^B{^#!16!11 June^N! Feast day of St Barnabas, Saints Felix and Fortunatus, and St Parisio.
^B{1509^B} Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon, his first wife. ^B{1727^B} George I became king of Great Britain. ^B{1891^B} At an Anglo-Portuguese convention on territories north and south of Zambesi, Portugal assigns Barotseland to Britain; Nyasaland is subsequently proclaimed a British Protectorate. ^B{1895^B} Britain annexed Togoland to block Transvaal's access to the sea. ^B{1955^B} US President Eisenhower proposed financial and technical aid to all non-Communist countries to develop atomic energy. ^B{1963^B} Constantine Karamanlis, the Greek premier, resigned in protest against King Paul's state visit to Britain. ^B{1964^B} Greece rejected direct talks with Turkey over Cyprus.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Barnabe Googe, English poet, ^B{1540^B}; Ben Jonson, English playwright, ^B{1572^B}; John Constable, English painter, ^B{1776^B}; Millicent Garrett Fawcett, English suffragist, ^B{1847^B}; Mrs Humphrey Ward (Mary Augusta Arnold), English novelist, ^B{1851^B}; Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer, ^B{1910^B}; Athol Fugard, South African dramatist and director, ^B{1932^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Kenelm Digby, English writer and diplomat, ^B{1665^B}; Louis, Duc de Vend⌠me, French soldier, ^B{1712^B}; John Franklin, English Arctic explorer, ^B{1847^B}; Clemens, Prince Metternich, Austrian politician, ^B{1859^B}; Frank Brangwyn, British painter, ^B{1956^B}; Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician, ^B{1970^B}; John Wayne, US film actor, ^B{1979^B}.
