June 16 is one of those days on which remarkably many events from politics, war, science, and society have taken place. Some of these continue to influence the world today. Events in the World 455: The Vandals end the sack of Rome. The event symbolically marks the decline of the Western Roman Empire. 1815: The Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras take place. They mark the beginning of the dramatic…
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