Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 16
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[edit] Births
- 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (d. 1375)
- 1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670)
- 1829 - Geronimo, (pictured) Apache leader (d. 1909)
- 1941 - Aldrich Ames, CIA officer and spy for the Soviet Union
- 1858 - King Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)
- 1890 - Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965)
- 1912 - Enoch Powell, British politician (d. 1998)
- 1917 - Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
- 1970 - Phil Mickelson, American golfer
[edit] Deaths
- 1216 - Pope Innocent III
- 1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650)
- 1958 - Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
- 1959 - George Reeves, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1977 - Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1912)
