Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 16

Births

 * 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (d. 1375)
 * 1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670)
 * 1829 - Geronimo, (pictured) Apache leader (d. 1909)
 * 1941 - Aldrich Ames, CIA officer and spy for the Soviet Union
 * 1858 - King Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)
 * 1890 - Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965)
 * 1912 - Enoch Powell, British politician (d. 1998)
 * 1917 - Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
 * 1970 - Phil Mickelson, American golfer
 * 1971 - Tupac Shakur, American rapper, songwriter, and actor (d. 1996)

Deaths

 * 1216 - Pope Innocent III
 * 1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650)
 * 1958 - Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
 * 1959 - George Reeves, American actor (b. 1914)
 * 1977 - Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1912)

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