June 16

June 16th is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap yearss), with 198 days remaining.

South Africa : Youth Day

Births:

• 1890: Stan Laurel (actor, comedian)
• 1917: Katharine Graham (Washington Post publisher)
• 1938: Joyce Carol Oates (novelist)

Events:

• 1972: Opening of the New York Jazz Museum

Deaths:

• 1970: Brian Piccolo of the Chicago Bears
• 1999: Screaming Lord Sutch, founder of the British political movement known as the Official Monster Raving Loony Party

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