WHAT HAPPENED ON 16. JUNE
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John Abbott becomes Canada's third Prime Minister. (16. June 1891)

A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later. (16. June 1897)

The Ford Motor Company is incorporated. (16. June 1903)

Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway. (16. June 1903)

Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland. (16. June 1904)

Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday". (16. June 1904)

IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York. (16. June 1911)

A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn. (16. June 1911)

Foundation of the British Women's Institute. (16. June 1915)

General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority. (16. June 1922)

The Whampoa Military Academy is founded. (16. June 1924)

The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established. (16. June 1925)

Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR. (16. June 1930)

The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed. (16. June 1933)

World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français). (16. June 1940)

A Communist government is installed in Lithuania. (16. June 1940)

Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency. (16. June 1948)

In a futile effort to topple President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some forces soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces. (16. June 1955)

Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed. (16. June 1958)

Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union. (16. June 1961)