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June 16th, 2008 (June 16 2008) | Death | Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (born in 1975) | |
June 16th, 2008 (June 16 2008) | Death | Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer, World War II veteran and Nazi concentration camp survivor (born in 1921) | |
June 16th, 2007 (June 16 2007) | Death | Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, (born in 1931) | |
June 16th, 2007 (June 16 2007) | Death | Mikhail Kononov, Soviet actor (born in 1940) | |
June 16th, 2006 (June 16 2006) | Death | Igor Smialowski, Polish actor (born in 1917) | |
June 16th, 2006 (June 16 2006) | Death | Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist, (born in 1942) | |
June 16th, 2005 (June 16 2005) | Death | Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (born in 1906) | |
June 16th, 2004 (June 16 2004) | Death | Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (born in 1912) | |
June 16th, 2003 (June 16 2003) | Death | Pierre Bourgault, French Canadian politician (born in 1934) | |
June 16th, 2003 (June 16 2003) | Death | Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish-Swedish philosopher (born in 1916) | Philo Quotes |
June 16th, 2000 (June 16 2000) | Event | Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms. | |
June 16th, 2000 (June 16 2000) | Death | Empress Kojun of Japan (born in 1903) | |
June 16th, 1999 (June 16 1999) | Event | Maurice Greene sets a new 100m world record at 9.79 seconds. This is the largest drop in a 100m world record in the history of electronic timing from Donovan Bailey s 9.84. | |
June 16th, 1999 (June 16 1999) | Death | David Edward Sutch, British musician (born in 1940) | |
June 16th, 1997 (June 16 1997) | Event | The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed. | |
June 16th, 1996 (June 16 1996) | Death | Mel Allen, American baseball announcer (born in 1913) | |
June 16th, 1996 (June 16 1996) | Death | Curt Swan, American comic book artist (born in 1920) | |
June 16th, 1994 (June 16 1994) | Event | A Chinese operated Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160. | |
June 16th, 1994 (June 16 1994) | Death | Kristen Pfaff, American bass guitarist (Hole) (born in 1967) | |
June 16th, 1993 (June 16 1993) | Death | Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (born in 1913) | |
June 16th, 1990 (June 16 1990) | Death | Megan Leigh, American porn star (born in 1964) | |
June 16th, 1989 (June 16 1989) | Event | Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest. | |
June 16th, 1988 (June 16 1988) | Birth | Keshia Chante, Canadian singer | |
June 16th, 1988 (June 16 1988) | Birth | Leeland Dayton Mooring, American musician (Leeland) | |
June 16th, 1988 (June 16 1988) | Death | Miguel Pinero, Puerto Rican playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. (born in 1946) | |
June 16th, 1987 (June 16 1987) | Birth | Diana DeGarmo, American singer | |
June 16th, 1987 (June 16 1987) | Birth | Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer | |
June 16th, 1986 (June 16 1986) | Birth | Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer | |
June 16th, 1986 (June 16 1986) | Birth | Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi Cricketer | |
June 16th, 1986 (June 16 1986) | Birth | Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer | |
June 16th, 1986 (June 16 1986) | Birth | Robert Rothbart, Bosnian-Israeli Basketball Player | |
June 16th, 1986 (June 16 1986) | Birth | Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer | |
June 16th, 1986 (June 16 1986) | Death | Maurice Durufle, French composer and organist (born in 1902) | |
June 16th, 1984 (June 16 1984) | Birth | Steven Whittaker, Scottish Footballer | |
June 16th, 1984 (June 16 1984) | Birth | Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player | |
June 16th, 1984 (June 16 1984) | Death | Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (born in 1895) | |
June 16th, 1983 (June 16 1983) | Birth | Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer | |
June 16th, 1982 (June 16 1982) | Birth | May Andersen, Danish supermodel | |
June 16th, 1982 (June 16 1982) | Birth | Matt Costa, American singer/songwriter | |
June 16th, 1982 (June 16 1982) | Birth | Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress | |
June 16th, 1982 (June 16 1982) | Birth | Chris Wingert, American soccer player | |
June 16th, 1982 (June 16 1982) | Death | James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders) (born in 1956) | |
June 16th, 1981 (June 16 1981) | Birth | Benjamin Becker, German tennis player | |
