16th June 🗓️ : Holiday
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism)
"The Nanakshahi calendar, or Sikh calendar, is a tropical solar calendar used in Sikhism. It is based on the "Barah Maha", a composition composed by the Sikh gurus reflecting the changes in nature conveyed in the twelve-month cycle of the year. The year begins with the month of Chet, with 1 Chet corresponding to 14..."

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16th June 1826 🗓️ : Birth
Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (died 1897)
"Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen was an Austrian botanist known for his paleobotanical studies of flora from the Tertiary era. He was the son of physicist Andreas von Ettingshausen...."

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16th June 1926 🗓️ : Birth
Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (died 2018)
"José Efraín Ríos Montt was a Guatemalan military officer who served as de facto President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the bloodiest periods in the long-running Guatemalan Civil War. Ríos Montt's..."

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16th June 1976 🗓️ : Event
Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
"The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots or the Soweto rebellion, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16..."

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16th June 2016 🗓️ : Event
Jo Cox, a British Member of Parliament, was murdered in her constituency.

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16th June 2021 🗓️ : Death
Frank Bonner, American actor and television director (born 1942)
"Frank Woodrow Boers Jr. was an American actor and television director. He is best known for his role as sales manager Herb Tarlek on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati...."

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16th June 2025 🗓️ : Death
Kim Woodburn, English television personality and expert cleaner (born 1942)
"Patricia Mary "Kim" Woodburn was an English television personality, writer, and expert cleaner. Known as the "Queen of Clean", she came to prominence by co-presenting the Channel 4 series How Clean Is Your House? (2003–2009) and its Canadian version Kim's Rude Awakenings (2007–2009)...."

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15th June 🗓️ : Holiday
Christian feast day:
Blessed Clement Vismara
"Blessed Father Clement Vismara was an Italian priest and missionary.
He is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church.
He spent 65 of his 91 years in forests of Burma assisting Akhà and Ikò tribal peoples, particularly children and widows...."

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15th June 1826 🗓️ : Event
In the Auspicious Incident, the Janissary mutiny against Sultan Mahmud II is defeated and the Janissary corps is disbanded as a result.
"The Auspicious Incident or Auspicious Event was the forced disbandment of the centuries-old janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II on 15 June 1826. Most of the 135,000 janissaries revolted against Mahmud II, and..."

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