June 16
June 16 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 198 days remain until the year's end. It falls in spring (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Gemini.
Day of year
168
Days remaining
198
ISO week
24
Zodiac
Gemini
Season
Spring
Sun declination
+23.4°
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Wikipedia: this day →Britannica: this day →LoC: Today in History →History.com: this day →On-This-Day.com →BBC: On This Day →NYT: this day →Time and Date →NASA APOD archive →U.S. Naval Observatory →Wolfram|Alpha →Wikidata →Google Books →JSTOR →Internet Archive →
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Astronomy
Computed via Cooper's formula. Positive declination = Sun north of the celestial equator (Northern Hemisphere summer).
On June 16 the Sun's declination is approximately +23.4°. At this latitude the Sun is north of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere longer days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a June 16.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Bloomsday (Ireland, commemorating James Joyce's Ulysses)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
- 1858 — Abraham Lincoln delivered his "House Divided" speech in Springfield, Illinois. ↗(168 years ago)
- 1903 — The Ford Motor Company was incorporated. ↗(123 years ago)
- 1963 — Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6. ↗(63 years ago)
- 1976 — The Soweto uprising began in South Africa, sparked by an order to use Afrikaans in schools. ↗(50 years ago)
Notable births
Notable deaths
- 1977 — Wernher von Braun, German-American rocket engineer. ↗(49 years ago)
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (168) | 2^3 × 3 × 7 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (198) | 2 × 3^2 × 11 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 16062026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | +23.38° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 4 days |