June 16
is the 167th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (168th in
leap years), with 198 days remaining.
*
1487 -
Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the
Wars of the Roses.
*
1586 -
Mary Queen of Scots recognizes
Philip II of Spain as her
heir.
*
1745 -
British troops take
Cape Breton Island, which is now part of
Nova Scotia,
Canada.
* 1745 -
Sir William Pepperell captures the
French Fortress Louisbourg in
Louisbourg,
Nova Scotia during the
War of the Austrian Succession.
*
1746 -
War of Austrian Succession:
Austria and
Sardinia defeat a
Franco-
Spanish army at the
Battle of Piacenza.
*
1755 -
French and Indian War:
French surrender
Fort Beauséjour to the
British, leading to the expulsion of the
Acadians.
*
1774 - Formation of
Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
*
1779 -
Spain declares war on the
Kingdom of Great Britain, and the siege of
Gibraltar begins.
*
1815 -
Battle of Ligny and
Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before
Waterloo.
*
1836 - Formation of the
London Working Men's Association begins the
Chartist Movement.
*
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).
*
1858 -
Abraham Lincoln's
House Divided speech in
Springfield, Illinois.
* 1858 -
Battle of Morar, during the
Indian Mutiny.
*
1871 -
University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of
Oxford,
Cambridge and
Durham without religious tests, except for courses in
theology.
*
1884 - The first
roller coaster in the
United States begins operation at
Coney Island,
New York.
*
1891 -
John Abbott becomes
Canada's third
prime minister.
*
1903 -
Ford Motor Company incorporates.
* 1903 -
Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the
Northwest Passage by leaving
Oslo,
Norway.
*
1904 -
Eugen Schauman assassinates
Nikolai Bobrikov,
Governor-General of Finland.
*
1911 - A 772
gram stony
meteorite struck earth near
Kilbourn,
Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
*
1915 - Foundation of the
British Women's Institute*
1922 - General election in
Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty
Sinn Féin.
*
1924 -
Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
*
1925 - The most famous
Young Pioneer camp of the
USSR,
Artek established.
*
1940 -
World War II:
Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes
Premier of
Vichy France.
* 1940 - A
Communist government is installed in
Lithuania.
*
1948 - The storming of the cockpit of the
Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by the
Cathay Pacific airline, marks the first
skyjacking of a commercial plane.
*
1955 -
Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perón.
*
1960 -
Alfred Hitchcock's
Psycho opens in
New York.
*
1961 -
Rudolf Nureyev defects at
Le Bourget airport in
Paris.
*
1963 - Soviet Space Program:
Vostok 6 Mission,
Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
*
1964 -
Leonid Brezhnev becomes
president of the
USSR.
*
1967 -
Monterey Pop Festival begins; Monterey, California.
*
1972 -
Red Army Faction member
Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in
Langenhagen.
* 1972 - Largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada starts at
Churchill Falls,
Labrador.
*
1976 -
Apartheid: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in
Soweto,
South Africa turns into days of
rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
*
1983 -
Yuri Andropov becomes
president of the
USSR.
*
1989 - Historic reburial of
Imre Nagy, the former
Hungarian Prime Minister in
Budapest.
*
1994 - A
Chinese operated
Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160.
*
1996 - First round of voting in the
Russian presidential election.
*
1997 -
Dairat Labguer massacre in
Algeria; some 50 people killed.
*
1999 -
Thabo Mbeki elected
President of
South Africa.
*
2001 -
George W. Bush and
Vladimir Putin meet in
Brdo pri Kranju,
Slovenia.
*
1139 -
Emperor Konoe of Japan (d.
1155)
*
1313 -
Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (d.
1375)
*
1514 -
John Cheke, English classical scholar (d.
1557)
*
1583 -
Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d.
1654)
*
1591 -
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d.
1655)
*
1606 -
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d.
1675)
*
1612 -
Murad IV,
Ottoman Sultan (d.
1640)
*
1613 -
John Cleveland, English poet (d.
1658)
*
1633 -
Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d.
1667)
*
1644 -
Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d.
1670)
*
1713 -
Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hamphsire (d.
1786)
*
1738 -
Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d.
1816)
*
1792 -
John Linnell, English artist (d.
1882)
* 1792 - Sir
Thomas Mitchell, Australian explorer (d.
1855)
*
1801 -
Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d.
1868)
*
1806 -
Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (d.
1885)
*
1813 -
Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d.
