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June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
Category. v. t. e. The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. [ 1] Students from various schools began to protest in the streets of the Soweto township in response to the introduction of ...
The International Day of the African Child, [1] also known as the Day of the African Child (DAC), [2] [3] has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the OAU Organisation of African Unity. [1] It honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day.
July 16 is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history. ...
February. February 1 – Sundance Channel debuts. February 2 – Frontier Middle School shooting: A gunman kills his algebra teacher and two other students in Moses Lake, Washington. February 6 – 1996 Honolulu hostage crisis: A gunman takes hostages at his former place of employment in Honolulu, Hawaii.
June 9, 1946 (Sunday) Ananda Mahidol, the 20-year-old King of Thailand, was found in his bedroom dead, from a single gunshot to his forehead, and with his Colt .45 pistol next to him. He was succeeded by his teenaged brother, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who became King Rama IX [ 23] and ruled until his death in October 2016.
June 1, 1962 (Friday) The Soviet Union raised the price of consumer goods by more than 25 percent in order to cover higher operating expenses for the USSR's collective farm program. Butter was up 25%, and pork and beef by 30%. [1] In protest, workers walked off of the job at the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Factory and the strike soon ...
1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.