June 16th, 1981 (June 16 1981) | Birth | Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player | |
June 16th, 1981 (June 16 1981) | Birth | Ben Kweller, American singer/songwriter | |
June 16th, 1981 (June 16 1981) | Birth | Miguel Villalta, Peruvian Footballer | |
June 16th, 1981 (June 16 1981) | Death | Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (born in 1917) | |
June 16th, 1980 (June 16 1980) | Birth | Nehir Erdogan, Turkish actress | |
June 16th, 1980 (June 16 1980) | Birth | Brad Gushue, Canadian curler | |
June 16th, 1980 (June 16 1980) | Birth | Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer | |
June 16th, 1980 (June 16 1980) | Birth | Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer | |
June 16th, 1980 (June 16 1980) | Birth | Dare Nibombe, Togolese footballer | |
June 16th, 1979 (June 16 1979) | Death | Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Ghanaian dictator (born in 1931) | |
June 16th, 1979 (June 16 1979) | Death | Nicholas Ray, American film director (born in 1911) | |
June 16th, 1978 (June 16 1978) | Birth | Daniel Bruhl, German actor | |
June 16th, 1978 (June 16 1978) | Birth | Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player | |
June 16th, 1978 (June 16 1978) | Birth | Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer | |
June 16th, 1978 (June 16 1978) | Birth | Lyndsey Marshal, British film/stage/television actress | |
June 16th, 1977 (June 16 1977) | Event | Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates. | |
June 16th, 1977 (June 16 1977) | Birth | Kerry Wood, American baseball player | |
June 16th, 1977 (June 16 1977) | Birth | Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster, former USC football player | |
June 16th, 1977 (June 16 1977) | Death | Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket scientist (born in 1912) | Wernher von Braun Quotes |
June 16th, 1976 (June 16 1976) | Event | 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 and kill 566 children. | |
June 16th, 1976 (June 16 1976) | Birth | Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer | |
June 16th, 1974 (June 16 1974) | Birth | Paul Lee, British sculptural artist | |
June 16th, 1973 (June 16 1973) | Birth | Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer | |
June 16th, 1972 (June 16 1972) | Event | Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen. | |
June 16th, 1972 (June 16 1972) | Event | The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada starts at Churchill Falls, Labrador. | |
June 16th, 1972 (June 16 1972) | Birth | John Cho, Korean-American actor | |
June 16th, 1972 (June 16 1972) | Birth | Simon Khan, English golfer | |
June 16th, 1972 (June 16 1972) | Birth | Ann Shoket, American magazine editor | |
June 16th, 1971 (June 16 1971) | Birth | Phil Mickelson, American golfer | |
June 16th, 1971 (June 16 1971) | Birth | Chris Gomez, American baseball player | |
June 16th, 1971 (June 16 1971) | Birth | Tupac Shakur, American rapper (died in 1996) | Tupac Shakur Quotes |
June 16th, 1971 (June 16 1971) | Death | Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (born in 1889) | |
June 16th, 1970 (June 16 1970) | Birth | Clifton Collins Jr., American actor | |
June 16th, 1970 (June 16 1970) | Birth | Cobi Jones, American soccer player | |
June 16th, 1970 (June 16 1970) | Death | Heino Eller, Estonian composer (born in 1887) | |
June 16th, 1970 (June 16 1970) | Death | Brian Piccolo, American football player (born in 1943) | |
June 16th, 1969 (June 16 1969) | Birth | Mark Crossley, Welsh footballer | |
June 16th, 1969 (June 16 1969) | Death | Harold Alexander, British military commander (born in 1891) | |
June 16th, 1967 (June 16 1967) | Event | The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival begins in Monterey, California. | |
June 16th, 1967 (June 16 1967) | Birth | John Franklin, American actor | |
June 16th, 1966 (June 16 1966) | Birth | Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (died in 2006) | |
June 16th, 1966 (June 16 1966) | Birth | Jan Zelezny, Czech athlete | |
June 16th, 1963 (June 16 1963) | Event | Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 MissionCosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. | |
June 16th, 1963 (June 16 1963) | Birth | Jim Fullington, American professional wrestler | |
June 16th, 1963 (June 16 1963) | Birth | Scott Alexander, American screenwriter | |
June 16th, 1962 (June 16 1962) | Birth | Wally Joyner, American baseball player | |
June 16th, 1962 (June 16 1962) | Birth | Femi Kuti, Nigerian Afrobeat Musician | |
