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Notable anniversaries in history for today: June 16
- 200th: 1824 - At Old Slaughter's Coffee House in Saint Martin's Lane, London, England, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is formed.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Arthur Meighen; 9th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative, 1920-21, 1926).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Reg Presley; singer (The Troggs - "Wild Thing").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Takamiyama [Jesse Kuhaulua] in Hawaii; first non-Japanese sumo champion.
- 70th: 1954 - Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas launches a military coup in Guatemala, authorized, planned, and supported by the American government.
- 60th: 1964 - CBS airs the last (until 1966) The Garry Moore Show TV show.
- 60th: 1964 - In the Sea of Japan, 50km north of Niigata, Japan, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs. 3,534 houses destroyed, 11,000 houses damaged. A tsunami generated by the earthquake ravages the west coast of Honshu.
- 40th: 1984 - Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-metre hurdles race.
- 30th: 1994 - The Fox TV network airs the last episode of the Herman's Head show.
- 25th: 1999 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles auctions a US 1907 Saint-Gaudens, Ultra-High Relief, Roman Numerals gold double eagle, PR-67 PCGS, for $1.21 million to Tangible Asset Galleries, the first $1 million coin at auction.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Screaming Lord Sutch, English political personality (suicide) (born 1940).
- 25th: 1999 - Buena Vista releases the film Tarzan to theaters.
- 25th: 1999 - Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras wins the Libertadores Cup.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1912).
- 5th: 2019 - A large-scale power outage hits Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Paraguay, affecting nearly 50 million people.
- 5th: 2019 - 1.9 million people protest in Hong Kong, against a proposed law to allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland People's Republic of China.
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