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On this day, June 16, 1904, "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, ..."
It's Bloomsday.
Hat tip, a commenter at Joe.My.God.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_16
• 1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".