A bit of June 16th history…
1880 - Salvation Army forms in London
1884 - 1st roller coaster used - Coney Island NY (pictured)
1903 - Pepsi-Cola company forms
1907 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia dissolves the Second Duma (parliament) and issues an edict that will increase representation of propertied classes while reducing that of peasants, workers, and national minorities
1935 - US Congress accepts FDR’s “New Deal”
1963 - Valentina Tereshkova becomes 1st woman in space on Soviet Space Mission Vostok 6
2017 - Amazon announces it is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion
Today In History: June 16