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June 16
What happened on this day
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Soweto uprising
50 years ago
Schoolchildren in Soweto march against being taught in Afrikaans in 1976, and police open fire, galvanising resistance to apartheid.
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First woman in space
63 years ago
Valentina Tereshkova launches aboard Vostok 6 in 1963, spending nearly three days in orbit.
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Bloomsday
122 years ago
James Joyce fans celebrate 'Ulysses', set on this day in Dublin in 1904.
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