June 16

June 16th is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in [leap years]?s), 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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