June 16
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June 16 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 197 days remaining after June 16 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 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)
- 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher (d. 1790)
- 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 Gustav 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)
- 1890 – Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965)
- 1896 – Murray Leinster, American author (d. 1976)
- 1897 – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1902 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist (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)
- 1914 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956)
- 1915 – Mariano Rumor, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1990)
- 1916 – Hank Luisetti, baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1917 – Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
- 1917 – Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009)
- 1917 – Phaedon Gizikis, Greek army officer and President (d. 1999)
- 1920 – José López Portillo, President of Mexico (d. 2004)
- 1920 – John Howard Griffin, American writer (d. 1980)
- 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 cinematographer
- 1934 – Dame Eileen Atkins, English actress
- 1934 – William Forsyth Sharpe, American economist
- 1935 – Jim Dine, American artist
- 1937 – Erich Segal, American author (d. 2010)
- 1937 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Bulgarian royal and Prime Minister
- 1938 – James Bolam, English actor
- 1938 – Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist
- 1940 – Neil Goldschmidt, Governor of Oregon
- 1941 – Lamont Dozier, American record company executive
- 1942 – Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist
- 1946 – Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach
- 1951 – Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
- 1952 – George Papandreou, junior, Greek politician and Prime Minister
- 1952 – Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1955 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
- 1966 – Jan Zelezný, Czech athlete
- 1967 – John Franklin, American actor
- 1970 – Phil Mickelson, American golfer
- 1970 – James Shaffer, American guitarist (KoЯn)
- 1970 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player
- 1971 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper and actor (d. 1996)
- 1971 – Derek R. Audette, Canadian artist and poet
- 1972 – Hank von Helvete, Norwegian musician
- 1976 – Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorean footballer
- 1977 – Kerry Wood, American baseball player
- 1978 – Daniel Bruehl, German actor
- 1980 – Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
- 1980 – Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
- 1980 – Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress
- 1981 – Laron Kevin Mathieu, American poet and world traveler
- 1983 – Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer
- 1984 – Steven Whittaker, Scottish footballer
- 1986 – Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
- 1987 – Abby Elliott, American actress and comedienne
- 1988 – Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer
- 1991 – Joe McElderry, English singer
[change] Deaths
- AD 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)
- 1817 – Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (b. 1759)
- 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)
- 1894 – William Calder Marshall, Scottish sculptor (b. 1813)
- 1925 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870)
- 1925 – Emmett Hardy, American musician (b. 1903)
- 1930 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor (b. 1860)
- 1930 – Ezra Fitch, American founder of the Abercrombie & Fitch clothing retailer (b. 1865)
- 1940 – DuBose Heyward, American writer (b. 1885)
- 1944 – Marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b. 1886)
- 1952 – Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist (b. 1861)
- 1953 – Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873)
- 1958 – Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1896)
- 1959 – George Reeves, American actor (b. 1914)
- 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)
- 1976 – Hector Pieterson, South African schoolboy and symbol of anti-Apartheid movement (b. 1963) (shot)
- 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)
- 1986 – Maurice Duruflé, French composer and organist (b. 1902)
- 1988 – Kim Milford, American actor (b. 1951)
- 1990 – Gertrude Baniszewski, American murderer (of Sylvia Likens) (b. 1929)
- 1993 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (b. 1913)
- 1996 – Mel Allen, baseball announcer (b. 1913)
- 1996 – Curt Swan, American comic book artist (b. 1920)
- 1999 – Screaming Lord Sutch, British musician and politician (b. 1940)
- 2000 – Empress Nagako of Japan (b. 1903)
- 2003 – Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish-Swedish philosopher (b. 1916)
- 2004 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1912)
- 2005 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (b. 1906)
- 2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Ronald Neame, British cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director (b. 1911)
[change] Events
- 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 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 post-apostolic papacy.
- 1858 – Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
- 1858 – Battle of Mordor, during the (Lord of the Rings).
- 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.
- 1902 – Australia: Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
- 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.
- 1904 – James Joyce uses this day as the setting for his novel Ulysses, a day in the life of Leopold Bloom. (see Ulysses) Known as Bloomsday.
- 1911 – A 772 gram stony meteorite struck earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
- 1911 – IBM is founded.
- 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
- 1956 – Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath
- 1960 – Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho opens in New York
- 1961 – Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris
- 1962 – Two U.S. Army officers are killed in Saigon,Vietnam.
- 1963 – Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
- 1972 – Burglars are caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
- 1972 – Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
- 1972 – Opening of the New York Jazz Museum
- 1972 – Largest single-site hydro-electric power project starts at Churchill Falls Newfoundland
- 1976 – Apartheid: A non-violent march by 15000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
- 1977 – Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
- 1981 – Ken Taylor honoured for helping six Americans escape from Iran during hostage crisis
- 1983 – Yuri Andropov becomes president of the USSR
- 1994 – A Chinese operated Northwest Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160
- 1995 – The Astronomy Picture of the Day was born
- 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
- 2002 – Politically Incorrect is cancelled (from sponsors dropping the show) after host Bill Maher makes controversial comments on air regarding the integrity of President George W. Bush.
- 2003 – The Hatfields and McCoys sign a formal truce.
[change] Observances
- International Day of the African child
- Youth Day (South Africa)
- Bloomsday (Ireland)
- Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism)
