in 1771 and her son, now George II moved in. Kew became the regular summer residence of the royal family. The first bridge was inaugurated on 1 June 1759 by the Prince of Wales driving over it with his mother and a number of other royals. It was opened to the public 3 days later and such was the excitement that over 3,000 people crossed in one day. Tolls ranged from 1 penny for each pedestrian to 1shilling and sixpence for a coach and 4. The first bridge was built by Robert Tunstall of Brentford.
Kim Milford - Richard Kim Milford (February 7, 1951 - June 16, 1988) was an American movie and stage actor. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, he grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago (Winnetka, Illinois), where he went to New Trier High School. His family includes some familiar names from the movie and art world, sister, actress Penelope Milford (Coming Home for which she got an Oscar nomination, Heathers, The Burning Bed) and brother, Doug Milford, now COO (?CEO) and Co-owner of Artsystems Art Management Software (artsystems.com), co-owned and operated Piezo Electric in the East Village, owned and ran the Milford Gallery in SoHo, and as Publisher at ArtNet Worldwide, he designed, produced, and led the creation of Artnet.com. The multi-talented Kim Milford was an actor-singer-songwriter-composer-dancer and first appeared in SummerStock Theatre.
King & Spalding - Atlanta branch, they have offices in Washington, DC (opened 1979), New York (opened 1992), and Houston (opened 1995). On January 2, 2003, the company's international arm opened in the City of London. On June 16, 2003, Corporate Board Member magazine named the company Atlanta's best corporate law firm for the second consecutive year. One of King & Spalding's senior partners is the former US Senator Sam Nunn..
King Philip's War - River Valley was still partially wilderness, but had 40 or 50 colonial towns and villages scattered through it. These were matched by a similar number of interspersed Indian settlements, sometimes side by side. After several incidents, the court in Plymouth forced Philip's band to turn over many of their firearms to the colony in 1671. But this only increased tensions. Finally a colonist reported an Indian conspiracy to attack the settlements, and before the charges could be investigated, the informer was killed. Three Indians in the area were arrested, convicted of his murder, and hanged on June 8, 1675 at Plymouth. The war Philip led his warriors in an attack at Swansea on June 20. After a siege of 5 days, the town was destroyed. The colonists from Plymouth and Boston.
Kliment Voroshilov - months in 1941, but failed to prevent the Germans from surrounding Leningrad and promptly lost that office. In 1945-47 he supervised the establishment of the communist regime in Hungary. In 1952, Voroshilov was appointed a member of the party Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Stalin's death prompted major changes in the Soviet leadership and in March 1953, Voroshilov was approved as chairman of the Presidium with Nikita Khrushchev as General Secretary. Voroshilov, Georgy Malenkov and Khrushchev brought about the arrest of Lavrenty Beria (1953). Following disagreements with Khrushchev he temporarily joined the conservatives Malenkov, Kaganovich and Molotov, in an unsuccessful attempt to remove Khrushchev from power in June 1957, but he soon switched sides and supported Khrushchev. On May 7, 1960, the session of the Supreme Soviet granted Voroshilov's 'request' for.
