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What happend on 16. June in History
In our data base we found 346 events happened on 16. June:
• 363: Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal Roman forces suffering several attacks from the Persians. [category: Events]
• 1139: Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) [category: Births]
• 1332: Isabella de Coucy, English daughter of Edward III of England (d. 1382) [category: Births]
• 1397: Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier and nobleman (b. 1358) [category: Deaths]
• 1468: Jean Le Fevre de Saint-Remy, Burgundian chronicler (b. 1395) [category: Deaths]
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• 1487: Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses. [category: Events]
• 1514: John Cheke, English scholar (d. 1557) [category: Births]
• 1583: Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654) [category: Births]
• 1586: Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor. [category: Events]
• 1591: Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Crete-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655) [category: Births]
• 1606: Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1612: Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640) [category: Births]
• 1613: John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658) [category: Births]
• 1622: Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1555) [category: Deaths]
• 1623: Christian the Younger of Brunswick (b. 1599) [category: Deaths]
• 1633: Jean de Thévenot, French linguist, scientist, and botanist (d. 1667) [category: Births]
• 1644: Princess Henrietta of England (d. 1670) [category: Births]
• 1666: Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet, translator, and diplomat (b. 1608) [category: Deaths]
• 1671: Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1707: Marie de Nemours, sovereign princess and writer (b. 1625) [category: Deaths]
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• 1713: Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786) [category: Births]
• 1722: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650) [category: Deaths]
• 1723: Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1738: Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1745: British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada. [category: Events]
• 1745: War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperell capture the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia (Old Style). [category: Events]
• 1746: War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza. [category: Events]
• 1749: Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian salt trader (b. 1672) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Joseph Butler, English philosopher (b. 1692) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir poet (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1755: French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians. [category: Events]
• 1774: Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. [category: Events]
• 1777: Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709) [category: Deaths]
• 1778: Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1712) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins. [category: Events]
• 1792: John Linnell, English painter (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1792: Thomas Mitchell, Australian explorer (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1792: Benjamin Tupper, American general (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: First Battle of Groix otherwise known as "Cornwallis' Retreat". [category: Events]
• 1801: Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1804: Johann Adam Hiller, German composer (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1813: Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1815: Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo. [category: Events]
• 1816: Lord Byron reads Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests at the Villa Diodati, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori.. [category: Events]
• 1820: Athanase Coquerel, French theologian and preacher (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1821: Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1824: Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French statesman (b. 1739) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1829: Geronimo, Native American leader (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1836: Wesley Merritt, American general (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1836: The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement. [category: Events]
• 1837: Ernst Laas, German philosopher (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1838: Cushman Davis, American politician (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1838: Frederic Archer, English composer, conductor, and organist (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1840: Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1846: The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected Pope beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy (not counting St. Peter). [category: Events]
• 1849: Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and scholar (b. 1780) [category: Deaths]
• 1850: William Lawson, English explorer (b. 1774) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: John Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1858: Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1858: John Snow, English epidemiologist (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois. [category: Events]
• 1858: The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny. [category: Events]
• 1862: Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian rifle shooter (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1862: Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Germanos Karavangelis, Greek bishop (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1866: Joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology). [category: Events]
• 1872: Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: Arthur Meighen, Canadian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1878: Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and historian (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1881: Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1881: Josiah Mason, English businessman (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (b. 1801) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children. [category: Events]
• 1885: Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1888: Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1890: Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1891: John Abbott becomes Canada's third Prime Minister. [category: Events]
• 1894: Norman Kerry, American actor (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1896: Murray Leinster, American writer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1897: Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1897: Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1897: A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later. [category: Events]
• 1902: Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1902: George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1902: Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1903: Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1903: Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway. [category: Events]
