Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 16

On June 16: Bloomsday

Valentina Tereshkova

• 1487 - The last battle of the Wars of the Roses was fought in the Battle of Stoke Field.
• 1846 - Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti became Pope Pius IX.
• 1903 - Ford Motor Company was incorporated.
• 1963 - Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
• 1999 - Thabo Mbeki was inaugurated President of South Africa.

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