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RE: June 16th

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Sussex Day is celebrated on 16 June
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex

Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday

The Women's Institutes was formed in 1915
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Women%27s_Institute

First meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on the 16th day of June 1824
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights#Society_for_the_Prevention_of_Cruelty_to_Animals

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The Mont-Mégantic National Park was established on June 16, 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-M%C3%A9gantic_National_Park

The Nassau Station Robotic Observatory reopened on June 16, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_and_Swasey_Observatory#Nassau_Station_Robotic_Observatory

The Daniel Scholl Observatory was dedicated June 16, 1886.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Scholl_Observatory

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The Battle of Stoke Field (16 June 1487) may be considered the last battle of the Wars of the Roses
http://nevillfeast.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/battle-of-stoke-field-16-june-1487/

Igor Sikorsky's second aircraft 'Anzani model S-2' flew on June 16, 1910
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky#Aircraft_designer

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Discoverer 25 (Corona 9017) American optical reconnaissance satellite was launched in 1961
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverer_25

Vostok 6 was launched on June 16, 1963
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t10542970/vostok-6-spaceship/

Kosmos 166 was launched by the Soviet Union in 1967 to conduct multispectral imaging of the Sun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_166

The GOES 2 geostationary weather satellite was launched on June 16, 1977
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES_2

The GOES 3 geostationary weather satellite was launched on June 16, 1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES_3

Kosmos-2251 (that collided with Iridium 33) was launched on June 16, 1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos-2251

Shenzhou 9 was a manned spacecraft flight of China's Shenzhou program, launched at 18:37:24 CST (10:37:24 UTC), 16 June 2012.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46986899/shenzhou-9/

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Taylor Gun-Jin Wang (born June 16, 1940) was the first ethnic Chinese person to go into space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Wang

Valentina Tereshkova was the first Woman In Space in 1963
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3264884/valentina-tereshkova/

Jeffrey Shears "Bones" Ashby is a former American naval aviator and astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Ashby

Colonel Jackie Lynwood Ridley (June 16, 1915 - March 12, 1957) was an aeronautical engineer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ridley_(pilot)

Peter Stoner (June 16, 1888 - March 21, 1980) was a co-founder of the American Scientific Affiliation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stoner

Julius Plücker (16 June 1801 - 22 May 1868) was a German mathematician and physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Pl%C3%BCcker

Joseph Solomon Qandia Delmedigo (16 June 1591 - 16 October 1655) was a rabbi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Solomon_Delmedigo

Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (June 16, 1888 - September 16, 1925) was a Russian and Soviet physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Alexandrovich_Friedman

Aleksandr Evgenievich Chudakov (16 June 1921 - 25 January 2001) was a Soviet Russian physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Chudakov

Baron Franz Xaver von Zach ((June 16, 1754 - September 2, 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_von_Zach

Andrea Mia Ghez (born June 16, 1965) is an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_M._Ghez

Robert Paul "Bob" Kraft (June 16, 1927 - May 26, 2015) was an American astronomer..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft_(astronomer)

Vladimir Albitsky (June 16, 1891 - June 15, 1952) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Albitsky

Robert Burnham, Jr. (June 16, 1931 - March 20, 1993) was an American astronomer.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43420291/robert-burnham-jr-1931-1993/

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The Test Acts were a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Act

The first 'Astronomy Picture of the Day' appeared on June 16, 1995
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950616.html

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NGC 5391 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 16th June 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57842213/ngc-5391/

NGC 6712 was Independently discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 16th June 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57842210/ngc-6712/

NGC 6728 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 16th June 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57842192/ngc-6728/

NGC 6664 (was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 16th June 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57842184/ngc-6664/

Messier 55 was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille on the 16th June 1752.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49087200/messier-55/

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The extrasolar planet HD 40307 b was discovered on June 16, 2008
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51482246/hd-40307/

The extrasolar planet HD 181433 b was discovered on June 16, 2008
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t23113405/hd-181433/

The extrasolar planet Pollux b (HD 62509 b) was discovered on June 16, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollux_b

The Neptunian moon, Proteus was discovered sometime before June 16, 1989.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t30340674/proteus/

Boylston Meteor Hoax of June 1859
http://jeffpaine.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/boylston-meteor-hoax.html

June Lyrid meteor maximum on the 16th June.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36404286/june-lyrids-meteor-shower/

An aerolite of great size fell near St. Joseph Sunday morning. [June 1887]
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57842350/st-joseph-aerolite-1887/

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Meteorites

The Siena (LL5 brecciated chondrite) meteorite fell in Tuscany, Italy, on the 16th June, 1794.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43404743/siena-meteorite/

The Kusiali (stone; L6 ordinary chondrite ) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 16th June, 1860.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43404772/kusiali-meteorite/

The Kilbourn, Wisconsin meteorite fell on June 16, 1911 in Columbia County.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35681901/kilbourn-meteorite/

The Pantar (H5) meteorite fell at 8:45 PM on 16 June 1938 in Lanao, Philippine Islands.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43404789/pantar-meteorite/