Artek’s birthday, sea turtle day, VDNKh’s birthday – the most interesting events of June 16 on Athletistic.
In the Gregorian calendar, June 16 is the 165th day of 2021. There are 198 days left in the year.
What holidays in Ukraine and the world
- International Day of the African Child
- International Day of Family Remittances
- Artek’s birthday
- international sea turtle day
- Birthday of VDNH

What happened on June 16
- 1903 – Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company.
- 1903 – registered trademark of Pepsi-Cola.
- 1925 – the All-Union Pioneer Camp Artek was opened in the Crimea.
- 1943 – Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill were married.
- 1963 – The world’s first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made a space flight.

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Ford plant
Who was born on June 16
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1752 – the national hero of the Bashkir people, a comrade of Pugachev Salavat Yulaev.
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1867 – Finnish military figure of Swedish origin, baron, Russian Carl Gustav Mannerheim.
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1873 – Russian and Soviet opera singer, People’s Artist of the USSR Antonina Nezhdanova.
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1888 – Russian mathematician and geophysicist Alexander Fridman.
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1894 – Soviet military leader, Marshal and Hero of the Soviet Union Fedor Tolbukhin.

Town and church holidays June 16
The Orthodox Church honors the memory of the holy martyr Lucian of Belgium.
People call the day windy, because rain is expected on this day.
Traditions and rituals
On this day, people watch the wind. And those who want to find water for a well or a well, on Lukyan Day, a windmill puts an upside-down pan on the ground in a likely place and watches. If there is water there, some moisture will accumulate on the kitchen utensils.
What not to do today
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Hardworking around the house and in the garden.
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Shave and color your hair.
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Quarrels with loved ones.
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take a bath
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Drink wine and eat a lot.
Signs
- Morning clouds are running over the water – on a clear beautiful day.
- Owls screech – to bad weather.
Who has a birthday today?
Name days on June 16 are celebrated by: Denis, Dmitry, Lukyan, Mikhail, Pavel, Julian.

Source: korrespondent

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