• 1903: The Ford Motor Company is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1904: Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland. [category: Events]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 1907: Jack Albertson, American actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1909: Archie Fairley Carr, American biologist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1910: Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general, 1st President of Peru (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1911: A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn. [category: Events]
• 1911: IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York. [category: Events]
• 1912: Enoch Powell, English politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1915: John Tukey, American Mathematician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1915: Foundation of the British Women's Institute. [category: Events]
• 1916: Hank Luisetti, American basketball player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer and designer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1917: Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1917: Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1917: Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general, President of Greece (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1920: Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer, composer, and producer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1920: John Howard Griffin, American journalist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1920: José López Portillo, Mexican politician, 31st President of Mexico (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1920: Raymond U. Lemieux, Canadian chemist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1922: General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority. [category: Events]
• 1923: Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1924: Faith Domergue, American actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1924: The Whampoa Military Academy is founded. [category: Events]
• 1925: Chittaranjan Das, Indian politician and freedom fighter (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Emmett Hardy, American musician (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established. [category: Events]
• 1927: Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and playwright (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1927: Tom Graveney, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1928: Speedy Long, American politician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1928: Mark Keppel, American educator (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Pauline Yates, English actress [category: Births]
• 1929: Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1929: Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Allan D'Arcangelo, American artist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1930: Mike Sparken, French race car driver (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1930: Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-inventor of the gyrocompass (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founder of Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR. [category: Events]
• 1933: The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed. [category: Events]
• 1934: Eileen Atkins, English actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Elvira Vinogradova, Russian television producer [category: Births]
• 1934: Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1934: William Forsyth Sharpe, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1935: Bill Cobbs, American actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Jim Dine, American painter [category: Births]
• 1937: Erich Segal, American author (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1937: Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria [category: Births]
• 1938: James Bolam, English actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1938: Torgny Lindgren, Swedish writer [category: Births]
• 1939: Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer [category: Births]
• 1939: Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Neil Goldschmidt, American politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon [category: Births]
• 1940: DuBose Heyward, American novelist (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: A Communist government is installed in Lithuania. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français). [category: Events]
• 1941: Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1941: Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist [category: Births]
• 1942: Eddie Levert, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The O'Jays) [category: Births]
• 1942: Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist [category: Births]
• 1943: Joan Van Ark, American actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Henri Richelet, French painter [category: Births]
• 1944: Marc Bloch, French historian (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1945: Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1945: Lucienne Robillard, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Aris Velouchiotis, Greek military leader (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1946: Jodi Rell, American politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Mark Ritts, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1946: Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1946: Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Günther Kaufmann, German actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1947: Tom Wyner, English-American voice actor, director, writer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1947: minu, Swiss journalist [category: Births]
• 1948: Ron LeFlore, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: V. Hanumantha Rao, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Paulo Cézar Caju, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Charlie Dominici, American singer and musician (Dream Theater and Dominici) [category: Births]
• 1951: Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer [category: Births]
• 1952: George Papandreou, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and composer [category: Births]
• 1952: Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist, educator, and writer (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Ian Mosley, English drummer (Marillion) [category: Births]
• 1953: Valerie Mahaffey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Margaret Bondfield, English politician (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Grete Faremo, Norwegian politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Laurie Metcalf, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Ian Buchanan, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Darrell Griffith, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1958: Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist and pilot (Þeyr) [category: Births]
• 1958: Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer [category: Births]
• 1958: Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed. [category: Events]
• 1959: Desirée Rogers, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1959: John Franklin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Warrior, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1959: George Reeves, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Peter Sterling, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1961: Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1962: Anthony Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and producer (Tat Ming Pair) [category: Births]
• 1962: Arnold Vosloo, South African actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Femi Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1962: Wally Joyner, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Scott Alexander, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1963: The Sandman, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1963: Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. [category: Events]
