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June 16


Friday 16, 1961:

Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris


Wednesday 16, 1915:

Foundation of the British Women's Institute


Monday 16, 1902:

Australia: Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.


Friday 16, 1871:

University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.


Wednesday 16, 1745:

Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.


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