June 16th, 1962 (June 16 1962) | Birth | Arnold Vosloo, South African actor | |
June 16th, 1962 (June 16 1962) | Birth | Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, Hong Kong composer and producer | |
June 16th, 1961 (June 16 1961) | Event | Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris. | |
June 16th, 1961 (June 16 1961) | Birth | Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player | |
June 16th, 1961 (June 16 1961) | Death | Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (born in 1904) | |
June 16th, 1960 (June 16 1960) | Birth | Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league footballer | |
June 16th, 1959 (June 16 1959) | Birth | Warrior, American professional wrestler | |
June 16th, 1959 (June 16 1959) | Death | George Reeves, American actor (born in 1914) | |
June 16th, 1958 (June 16 1958) | Birth | Johannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (?eyr) | |
June 16th, 1958 (June 16 1958) | Birth | Ulrike Tauber, East German swimmer | |
June 16th, 1958 (June 16 1958) | Death | Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary (born in 1895) | |
June 16th, 1957 (June 16 1957) | Birth | Ian Buchanan, Scottish actor | |
June 16th, 1955 (June 16 1955) | Event | Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Peron. | |
June 16th, 1955 (June 16 1955) | Birth | Laurie Metcalf, American actress | |
June 16th, 1955 (June 16 1955) | Death | Ozias Leduc, Quebec painter (born in 1864) | |
June 16th, 1953 (June 16 1953) | Birth | Ian Mosley, British drummer (Marillion) | |
June 16th, 1953 (June 16 1953) | Birth | Valerie Mahaffey, American actress | |
June 16th, 1953 (June 16 1953) | Death | Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (born in 1873) | |
June 16th, 1952 (June 16 1952) | Birth | George Papandreou, junior, Greek politician | |
June 16th, 1952 (June 16 1952) | Birth | Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter | |
June 16th, 1952 (June 16 1952) | Death | Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist, first to map the entire San Andreas Fault (born in 1861) | |
June 16th, 1951 (June 16 1951) | Birth | Roberto Duran, Panamanian boxer | |
June 16th, 1949 (June 16 1949) | Birth | Paulo Cesar, Brazilian footballer | |
June 16th, 1948 (June 16 1948) | Event | The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane. | Cao Cao Quotes |
June 16th, 1948 (June 16 1948) | Birth | Ron LeFlore, American baseball player | |
June 16th, 1947 (June 16 1947) | Birth | -minu, Swiss columnist and writer | |
June 16th, 1946 (June 16 1946) | Birth | Jodi Rell, American politician, governor of Connecticut | |
June 16th, 1946 (June 16 1946) | Birth | Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player | |
June 16th, 1945 (June 16 1945) | Birth | Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player | |
June 16th, 1945 (June 16 1945) | Birth | Lucienne Robillard, Canadian politician | |
June 16th, 1945 (June 16 1945) | Death | Aris Velouchiotis, Greek guerrilla resistance leader (born in 1905) | |
June 16th, 1944 (June 16 1944) | Death | Marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (born in 1886) | |
June 16th, 1943 (June 16 1943) | Birth | Joan Van Ark, American actress | |
June 16th, 1942 (June 16 1942) | Birth | Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist | |
June 16th, 1942 (June 16 1942) | Birth | Eddie Levert, American singer (The O Jays) | |
June 16th, 1941 (June 16 1941) | Birth | Aldrich Ames, CIA officer and spy for the Soviet Union | |
June 16th, 1941 (June 16 1941) | Birth | Lamont Dozier, American record company executive | |
June 16th, 1941 (June 16 1941) | Birth | Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist | |
June 16th, 1940 (June 16 1940) | Event | World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Petain becomes Premier of Vichy France. | |
June 16th, 1940 (June 16 1940) | Event | A Communist government is installed in Lithuania. | |
June 16th, 1940 (June 16 1940) | Birth | Neil Goldschmidt, Governor of Oregon | |
June 16th, 1940 (June 16 1940) | Death | DuBose Heyward, American writer (born in 1885) | |
June 16th, 1939 (June 16 1939) | Birth | Billy Crash Craddock, American country singer | |
June 16th, 1939 (June 16 1939) | Death | Chick Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (born in 1905) | |
June 16th, 1938 (June 16 1938) | Birth | James Bolam, English actor | |
June 16th, 1938 (June 16 1938) | Birth | Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist | Joyce Carol Oates Quotes |
