Daily Calendar for Friday, June 16, 2028

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Friday, June 16, 2028

Born

  • Stan Laurel (comedian)
  • Barbara McClintock (geneticist)
  • Archie Carr (sea turtle biologist, born in Mobile, Alabama)
  • Joyce Carol Oates (author)
  • Laurie Metcalf (actress)
  • Phil Mickelson (golfer)
  • Kerry Wood (baseball player)
  • Diana DeGarmo (singer)
  • Bianca Andreescu (tennis player )

Died

  • Brian Piccolo (football player)
  • Jack Montgomery (Medal of Honor recipient)

Events

  • Spain declared war on Britain and the siege of Gibraltar began
  • The first roller coaster in the United States began operation at Coney Island, New York
  • First issue of Klondike Nugget published, Dawson, Yukon
  • Andrew Jackson, Jr. was issued a patent for eye protectors for chickens
  • Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Psycho, released
  • Soviet dancer, Rudolph Nureyev, left the touring Kirov Ballet and asked for political asylum in France
  • First female in space, Valentina V. Tereshkova, was launched into orbit in Soviet Vostok VI
  • People were caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
  • A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off of California’s northern coast to become the fourth significant quake to jolt California in a week

Weather

  • Hail measuring 17 inches in circumference fell in Dubuque, Iowa
  • Mecca, California, recorded temperatures up to 124 degrees F
  • Thunderstorms dropped 14 inches of rain at Palmer Lake and Larkspur, Colorado