1869)
*
1820 -
Athanase Coquerel, French protestant preacher (d.
1875)
*
1826 -
Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d.
1897)
*
1829 -
Geronimo, Apache leader (d.
1909)
*
1836 -
Wesley Merritt, American soldier (d.
1910)
*
1837 -
Ernst Laas, German philosopher (d.
1885)
*
1838 -
Cushman Davis, American politician (d.
1900)
*
1840 -
Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d.
1913)
*
1858 - King
Gustaf V of Sweden (d.
1950)
*
1874 -
Arthur Meighen, ninth
Prime Minister of Canada (d.
1960)
*
1880 -
Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and historian (d.
1963)
*
1888 -
Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (d.
1925)
*
1890 -
Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d.
1965)
*
1894 -
Norman Kerry, American actor (d.
1956)
*
1896 -
Murray Leinster, American author (d.
1976)
*
1897 -
Georg Wittig, German chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1987)
*
1902 -
Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1992)
* 1902 -
George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (d.
1984)
*
1903 -
Helen Traubel, American soprano (d.
1972)
*
1907 -
Jack Albertson, American actor (d.
1981)
*
1909 -
Archie Fairley Carr, biologist (d.
1987)
*
1910 -
Juan Velasco,
President of Peru (d.
1977)
*
1912 -
Enoch Powell, British politician (d.
1998)
*
1915 -
John Tukey, American statistician
*
1916 -
Hank Luisetti, baseball player (d.
2002)
*
1917 -
Katharine Graham, American publisher (d.
2001)
* 1917 -
Irving Penn, American photographer
*
1920 -
José López Portillo,
President of Mexico (d.
2004)
* 1920 -
John Howard Griffin, American writer (d.
1980)
*
1923 -
Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (d.
1962)
*
1924 -
Faith Domergue, American actor (d.
1999)
*
1927 -
Tom Graveney, English cricketer
* 1927 -
Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and playwright (d.
2001)
*
1929 -
Ramon Bieri, American actor (d.
2001)
*
1930 -
Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian/American cinematographer
*
1934 - Dame
Eileen Atkins, English actress
* 1934 -
William Forsyth Sharpe, American economist,
Nobel Prize laureate
* 1934 -
Elvira Vinogradova, Russian TV persona.
* 1934 -
Roger Neilson,
NHL coach (d.
2003)
*
1935 -
Jim Dine, American artist
*
1936 -
Joan Van Ark, actress, "Dallas" and "Knots Landing"
*
1937 -
Erich Segal, American author
*
1938 -
James Bolam, English actor
* 1938 -
Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist
*
1940 -
Neil Goldschmidt, Governor of Oregon
*
1941 -
Lamont Dozier, American record company executive
* 1941 -
Aldrich Ames,
CIA officer and spy for the
Soviet Union*
1942 -
Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist
* 1942 -
Eddie Levert, American singer (
The O'Jays)
*
1945 -
Lucienne Robillard, Canadian politician
*
1946 -
Derek Sanderson, Professional ice hockey player
*
1947 -
-minu, Swiss columnist and writer
*
1949 -
Paulo César Lima, Brazilian football player
*
1951 -
Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
*
1952 -
George Papandreou, junior, Greek politician
* 1952 -
Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter
*
1953 -
Ian Mosley, British drummer (
Marillion)
*
1955 -
Laurie Metcalf, American actress
*
1958 -
Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (
Þeyr)
*
1960 -
Peter Sterling, Australian rugby player
*
1961 -
Steve Larmer, Canadian
ice hockey player
*
1962 -
Wally Joyner, American baseball player
* 1962 -
Arnold Vosloo, South-African actor
*
1963 -
Jim Fullington, American professional wrestler
* 1963 -
Jolef Havel, Aeronautic inventer
*
1966 -
Jan Zelezný, Czech athlete
*
1967 -
John Franklin, American actor
*
1969 -
Mark Crossley, Welsh footballer
*
1970 -
Phil Mickelson, American golfer
* 1970 -
James Shaffer, American guitarist (
KoЯn)
* 1970 -
Cobi Jones, American football (soccer) player
*
1971 -
Derek R. Audette, Canadian artist and poet
* 1971 -
Tupac Shakur, American rapper (d.
