June 16

June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 198 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

Events

• 363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal Roman forces suffered several attacks from the Persians.
• 632 – Yazdegerd III ascends to the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
• 1407 – Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
• 1487 – Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
• 1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
• 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
• 1746 – War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
• 1755 – French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
• 1774 – Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
• 1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• 1795 – Cornwallis's Retreat, also known as the First Battle of Groix.
• 1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
• 1836 – The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
• 1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
• 1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
• 1858 – The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
• 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).
• 1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
• 1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• 1891 – John Abbott becomes Canada's third Prime Minister.
• 1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
• 1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
• 1903 – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
• 1904 – Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• 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".
• 1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
• 1915 – Foundation of the British Women's Institute.
• 1918 – The Declaration to the Seven,a British government response to a memorandum issued anonymously by seven Syrian notables, is published.
• 1922 – General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority.
• 1924 – The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
• 1925 – The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
• 1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
• 1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed.
• 1940 – World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
• 1940 – A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
• 1944 – At age 14, George Junius Stinney, Jr. becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century.
• 1948 – Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
• 1955 – In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some forces soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
• 1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
• 1961 – Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
• 1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
• 1967 – The Monterey Pop Festival begins
• 1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
• 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.
• 1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• 1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979-81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
• 1989 – Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
• 1997 – Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria: Fifty people die.
• 2000 – Israel complies with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 22 years after its issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel does so, except the disputed Shebaa farms.
• 2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
• 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.
• 2012 – The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
• 2013 – A multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

