📅 June 16 · Battle of Fort Beauséjour, Victoria Hall disaster, Psycho (1960 film),…
June 16 in history: • 1755 – After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to British forces, marking the end of Father Le Loutre's War. → go there • 1883 – In the Victoria Hall disaster, 183 children were crushed to death when they ran down the stairs to collect gifts after a variety show in Sunderland, England. → go there • 1960 – Psycho, a psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, premiered. → go there • 1963 – Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space. → go there • 2016 – Jo Cox, a British Member of Parliament, was murdered in her constituency. → go there Died 1361: Johannes Tauler Wiki link Born 1516: Yang Jisheng Wiki link Born 1968: Mariana Mazzucato Wiki link Born 1971: Tupac Shakur Wiki link Pictured: Valentina Tereshkova.