^B{^#!16!16 June^N! Feast day of St Cyricus, St Ismael, St Aurelian, St John Francis Regis, Saints Cyr and Julitta, St Benno of Meissen, St Lutgarde, Saints Ferreolus and Ferrutio, and St Tychon of Amathus.
^B{1586^B} Mary Queen of Scots recognized Philip II of Spain as her heir. ^B{1745^B} British troops took Cape Breton Island and subsequently Louisburg, at the mouth of the St Lawrence River. ^B{1779^B} Spain declared war on Britain (after France had undertaken to assist in the recovery of Gibraltar and Florida), and the siege of Gibraltar began. ^B{1836^B} In Britain, the formation of the London Working Men's Association began the Chartist Movement. ^B{1871^B} The University Test Acts allowed students to enter Oxford and Cambridge without religious tests. ^B{1972^B} Burglars were caught breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate Building, Washington DC, US. ^B{1977^B} Leonid Brezhnev became president of the USSR.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Cheke, English classical scholar, ^B{1514^B}; King Gustav V of Sweden, ^B{1858^B}; Stan Laurel, English-born US film comedian, ^B{1890^B}; Enoch Powell, British politician, ^B{1912^B}; Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle champion, ^B{1942^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter, ^B{1464^B}; John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, English general, ^B{1722^B}; Guilio Alberoni, Italian-born Spanish politician and cardinal, ^B{1752^B}; Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor, ^B{1930^B}; Margaret Bondfield, British politician and labor-unionist, ^B{1953^B}.