June 16th, 1938 (June 16 1938) | Birth | Torgny Lindgren, Swedish writer | |
June 16th, 1937 (June 16 1937) | Birth | Erich Segal, American author | |
June 16th, 1937 (June 16 1937) | Birth | Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Tsar of Bulgaria | |
June 16th, 1935 (June 16 1935) | Birth | Bill Cobbs, American actor | |
June 16th, 1935 (June 16 1935) | Birth | Jim Dine, American artist | |
June 16th, 1934 (June 16 1934) | Birth | Dame Eileen Atkins, English actress | |
June 16th, 1934 (June 16 1934) | Birth | Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (died in 2003) | |
June 16th, 1934 (June 16 1934) | Birth | William Forsyth Sharpe, American economist, Nobel laureate | William Sharp Quotes |
June 16th, 1934 (June 16 1934) | Birth | Elvira Vinogradova, Russian TV persona | |
June 16th, 1930 (June 16 1930) | Event | Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR. | |
June 16th, 1930 (June 16 1930) | Birth | Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian/American cinematographer | |
June 16th, 1930 (June 16 1930) | Death | Ezra Fitch, Abercrombie & Fitch founder (born in 1866) | |
June 16th, 1930 (June 16 1930) | Death | Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor (born in 1860) | Ambrose Quotes |
June 16th, 1929 (June 16 1929) | Birth | Ramon Bieri, American actor (died in 2001) | |
June 16th, 1929 (June 16 1929) | Death | Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (born in 1856) | |
June 16th, 1928 (June 16 1928) | Death | Dr. Mark Keppel, County Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (born in 1867) | |
June 16th, 1927 (June 16 1927) | Birth | Tom Graveney, English cricketer | |
June 16th, 1927 (June 16 1927) | Birth | Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and playwright (died in 2001) | |
June 16th, 1925 (June 16 1925) | Event | The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek, is established. | |
June 16th, 1925 (June 16 1925) | Death | Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (born in 1870) | |
June 16th, 1925 (June 16 1925) | Death | Emmett Hardy, American musician (born in 1903) | |
June 16th, 1924 (June 16 1924) | Event | The Whampoa Military Academy is founded. | |
June 16th, 1924 (June 16 1924) | Birth | Faith Domergue, American actor (died in 1999) | |
June 16th, 1923 (June 16 1923) | Birth | Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (died in 1962) | |
June 16th, 1922 (June 16 1922) | Event | General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Fein. | |
June 16th, 1920 (June 16 1920) | Birth | John Howard Griffin, American writer (died in 1980) | |
June 16th, 1920 (June 16 1920) | Birth | Raymond U. Lemieux, Canadian scientist (died in 2002) | |
June 16th, 1920 (June 16 1920) | Birth | Jose Lopez Portillo, President of Mexico (died in 2004) | |
June 16th, 1917 (June 16 1917) | Birth | Katherine Graham, American publisher (died in 2001) | |
June 16th, 1917 (June 16 1917) | Birth | Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari; died in 1989) | |
June 16th, 1917 (June 16 1917) | Birth | Irving Penn, American photographer | |
June 16th, 1916 (June 16 1916) | Birth | Hank Luisetti, American basketball player (died in 2002) | |
June 16th, 1915 (June 16 1915) | Event | The foundation of the British Women s Institute. | |
June 16th, 1915 (June 16 1915) | Birth | John Tukey, American statistician (died in 2000) | |
June 16th, 1912 (June 16 1912) | Birth | Enoch Powell, British politician (died in 1998) | |
June 16th, 1911 (June 16 1911) | Event | A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn. | |
June 16th, 1910 (June 16 1910) | Birth | Juan Velasco, President of Peru (died in 1977) | |
June 16th, 1909 (June 16 1909) | Birth | Archie Fairley Carr, biologist (died in 1987) | |
June 16th, 1907 (June 16 1907) | Birth | Jack Albertson, American actor (died in 1981) | |
June 16th, 1904 (June 16 1904) | Event | Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland. | |
June 16th, 1904 (June 16 1904) | Event | Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; traditionally "Bloomsday". | James Joyce Quotes |
June 16th, 1903 (June 16 1903) | Event | The Ford Motor Company is incorporated. | |
June 16th, 1903 (June 16 1903) | Event | Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway. | |
June 16th, 1903 (June 16 1903) | Birth | Helen Traubel, American soprano (died in 1972) | |
June 16th, 1903 (June 16 1903) | Birth | Huldreich Georg Fruh, Swiss composer (died in 1945) | |
June 16th, 1902 (June 16 1902) | Birth | Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (died in 1992) | |
