June 16

Today in History
• 632 - Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
• 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison, Scotland
• 1624 - Judge directs U.S. colony Virginia to English crown
• 1745 - English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River
• 1775 - Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress
• 1779 - In support of the U.S., Spain declares war on England
• 1794 - 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)
• 1742 - Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Arborist Appreciation Day
• Bloomsday
• International WaterFall Day
• Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
• National Flip Flop Day
• National Mohammad Day
• World Sea Turtle Day
• Youth Day

Birthdays
• 1139 - Emperor Konoe of Japan
• 1583 - Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
• 1606 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier
• 1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland
• 1713 - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire
• 1738 - Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher
• 1529 - Geronimo, Apache leader and resistance fighter
• 1858 - Gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50)