1996)
*
1972 -
Hank von Helvete, Norwegian musician
*
1976 -
Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
*
1977 -
Kerry Wood, baseball player
*
1978 -
Daniel Brühl, German actor
* 1978 -
Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player
*
1980 -
Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
* 1980 -
Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress
*
1982 -
Matt Costa, American singer song writer
*
1984 -
Rick Nash, Canadian hockey player
*
1987 -
Diana DeGarmo, American singer
* 1987 -
Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer
*
1988 -
Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer
*
1216 -
Pope Innocent III*
1397 -
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b.
1358)
*
1464 -
Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b.
1399)
*
1468 -
Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca.
1395)
*
1622 -
Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b.
1555)
*
1623 -
Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German protestant military leader (b.
1599)
*
1666 -
Richard Fanshawe, English poet, translator, and diplomat (b.
1608)
*
1671 -
Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader (executed)
*
1707 -
Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b.
1625)
*
1722 -
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b.
1650)
*
1749 -
Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b.
1672)
*
1752 -
Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b.
1664)
* 1752 -
Joseph Butler, English philosopher (b.
1692)
*
1777 -
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b.
1709)
*
1778 -
Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b.
1720)
*
1779 - Sir
Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b.
1712)
*
1804 -
Johann Hiller, German composer (b.
1728)
*
1824 -
Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (b.
1739)
*
1849 -
Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian (b.
1780)
*
1855 -
John Gorrie, American physician (b.
1803)
*
1858 -
John Snow, English obstetrician (b.
1813)
*
1866 -
Joseph Méry French poet (b.
1798)
*
1869 -
Charles Sturt, English explorer (b.
1795)
*
1872 -
Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b.
1812)
*
1878 -
Crawford Long, American physician (b.
1815)
*
1881 - Sir
Josiah Mason, English manufacturer (b.
1795)
*
1885 -
Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b.
1818)
*
1925 -
Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b.
1870)
* 1925 -
Emmett Hardy, American musician (b.
1903)
*
1928 -
Dr. Mark Keppel,
County Superintendent of
Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (b.
1867)
*
1929 -
Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of
The Salvation Army (b.
1856)
*
1930 -
Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor (b.
1860)
*
1939 -
Chick Webb, Jazz drummer and big band leader (b.
1905)
*
1940 -
DuBose Heyward, American writer (b.
1885)
*
1944 -
Marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b.
1886)
*
1953 -
Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b.
1873)
*
1955 -
Ozias Leduc,
Quebec painter (b.
1864)
*
1958 -
Imre Nagy,
Prime Minister of Hungary (b.
1895)
*
1959 -
George Reeves, American actor (b.
1914)
*
1961 -
Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (b.
1904)
*
1969 -
Harold Alexander, British military commander (b.
1891)
*
1970 -
Heino Eller, Estonian composer (b.
1887)
* 1970 -
Brian Piccolo, American football player (b.
1943)
*
1971 -
Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b.
1889)
*
1977 -
Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket scientist (b.
1912)
*
1979 -
Nicholas Ray, American film director (b.
1911)
*
1981 -
Jule Gregory Charney, meteorologist (b.
1917)
*
1982 -
James Honeyman-Scott, British guitarist and songwriter (
The Pretenders) (b.
1956)
*
1984 -
Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (b.
1895)
*
1986 -
Maurice Duruflé, French composer and organist (b.
1902)
*
1988 -
Kim Milford, American actor (b.
1951)
*
1993 -
Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (b.
1913)
*
1994 -
Kristen Pfaff, American bass guitarist (with
Hole) (b.
1967)
*
1996 -
Mel Allen, baseball announcer (b.
1913)
* 1996 -
Curt Swan, American comic book artist (b.
1920)
*
1999 -
David Edward Sutch British musician (b.
1940)
*
2000 - Empress
Nagako of Japan (b.
1903)
*
2003 -
Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish-Swedish philosopher (b.
1916)
* 2003 -
Pierre Bourgault, French Canadian politician (b.
1934)
*
2004 -
Thanom Kittikachorn,
Prime Minister of Thailand (b.
1912)
*
2005 -
Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (b.
1906)
*
South Africa -
Youth Day.
*
Bloomsday, in honour of
Leopold Bloom, the hero of
James Joyce's
Ulysses set on 16 June,
1904.
Liturgical feasts
Feast of the
Roman Catholic Church *
Saint Benno*
Saint John Regis, patron of medical social workers.
*
Saint Julitta*
Saint Lutgart of Tongeren (died 1246, patron saint of the Flemish National Movement)
*
16 June Movement*
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