• 1966: Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower [category: Births]
• 1966: Phil Vischer, American voice actor and puppeteer [category: Births]
• 1967: Charalambos Andreou, Greek-Cypriot footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: The Monterey Pop Festival begins [category: Events]
• 1968: James Patrick Stuart American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Mark Crossley, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Shami Chakrabarti, English educator and activist [category: Births]
• 1969: Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Harold Alexander, English military commander (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Clifton Collins Jr., American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Cobi Jones, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1970: Phil Mickelson, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1970: Younus AlGohar, English author, poet, and humanitarian [category: Births]
• 1970: Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Heino Eller, Estonian composer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Chris Gomez, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (Digital Underground) (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1971: John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Ann Shoket, American writer and editor [category: Births]
• 1972: Horacio Cambeiro, American author and reporter [category: Births]
• 1972: John Cho, Korean-American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Simon Khan, English golfer [category: Births]
• 1972: Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen. [category: Events]
• 1972: The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls, Labrador. [category: Events]
• 1973: Amanda Byram, Irish television host [category: Births]
• 1973: Eddie Cibrian, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Louise Latimer, American actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Paul Lee, English-American sculptor [category: Births]
• 1975: Anthony Carter, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Heather Peace, English actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Cian Ciaran, Welsh keyboard player (Super Furry Animals) [category: Births]
• 1976: Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd. [category: Events]
• 1977: Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1977: Kerry Wood, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Kevin Foster, American convicted murderer, leader of the Lords of Chaos [category: Births]
• 1977: Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1977: Wernher von Braun, German-American scientist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates. [category: Events]
• 1978: Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Daniel Brühl, Spanish-German actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Jasmine Leong, Chinese singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Lyndsey Marshal, English actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Nicholas Ray, American director (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Brad Gushue, Canadian curler [category: Births]
• 1980: Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Daré Nibombé, Togolese footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Justin Tranter, American singer-songwriter and jewelry designer (Semi Precious Weapons) [category: Births]
• 1980: Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Phil Christophers, German-English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1981: Ben Kweller, American singer-songwriter and musician (Radish and The Bens) [category: Births]
• 1981: Benjamin Becker, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Chris Wingert, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Fraser Cartmell, English triathlete [category: Births]
• 1982: Jodi Santamaria, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Matt Costa, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1982: May Andersen, Danish model [category: Births]
• 1982: Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1982: James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jonathan Broxton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Steven Whittaker, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1986: Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Robert Rothbart, Israeli-Serbian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Maurice Duruflé, French composer and organist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Abby Elliott, American actress and comedian [category: Births]
• 1987: Christian Tshimanga Kabeya, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Diana DeGarmo, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Kelly Blatz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Leeland Dayton Mooring, American singer-songwriter and musician (Leeland) [category: Births]
• 1988: Nathan Parsons, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican playwright and actor, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest. [category: Events]
• 1990: Gertrude Baniszewski, American murderer of Sylvia Likens (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Megan Leigh, American porn actress (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter and model [category: Births]
• 1992: Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1993: Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Aarya Ambekar, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1994: Kristen Pfaff, American singer-songwriter and musician (Hole, Janitor Joe, and Palm) (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Mel Allen, American sportscaster (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Dal Stivens, Australian author (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed. [category: Events]
• 1999: Screaming Lord Sutch, English musician and politician (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 22 years after its issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Shebaa Farms. [category: Events]
• 2003: Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish-Swedish philosopher (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Pierre Bourgault, Canadian politician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Mikhail Kononov, Soviet actor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Mohammad Fazel Lankarani, Iranian cleric (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Ronald Neame, English cinematographer, producer, screenwriter, and director (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Östen Mäkitalo, Swedish engineer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dan Dorfman, American journalist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Howie Chizek, American radio host (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jorge Lankenau, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Susan Tyrrell, American actress (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sławomir Petelicki, Polish army officer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Thierry Roland, French sportscaster (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module. [category: Events]
• 2012: The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. [category: Events]
• _: Benno [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bloomsday (Dublin, James Joyce fans) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day of the African Child [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lutgardis [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Quiricus and Julietta [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sussex Day (Sussex) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Youth Day (South Africa) [category: Holidays and observances]