Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/June/June 16


 * 1801 – Birth of mathematician Julius Plücker
 * 1804 – Death of composer Johann Adam Hiller
 * 1900 – Opening of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal
 * 1972 – RAF terrorist Ulrike Meinhof is captured in Langenhagen
 * 1977 – Death of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun