*🌏 Today in History 🌎* *🌅June 16🌄* *🏞️Events🏞️* 1977: ‘Oracle Corporation’ was founded in California (Redwood Shores) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates (for Software Development Laboratories (SDL)) 1976: R.D. Bhandari was sworn in as the 8th Governor of Andhra Pradesh (from June 16, 1976 to February 16, 1977) 1963: Lieutenant Valentina Tereshkova, at the age of 26, became the first female astronaut (the 5th person to go into space), in Vostok-6 (the name of the spaceship). She circled the Earth 49 times in 2 days, 22 hours and 50 minutes, covering 1,250,000 miles. 1960: The thriller/horror film Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released. The novel Psycho by Robert Bloch was the basis for this film. 1903: The Ford Motor Company, which manufactures the world-famous Ford cars, was founded in America. 1903: Roald Amundsen set sail from Oslo, Norway, to reach the South Pole in Antarctica. 1897: The treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States was signed. The treaty also stated that the Republic of Hawaii would not be dissolved until 1898. 1891: John Abbott was sworn in as the 3rd Prime Minister of Canada. 1890: Birthday of Laurel (Stan Laurel), the skinny actor of the Hollywood comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. 1883: 183 children are killed in an accident at the Victoria Hall Theatre in Sunderland, England. 1858: The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian War of Independence. 1858: Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois. 1815: Napoleonic Wars – The French army under Napoleon defeats the Prussian army of Blucher at the Battle of Ligny. (The Battle of Waterloo takes place two days later, and Napoleon is defeated.) 1815: Napoleonic Wars – ‘Battle of Quatre Bras’ French Marshal ‘Michael Nee’ defeated the ‘Anglo-Dutch’ army. (The Battle of Waterloo took place 2 days later, and Napoleon was defeated.) 1723: Birth anniversary of the famous economist Adam Smith of Scotland. His book ‘Wealth of Nations’ laid the foundation for today’s ‘economics’. (Died 17 July 1790). 1954: World Cup football competitions began in Switzerland. 2001: The then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for the Devadula project. *🌻🌻Births🌻🌻* 1723: Birth of Adam Smith, known as the father of economics. (d.1790) 1902: Barbara McClintock, scientist, Nobel Prize winner (d.2002). 1903: Achanta Janakiram, one of the first generation appointed by the first Director General Lywill Fielden. (d.1994) 1905: Birth of the famous writer Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry. (d.1965) 1915: Marga Falstich, German scientist (d.1998) 1917: Namuduru Appalanarasimham, Telugu poet, scholar, Ashtavadhani. (d.1986) 1940: Ichchapurapu Ramachandram, short story writer. Children’s literature writer. (d. 2016) 1948: Utpala Hanumantha Rao, Congress member of the Indian Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. 1949: Vishwanatha Gopalakrishna Sastry, Sanskrit scholar from Rajahmundry. 1951: Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, politician, Union Minister of Civil Aviation. 1959: Warrior, American professional wrestler. 1977: John Mayer, American musician. 1971: Tupac Shakur, American rap artist. (d.1996) 1994: Arya Ambedkar, Marathi film playback singer *🌹🌹 Deaths 🌹🌹* 1925: Death of Chittaranjan Das, a leader of the Indian independence movement and a patriot. (b.1870) 1944: Death of Bengali educationist and famous chemist Prafulla Chandra Roy (b.1861) *🔷 National / International Days 🔷* ♦️Today is ‘Blooms Day’ in Dublin, Ireland. ♦️Today is ‘Youth Day’ in South Africa.
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*🌏 Today in History 🌎* *🌅June 16🌄* *🏞️Events🏞️* 1977: ‘Oracle Corporation’ was founded in California (Redwood Shores) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates (for Software Development Laboratories (SDL)) 1976: R.D. Bhandari was sworn in as the 8th Governor of Andhra Pradesh (from June 16, 1976 to February 16, 1977) 1963: Lieutenant Valentina Tereshkova, at the age of 26, became the first female astronaut (the 5th person to go into space), in Vostok-6 (the name of the spaceship). She circled the Earth 49 times in 2 days, 22 hours and 50 minutes, covering 1,250,000 miles. 1960: The thriller/horror film Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released. The novel Psycho by Robert Bloch was the basis for this film. 1903: The Ford Motor Company, which manufactures the world-famous Ford cars, was founded in America. 1903: Roald Amundsen set sail from Oslo, Norway, to reach the South Pole in Antarctica. 1897: The treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States was signed. The treaty also stated that the Republic of Hawaii would not be dissolved until 1898. 1891: John Abbott was sworn in as the 3rd Prime Minister of Canada. 1890: Birthday of Laurel (Stan Laurel), the skinny actor of the Hollywood comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. 1883: 183 children are killed in an accident at the Victoria Hall Theatre in Sunderland, England. 1858: The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian War of Independence. 1858: Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois. 1815: Napoleonic Wars – The French army under Napoleon defeats the Prussian army of Blucher at the Battle of Ligny. (The Battle of Waterloo takes place two days later, and Napoleon is defeated.) 1815: Napoleonic Wars – ‘Battle of Quatre Bras’ French Marshal ‘Michael Nee’ defeated the ‘Anglo-Dutch’ army. (The Battle of Waterloo took place 2 days later, and Napoleon was defeated.) 1723: Birth anniversary of the famous economist Adam Smith of Scotland. His book ‘Wealth of Nations’ laid the foundation for today’s ‘economics’. (Died 17 July 1790). 1954: World Cup football competitions began in Switzerland. 2001: The then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for the Devadula project. *🌻🌻Births🌻🌻* 1723: Birth of Adam Smith, known as the father of economics. (d.1790) 1902: Barbara McClintock, scientist, Nobel Prize winner (d.2002). 1903: Achanta Janakiram, one of the first generation appointed by the first Director General Lywill Fielden. (d.1994) 1905: Birth of the famous writer Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry. (d.1965) 1915: Marga Falstich, German scientist (d.1998) 1917: Namuduru Appalanarasimham, Telugu poet, scholar, Ashtavadhani. (d.1986) 1940: Ichchapurapu Ramachandram, short story writer. Children’s literature writer. (d. 2016) 1948: Utpala Hanumantha Rao, Congress member of the Indian Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. 1949: Vishwanatha Gopalakrishna Sastry, Sanskrit scholar from Rajahmundry. 1951: Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, politician, Union Minister of Civil Aviation. 1959: Warrior, American professional wrestler. 1977: John Mayer, American musician. 1971: Tupac Shakur, American rap artist. (d.1996) 1994: Arya Ambedkar, Marathi film playback singer *🌹🌹 Deaths 🌹🌹* 1925: Death of Chittaranjan Das, a leader of the Indian independence movement and a patriot. (b.1870) 1944: Death of Bengali educationist and famous chemist Prafulla Chandra Roy (b.1861) *🔷 National / International Days 🔷* ♦️Today is ‘Blooms Day’ in Dublin, Ireland. ♦️Today is ‘Youth Day’ in South Africa.
