Sunday 16 June is the 168th day of the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days left until the end of the year.
Saint of the day: Saints Quirico and Judith
June Proverb
Up to forty de masc, if def minga mulà i strasc
It happened today
1903 – Ford becomes a public company
1904 – Setting day for James Joyce’s Ulysses (Bloomsday)
1963 – Valentina Tereškova becomes the first woman in space
1972 – Inauguration of the New York Jazz Museum
1978 – The film Grease – Brillantina is released
1983 – Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov becomes president of the USSR
1999 – Thabo Mbeki is elected president of South Africa
2000 – Hackmeeting 2000 starts in Rome
2002 – Pope John Paul II proclaims Padre Pio a saint with the name of San Pio da Pietrelcina
2006 – Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy (first-born male of the last king of Italy Umberto II of Savoy) is arrested, on the orders of the Potenza prosecutor’s office, on charges of criminal association aimed at corruption, prostitution and forgery.
2019 – In Argentina and Uruguay around 48 million people remain without light for several hours due to a blackout
Birthdays
Diego Verdegiglio – Italian actor, essayist and voice actor (16 June 1952)
Lorenzo Vignolo – Italian director, active in the field of video clips. He directed Tutti All’attack with Massimo Ceccherini and Alessandro Paci in 2005 and 500! with Andrea Bruschi and Veronika Logan (16 June 1973)
Michele Gammino – Italian actor, television presenter and voice actor (16 June 1941)
