This Day In European History

16th June

Events
1654: Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates.
1958: Yellow 'no waiting' lines are first painted on Britain's roads.
1963: Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut, is the first woman in space.

Births
1514: John Cheke, Tudor statesman.
1583: Axel Greve Oxenstierna, Swedish chancellor.

Deaths
1666: Richard Fanshawe, English diplomat and writer.
1722: John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, English general.
1752: Guillo Alberoni, Italian statesman.
1977: Werner von Braun, German rocket scientist.

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