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  普通乌贼 (Sepia officinalis)，紀錄於葡萄牙阿拉比達自然公園。

Emmy Noether (1882 – 1935) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra. Described by Einstein as the most important woman in the history of mathematics, she proved Noether's first and second theorems, fundamental in mathematical physics. Noether's first theorem explains the connection between symmetry and conservation laws. She also developed theories of rings, fields, and algebras. Born to a Jewish family in Erlangen; her work in Germany, principally at Göttingen University came at a time when women were largely excluded from academia there. In 1933, Germany's Nazi government dismissed Jews from university positions, and Noether moved to the U.S., teaching at Bryn Mawr College and at the Institute for Advanced Study. Noether was generous with her ideas and is credited with several lines of research published by others, even in fields far removed from her main work, such as algebraic topology. (Full article...)

• ... that the COVID-19 pandemic was credited with saving lives by keeping people indoors during a tornado (video featured)?
• ... that the construction of the Colosseum was funded by spoils from the First Jewish–Roman War?
• ... that "The Interstellar Song Contest" featured the return of a Doctor Who character last seen more than 40 years earlier?
• ... that a diner who was denied a table caused Máximo Bistrot to temporarily close by raising concerns about the reservation system?
• ... that baseball player Ed Stone may have been born on January 2, 1909, or August 21, 22, or 23, 1909, or August 21 or August 22, 1910?
• ... that almost no fuel was found at the crash site of a fuel transport aircraft?
• ... that former ambassador Diennaryati Tjokrosuprihatono used to work as a kindergarten teacher?
• ... that the musical duo Food House was named after their frequent use of Uber Eats?
• ... that Tom Farris thought that he was a jinx for every team for which he played, so he once asked to be traded to an opposing team to make them lose?

Melissa Hortman

• In the United States, Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman (pictured) is assassinated and state senator John Hoffman is injured by the same suspect.
• Israel launches multiple airstrikes against Iran's nuclear program and senior military leadership.
• Air India Flight 171 crashes in Ahmedabad, India, killing 279 people.
• The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson dies at the age of 82.
• A shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria, leaves eleven people dead.

June 16: Foundation Day of the Akal Takht (Sikhism)

James Joyce

• 632 – The final king of the Sasanian Empire of Iran, Yazdegerd III, ascended the throne at the age of eight.
• 1819 – A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').
• 1904 – Irish author James Joyce (pictured) began a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday.
• 1936 – A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven people on board.
• 1997 – The English rock band Radiohead released their landmark third album OK Computer in the United Kingdom.

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  Stawa Młyny，一座位於波蘭希維諾烏伊希切有著風車外觀的燈塔。

The painting

The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished is an oil painting on canvas by English artist William Etty which is inspired by the Elgin Marbles and intended by the artist to provide a moral lesson on "the beauty of mercy". It shows a near-nude warrior whose sword has broken, forced to his knees in front of another near-nude soldier who prepares to inflict a killing blow. A woman, also near-nude, clutches the victorious warrior to beg him for mercy. Unusually for a history painting of the period, it does not depict a scene from history, literature or religion and is not based on an existing artwork. When it was shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 1825, it attracted praise from critics for its technical excellence, its fusion of the styles of different schools of painting, and its subject matter. It was later bought by fellow artist John Martin and in 1831 he sold it on to the Royal Scottish Academy. It was transferred in 1910 to the National Gallery of Scotland. (Full article...)

Mugshot of Edgar Matobato

• ... that ex-hitman Edgar Matobato (pictured) fled the Philippines with a fake passport while posing as a gardener?
• ... that Yamada's Symphony in F major had to be reconstructed after a maritime accident and after the bombing of Tokyo during WWII?
• ... that Chris Anderson was one of three members of his family to win a Delaware state golf championship?
• ... that a horse in an episode of The Last of Us previously appeared in The 100 and Jurassic World Dominion?
• ... that Everyone Hates Elon invited members of the public to destroy a Tesla Model S to raise money for food banks?
• ... that the 2004–2005 trial of the Chohan family murders was the longest in the history of the London Metropolitan Police?
• ... that the meningitis storyline in the romance novel Harriet was inspired by the illness of the author's son?
• ... that the 2023 EFL League Two play-off final saw a father–son duo on opposing coaching sides?
• ... that a bird with huge feet once walked by a river near Denali?

Explosions in Tehran

• Israel launches multiple airstrikes (aftermath pictured) against Iran's nuclear program and senior military leadership.
• Air India Flight 171 crashes in Ahmedabad, India, killing 274 people.
• The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson dies at the age of 82.
• A shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria, leaves eleven people dead.
• At the Tony Awards, Purpose wins the Best Play and Maybe Happy Ending wins the Best Musical.

June 15: Trinity Sunday (2025); King's Official Birthday in the United Kingdom (2024)

Sallie Gardner at a Gallop

• 1215 – King John of England and a group of rebel barons agreed on the text of Magna Carta, an influential charter of rights.
• 1800 – War of the Second Coalition: The signing of the Convention of Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Austria.
• 1878 – Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation pictured), which became the basis of motion pictures.
• 1944 – World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began its first air raid on the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was caused.
• 1996 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.

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