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Today in History: June 16

0455 Rome is sacked by the Vandal army.

1779 Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of France and the USA, starting the Great Siege of Gibraltar which goes on to last 3 years, 7 months and 2 weeks

1858 Abraham Lincoln, in accepting the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, declares that, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

1910 The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.

1932 The ban on Nazi storm troopers is lifted by the von Papen government in Germany.

1935 President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal legislation is passed by the House of Representatives.

1955 Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Perón

1955 The U.S. House of Representatives votes to extend Selective Service until 1959.

1971 An El Greco sketch, "The Immaculate Conception," stolen in Spain 35 years earlier, is recovered in New York City by the FBI.

2017 Amazon announces it is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion

2020 At least 20 Indian soldiers killed in 1st deadly clash on the Chinese Indian border in 45 years in the Galwan Valley, Himalayas

2022 Ninety-year-old US cosmetics company Revlon files for bankruptcy, blaming supply issues and rising costs

Born on June 16

1890 Stan Laurel, British-born entertainer, partner of Oliver Hardy.

1920 John Howard Griffin, writer (Black Like Me).

1937 August Busch III, American CEO (Anheuser-Busch, St Louis Cards)

1971 Tupac Shakur popularly known as 2Pac or Makaveli, is considered as one of the greatest American rappers of all time.

1982 Missy Peregrym Canadian actor and former model

JOTD

A woman is attending her 98 year old grandfathers funeral

After the service her and her family head back to her grandmothers home and she finally has the chance to talk to her grandmother alone.
She first shows her sympathy then she asks her grandmother exactly how her grandfather died, Her grandmother looked at her then made sure nobody was around and said "He died while we were having sex"
The woman was mortified, "Grandmother" she said., you are 97 years old that is way too old to be having sex. Her grandmother said, "I'm well aware of my age my dear and your grandfather and I had it figured out."
We still loved each other and wanted to make love as much as we could but because of our age we would only have sex on Sundays when we could hear the church bells,
The bells would help your grandfather keep a steady pace and not over exert himself, he would listen to the bells while we made love, and he would go in on the Ding and out on the Dong
The grandmother then let out a long sigh and said "And If it wasn't for that Damn Ice Cream truck He'd still be with us today!"