June 16th, 1902 (June 16 1902) | Birth | George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (died in 1984) | |
June 16th, 1902 (June 16 1902) | Death | Ernst Schroder, German mathematician (born in 1841) | |
June 16th, 1897 (June 16 1897) | Event | A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later. | |
June 16th, 1897 (June 16 1897) | Birth | Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (died in 1948) | |
June 16th, 1897 (June 16 1897) | Birth | Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1987) | |
June 16th, 1896 (June 16 1896) | Birth | Murray Leinster, American author (died in 1976) | |
June 16th, 1894 (June 16 1894) | Birth | Norman Kerry, American actor (died in 1956) | |
June 16th, 1891 (June 16 1891) | Event | John Abbott becomes Canada s third prime minister. | |
June 16th, 1890 (June 16 1890) | Birth | Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (died in 1965) | Stan Laurel Quotes |
June 16th, 1888 (June 16 1888) | Birth | Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (died in 1925) | |
June 16th, 1888 (June 16 1888) | Birth | Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (died in 1980) | |
June 16th, 1885 (June 16 1885) | Death | Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (born in 1818) | |
June 16th, 1883 (June 16 1883) | Event | The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children | |
June 16th, 1881 (June 16 1881) | Death | Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (born in 1801) | |
June 16th, 1881 (June 16 1881) | Death | Sir Josiah Mason, English manufacturer (born in 1795) | |
June 16th, 1880 (June 16 1880) | Birth | Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and historian (died in 1963) | |
June 16th, 1878 (June 16 1878) | Death | Crawford Long, American physician (born in 1815) | |
June 16th, 1874 (June 16 1874) | Birth | Arthur Meighen, ninth Prime Minister of Canada (died in 1960) | |
June 16th, 1872 (June 16 1872) | Death | Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (born in 1812) | |
June 16th, 1871 (June 16 1871) | Event | The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology. | |
June 16th, 1869 (June 16 1869) | Death | Charles Sturt, English explorer (born in 1795) | |
June 16th, 1866 (June 16 1866) | Death | Joseph Mery French poet (born in 1798) | |
June 16th, 1858 (June 16 1858) | Event | Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois. | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
June 16th, 1858 (June 16 1858) | Event | Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny. | |
June 16th, 1858 (June 16 1858) | Birth | King Gustaf V of Sweden (died in 1950) | |
June 16th, 1858 (June 16 1858) | Death | John Snow, English epidemiologist (born in 1813) | |
June 16th, 1855 (June 16 1855) | Death | John Gorrie, American physician (born in 1803) | |
June 16th, 1850 (June 16 1850) | Death | William Lawson explorer of New South Wales, Australia (born in 1774) | |
June 16th, 1849 (June 16 1849) | Death | Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian (born in 1780) | |
June 16th, 1846 (June 16 1846) | Event | 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). | |
June 16th, 1840 (June 16 1840) | Birth | Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (died in 1913) | |
June 16th, 1838 (June 16 1838) | Birth | Cushman Davis, American politician (died in 1900) | |
June 16th, 1837 (June 16 1837) | Birth | Ernst Laas, German philosopher (died in 1885) | Philo Quotes |
June 16th, 1836 (June 16 1836) | Event | The formation of the London Working Men s Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement. | |
June 16th, 1836 (June 16 1836) | Birth | Wesley Merritt, American soldier (died in 1910) | |
June 16th, 1829 (June 16 1829) | Birth | Geronimo, Apache leader (died in 1909) | Geronimo Quotes |
June 16th, 1826 (June 16 1826) | Birth | Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (died in 1897) | |
June 16th, 1824 (June 16 1824) | Death | Charles-Francois Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (born in 1739) | |
June 16th, 1820 (June 16 1820) | Birth | Athanase Coquerel, French Protestant preacher (died in 1875) | |
June 16th, 1815 (June 16 1815) | Event | Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo. | |
June 16th, 1813 (June 16 1813) | Birth | Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (died in 1869) | |
June 16th, 1806 (June 16 1806) | Birth | Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (died in 1885) | |
June 16th, 1804 (June 16 1804) | Death | Johann Adam Hiller, German composer (born in 1728) | |
