On this day in history
June 16
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Observed on June 16, 2026
- Islamic New YearIslamic
The first of Muharram, the start of a new year in the Islamic (Hijri) calendar.
Follows the lunar Hijri calendar; the observed date can vary by a day with the moon sighting.
YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on June 16 this year.
- Yosef HaTzaddik (Joseph)d. 1452 BCE
Son of Yaakov; viceroy of Egypt in the Torah narrative
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- 1591 CEJewish · born
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, the rabbi, physician, mathematician and student of Galileo known as Yashar mi-Qandia, was born in Candia, Crete.
- 1361 CEChristian · died
Johannes Tauler, the Dominican friar and Rhineland mystic preacher, died in Strasbourg.
- 1963 CEScience
Aboard Vostok 6, Valentina Tereshkova orbited the Earth to become the first woman to travel into space, completing forty-eight orbits over nearly three days.