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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a></b>: First day of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a></b> (Islam, 2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/632" title="632">632</a> – The final king of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a> of Iran, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_III" title="Yazdegerd III">Yazdegerd III</a></b>, ascended the throne at the age of eight.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819_Rann_of_Kutch_earthquake" title="1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake">A strong earthquake</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch_district" title="Kutch district">Kutch district</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_River_(India)" title="Nara River (India)">Nara River</a>, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904" title="1904">1904</a> – Irish author <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce" title="James Joyce">James Joyce</a></b> began a relationship with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Barnacle" title="Nora Barnacle">Nora Barnacle</a>, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel)" title="Ulysses (novel)">Ulysses</a></i>, commemorated as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday" title="Bloomsday">Bloomsday</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a> – A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">Junkers Ju 52</a> aircraft of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Air_Lines" title="Norwegian Air Lines">Norwegian Air Lines</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hav%C3%B8rn_Accident" title="Havørn Accident">crashed into a mountainside</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyllestad" title="Hyllestad">Hyllestad</a>, Norway, killing all seven people on board.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a> – The English rock band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead" title="Radiohead">Radiohead</a> released their landmark third album <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer" title="OK Computer">OK Computer</a></b></i> in the United Kingdom.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cheke" title="John Cheke">John Cheke</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1514); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Yepes" title="Tomás Yepes">Tomás Yepes</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1674); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Traubel" title="Helen Traubel">Helen Traubel</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1899); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2014)</p>
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