June 16th, 1801 (June 16 1801) | Birth | Julius Plucker, German mathematician and physicist (died in 1868) | |
June 16th, 1792 (June 16 1792) | Birth | John Linnell, English artist (died in 1882) | |
June 16th, 1792 (June 16 1792) | Birth | Sir Thomas Mitchell, Australian explorer (died in 1855) | |
June 16th, 1792 (June 16 1792) | Death | Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (born in 1738) | |
June 16th, 1779 (June 16 1779) | Event | Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the siege of Gibraltar begins. | |
June 16th, 1779 (June 16 1779) | Death | Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (born in 1712) | |
June 16th, 1778 (June 16 1778) | Death | Konrad Ekhof, German actor (born in 1720) | |
June 16th, 1777 (June 16 1777) | Death | Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (born in 1709) | |
June 16th, 1774 (June 16 1774) | Event | Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. | |
June 16th, 1755 (June 16 1755) | Event | French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beausejour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians. | |
June 16th, 1754 (June 16 1754) | Birth | Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir national hero, poet (died in 1800) | |
June 16th, 1752 (June 16 1752) | Death | Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (born in 1664) | |
June 16th, 1752 (June 16 1752) | Death | Joseph Butler, English philosopher (born in 1692) | Philo Quotes |
June 16th, 1749 (June 16 1749) | Death | Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (born in 1672) | |
June 16th, 1746 (June 16 1746) | Event | War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza. | |
June 16th, 1745 (June 16 1745) | Event | British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada. | |
June 16th, 1745 (June 16 1745) | Event | Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession. | |
June 16th, 1738 (June 16 1738) | Birth | Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (died in 1816) | |
June 16th, 1723 (June 16 1723) | Birth | Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (died in 1790) | Adam Smith Quotes |
June 16th, 1722 (June 16 1722) | Death | John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (born in 1650) | |
June 16th, 1713 (June 16 1713) | Birth | Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (died in 1786) | |
June 16th, 1707 (June 16 1707) | Death | Marie d Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchatel and writer (born in 1625) | |
June 16th, 1671 (June 16 1671) | Death | Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader (executed) | |
June 16th, 1666 (June 16 1666) | Death | Richard Fanshawe, English poet, translator, and diplomat (born in 1608) | |
June 16th, 1644 (June 16 1644) | Birth | Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orleans (died in 1670) | |
June 16th, 1633 (June 16 1633) | Birth | Jean de Thevenot, French traveler and scientist (died in 1667) | |
June 16th, 1623 (June 16 1623) | Death | Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg-Wolfenbuttel, German Protestant military leader (born in 1599) | |
June 16th, 1622 (June 16 1622) | Death | Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (born in 1555) | |
June 16th, 1613 (June 16 1613) | Birth | John Cleveland, English poet (died in 1658) | |
June 16th, 1612 (June 16 1612) | Birth | Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1640) | |
June 16th, 1606 (June 16 1606) | Birth | Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (died in 1675) | |
June 16th, 1591 (June 16 1591) | Birth | Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (died in 1655) | Solomon Quotes |
June 16th, 1586 (June 16 1586) | Event | Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir. | |
June 16th, 1583 (June 16 1583) | Birth | Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (died in 1654) | |
June 16th, 1514 (June 16 1514) | Birth | John Cheke, English classical scholar (died in 1557) | |
June 16th, 1487 (June 16 1487) | Event | Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. | |
June 16th, 1468 (June 16 1468) | Death | Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (born in ca. 1395) | |
June 16th, 1397 (June 16 1397) | Death | Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (born in 1358) | |
June 16th, 1332 (June 16 1332) | Birth | Isabella de Coucy, English princess (died in 1382) | |
June 16th, 1216 (June 16 1216) | Death | Pope Innocent III | |
June 16th, 1139 (June 16 1139) | Birth | Emperor Konoe of Japan (died in 1155) | |