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June 16th in History

First woman in space! In other news, Ford and IBM are founded and the US annexes Hawaii. Geronimo and Stan Laurel are born; George "Superman" Reeves, Brian Piccolo, and Wernher von Braun die. Happy Bloomsday!

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Quote of the Day

"I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy."

James Joyce, author of Ulysses Bloomsday, June 16, celebrates the events of the novel Ulysses, which take place June 16, 1904