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Tuesday, 16 June 2026
2013 102nd Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Serbia in Belgrade (3-2) 
2014 In this year, The Church of England formally adopts legislation enabling the appointment of female bishops.
2018 Missing Argentine naval submarine ARA San Juan with 44 on board are discovered on sea floor a year after it disappeared off coast of Argentina.
2018 Ireland beats Rugby World Cup champions New Zealand, 16-9 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin; inaugural victory over the All Blacks ever on home soil; flyhalf Johnny Sexton kicks 3 penalties and a conversion
2018 Protests across France against rising fuel prices leave 400 injured
2019 Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labels protesters "thugs" after unrest over higher gasoline prices brought Tehran to a standstill day before
2019 2019 Hong Kong protests: Police use tear gas and water cannons against protesters who try to break through cordons and reach The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which is at the center of a week-long standoff between demonstrators and law enforcement. Protesters fight back with Molotov cocktails, arrows, and bricks
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 55 million worldwide, with around a million cases recorded every two days on average
2023 The global average temperature temporarily exceeds 2°C above the pre-industrial average for the inaugural time in recorded history.
2024 In this year, Senegalese parliamentary election: President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's party PASTEF claims an absolute majority at the National Assembly.
