June 16th in History
June 16th
455Rome is sacked by the Vandal army.
1487 Battle of Stoke Field, Nottinghamshire: English Tudor King Henry VII defeats the remaining Yorkists led by John de la Pole and Lord Lovell in the last battle of the Wars of the Roses
1779 Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of France and the USA, starting the Great Siege of Gibraltar, which lasts 3 years, 7 months, and 2 weeks
1903 Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway
1977 Leonid Iiych Brezhnev ,first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party since 1964, is elected president of the Supreme Soviet, thereby becoming both head of party and head of state.A member of the Soviet Communist Party since 1931, Brezhnev was Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s protege and deputy in the early 1960s. In 1964, however, he joined in the party coup that removed Khrushchev from power, and he was named first secretary in Khrushchev’s place. As first secretary, he initially shared power with Alexei Kosygin, who succeeded Khrushchev as premier. However, Brezhnev proved a forceful leader, and he gradually emerged as the chief figure in Soviet politics.
On 16th June 1982, Welsh miners and seamen backed health workers' demand for a 12% pay rise and brought the South Wales coalfield to a standstill.
24,000 miners downed tools, with some also joining health workers on picket lines, because they regarded the Conservative's policies, unjust and hostile to both of their interests. Also, more than 15,000 people, including building workers, civil servants and gas, electricity and water board workers, marched through the streets of Cardiff in support.
Nelson Mandela received the Freedom of the City of Cardiff on this day 1998..
16 Jun 1964
The Rolling Stones paid £1,500 ($2,500) in return air fares from America back to the UK to honour a booking made a year earlier for £100 ($170) at Magdalen College Oxford. Local group, The Falling Leaves were the support act, and the Stones’ bass player, Bill Wyman, had to use one of the Oxford band’s amplifiers because of a malfunction with their equipment.
1967: The 'Summer of Love' kicks off with the three day Monterey Pop Festival in California with the artists agreeing to perform for free and the proceeds going to charity. The festival would see the first major US appearance of Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Janis Joplin.
455Rome is sacked by the Vandal army.
1487 Battle of Stoke Field, Nottinghamshire: English Tudor King Henry VII defeats the remaining Yorkists led by John de la Pole and Lord Lovell in the last battle of the Wars of the Roses
1779 Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of France and the USA, starting the Great Siege of Gibraltar, which lasts 3 years, 7 months, and 2 weeks
1903 Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway
1977 Leonid Iiych Brezhnev ,first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party since 1964, is elected president of the Supreme Soviet, thereby becoming both head of party and head of state.A member of the Soviet Communist Party since 1931, Brezhnev was Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s protege and deputy in the early 1960s. In 1964, however, he joined in the party coup that removed Khrushchev from power, and he was named first secretary in Khrushchev’s place. As first secretary, he initially shared power with Alexei Kosygin, who succeeded Khrushchev as premier. However, Brezhnev proved a forceful leader, and he gradually emerged as the chief figure in Soviet politics.
On 16th June 1982, Welsh miners and seamen backed health workers' demand for a 12% pay rise and brought the South Wales coalfield to a standstill.
24,000 miners downed tools, with some also joining health workers on picket lines, because they regarded the Conservative's policies, unjust and hostile to both of their interests. Also, more than 15,000 people, including building workers, civil servants and gas, electricity and water board workers, marched through the streets of Cardiff in support.
Nelson Mandela received the Freedom of the City of Cardiff on this day 1998..
16 Jun 1964
The Rolling Stones paid £1,500 ($2,500) in return air fares from America back to the UK to honour a booking made a year earlier for £100 ($170) at Magdalen College Oxford. Local group, The Falling Leaves were the support act, and the Stones’ bass player, Bill Wyman, had to use one of the Oxford band’s amplifiers because of a malfunction with their equipment.
1967: The 'Summer of Love' kicks off with the three day Monterey Pop Festival in California with the artists agreeing to perform for free and the proceeds going to charity. The festival would see the first major US appearance of Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Janis Joplin.
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