Births

• 1139 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
• 1332 – Isabella de Coucy, English daughter of Edward III of England (d. 1382)
• 1514 – John Cheke, English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (d. 1557)
• 1583 – Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (d. 1654)
• 1591 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1655)
• 1606 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier and politician (d. 1675)
• 1613 – John Cleveland, English poet and educator (d. 1658)
• 1633 – Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (d. 1667)
• 1644 – Henrietta of England (d. 1670)
• 1713 – Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1786)
• 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (d. 1790)
• 1738 – Mary Katherine Goddard, American publisher (d. 1816)
• 1754 – Salawat Yulayev, Russian poet (d. 1800)
• 1792 – John Linnell, English painter and engraver (d. 1882)
• 1801 – Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
• 1806 – Edward Davy, English physician and chemist (d. 1885)
• 1813 – Otto Jahn, German archaeologist and philologist (d. 1869)
• 1820 – Athanase Josué Coquerel, Dutch-French preacher and theologian (d. 1875)
• 1821 – Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (d. 1908)
• 1826 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
• 1829 – Geronimo, American tribal leader (d. 1909)
• 1836 – Wesley Merritt, American general and politician, Military Governor of the Philippines (d. 1910)
• 1837 – Ernst Laas, German philosopher and academic (d. 1885)
• 1838 – Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1901)
• 1838 – Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1900)
• 1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author (d. 1913)
• 1850 – Max Delbrück, German chemist and academic (d. 1919)
• 1857 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general (d. 1935)
• 1858 – Gustaf V of Sweden (d. 1950)
• 1862 – Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1947)
• 1866 – Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan (d. 1935)
• 1874 – Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
• 1880 – Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author (d. 1963)
• 1881 – Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator (d. 1962)
• 1882 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
• 1885 – Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect (d. 1941)
• 1888 – Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925)
• 1888 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
• 1890 – Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (d. 1965)
• 1894 – Norman Kerry, American actor (d. 1956)
• 1896 – Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter (d. 1976)
• 1897 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (d. 1948)
• 1897 – Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 1899 – Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano (d. 1972)
• 1902 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
• 1902 – George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author (d. 1984)
• 1906 – Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer (d. 1955)
• 1907 – Jack Albertson, American actor and singer (d. 1981)
• 1909 – Archie Carr, American ecologist and zoologist (d. 1987)
• 1910 – Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (d. 1977)
• 1912 – Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1998)
• 1915 – John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Hank Luisetti, American basketball player (d. 2002)
• 1916 – John Young, Scottish actor (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (d. 1989)
• 1917 – Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009)
• 1920 – John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1989)
• 1920 – José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (d. 1962)
• 1924 – Faith Domergue, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Lucky Thompson, American saxophonist (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Jean d'Ormesson, French journalist and author
• 1925 – Otto Muehl, Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala
• 1927 – Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Annie Cordy, Belgian actress and singer
• 1928 – Speedy Long, American lawyer and politician (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Pauline Yates, English actress (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Allan D'Arcangelo, American painter (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Norman Jones, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Ralph Robins, English businessman
• 1934 – Eileen Atkins, English actress and screenwriter
• 1934 – Jane Henson, American actress and puppeteer (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
• 1935 – James Bolam, English actor
• 1935 – Jim Dine, American painter and illustrator
• 1936 – Ann Carter, American actress and educator (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1937 – Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, English general
• 1938 – Torgny Lindgren, Swedish author and poet
• 1938 – Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet
• 1938 – Charles B. Pierce, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon
• 1941 – Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer
• 1941 – Tommy Horton, English golfer
• 1941 – Tõnu Õim, Estonian correspondence chess grandmaster
• 1941 – Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Rosalind Baker, Australian author
• 1942 – Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer and manager
• 1944 – Henri Richelet, French painter and etcher
• 1945 – Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1945 – Lucienne Robillard, Canadian social worker and politician, 59th Secretary of State for Canada
• 1946 – Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 – John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, English businessman and politician
• 1946 – Karen Dunnell, English statistician and academic
• 1946 – Tom Harrell, American trumpet player and composer
• 1946 – Neil MacGregor, Scottish historian and curator
• 1946 – Iain Matthews, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Jodi Rell, American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut
• 1946 – Mark Ritts, American actor, puppeteer, and producer (d. 2009)
• 1946 – Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1946 – Simon Williams, English actor and playwright
• 1947 – Tom Malone, American trombonist, composer, and producer
• 1947 – Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (d. 2012)
• 1947 – Tom Wyner, English-American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 – Ron LeFlore, American baseball player and manager
• 1949 – Paulo Cézar Caju, Brazilian footballer
• 1949 – Ralph Mann, American hurdler and author
• 1949 – Robbin Thompson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1950 – Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor and politician
• 1950 – Michel Clair, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1951 – Charlie Dominici, American singer and guitarist
• 1951 – Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
• 1952 – George Papandreou, Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece
• 1952 – Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Valerie Mahaffey, American actress
• 1953 – Ian Mosley, English drummer
• 1954 – Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (d. 2014)
• 1954 – Garry Roberts, Irish guitarist
• 1955 – Grete Faremo, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Defence
• 1955 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
• 1955 – Artemy Troitsky, Russian journalist and critic
• 1956 – Raheel Sharif, Pakistani General
• 1957 – Ian Buchanan, Scottish-American actor
• 1957 – Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1958 – Darrell Griffith, American basketball player
• 1958 – Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer
• 1958 – Warren Rodwell Australian soldier, educator and musician
• 1959 – The Ultimate Warrior, American wrestler (d. 2014)
• 1960 – Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1961 – Can Dündar, Turkish journalist and author
• 1961 – Robbie Kerr, Australian cricketer
• 1961 – Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Margus Metstak, Estonian basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Wally Joyner, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Femi Kuti, English-Nigerian singer-songwriter and saxophonist
• 1962 – Arnold Vosloo, South African-American actor
• 1962 – Anthony Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 – Scott Alexander, American screenwriter and producer
• 1963 – Deb Caletti, American author
• 1963 – The Sandman, American wrestler
• 1964 – Danny Burstein, American actor and singer
• 1965 – Laverne Eve, Bahamian javelin thrower
• 1965 – Andrea M. Ghez, American astronomer and academic
• 1965 – Michael Richard Lynch, Irish computer scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded HP Autonomy
• 1965 – Richard Madaleno, American politician
• 1965 – Eirik Stubø, Norwegian stage producer and theatre director
• 1966 – Mark Occhilupo, Australian surfer
• 1966 – Olivier Roumat, French rugby player
• 1966 – Phil Vischer, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created VeggieTales
• 1966 – Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower and coach
• 1967 – Charalambos Andreou, Cypriot footballer
• 1967 – Jürgen Klopp, German footballer and manager
• 1968 – Adam Schmitt, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1969 – Shami Chakrabarti, English lawyer and academic
• 1969 – Mark Crossley, English-Welsh footballer and manager
• 1969 – MC Ren, American rapper and producer
• 1969 – Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian and actor
• 1970 – Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International
• 1970 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player and manager
• 1970 – Phil Mickelson, American golfer
• 1971 – Chris Gomez, American baseball player
• 1971 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper and producer (d. 1996)
• 1972 – John Cho, American actor
• 1973 – Amanda Byram, Irish model and television presenter
• 1973 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
• 1973 – Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer
• 1975 – Anthony Carter, American basketball player and coach
• 1976 – Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1977 – Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1977 – Duncan Hames, English accountant and politician
• 1977 – Kerry Wood, American baseball player
• 1978 – Daniel Brühl, Spanish-German actor
• 1978 – Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
• 1980 – Phil Christophers, German-English rugby player
• 1980 – Brad Gushue, Canadian curler
• 1980 – Sibel Kekilli, German actress
• 1980 – Daré Nibombé, Togolese footballer
• 1980 – Henry Perenara, New Zealand rugby league player and referee
• 1980 – Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
• 1980 – Justin Tranter, American singer-songwriter and jewelry designer
• 1981 – Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
• 1981 – Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Ben Kweller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – Ola Kvernberg, Norwegian violinist
• 1981 – Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer
• 1982 – May Andersen, Danish model and actress
• 1982 – Matt Costa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Missy Peregrym, Canadian model and actress
• 1982 – Chris Wingert, American soccer player
• 1983 – Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer
• 1984 – Jonathan Broxton, American baseball player
• 1984 – Gábor Császár, Hungarian handball player
• 1984 – Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Steven Whittaker, Scottish footballer
• 1986 – Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer
• 1986 – Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 – Diana DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Christian Tshimanga Kabeya, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer
• 1988 – Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1988 – Leeland Dayton Mooring, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1989 – Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater
• 1990 – John Newman, English singer-songwriter
• 1991 – Ryan Bang, South Korean actor and singer
• 1991 – Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter
• 1991 – Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer
• 1993 – Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor
• 1994 – Grete-Lilijane Küppas, Estonian footballer
• 1995 – Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 – Aleksandr Aksyonov, Russian footballer
• 1995 – Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer

Deaths

• 1397 – Philip of Artois, Count of Eu (b. 1358)
• 1468 – Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy, Burgundian historian and author (b. 1395)
• 1622 – Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
• 1623 – Christian the Younger of Brunswick (b. 1599)
• 1666 – Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador to Spain (b. 1608)
• 1671 – Stenka Razin, Russian rebel leader (b. 1630)
• 1722 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (b. 1650)
• 1749 – Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian businessman (b. 1672)
• 1752 – Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)
• 1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and playwright (b. 1709)
• 1778 – Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720)
• 1779 – Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1712)
• 1792 – Benjamin Tupper, American general and surveyor (b. 1738)
• 1804 – Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (b. 1728)
• 1824 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician (b. 1739)
• 1849 – Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and scholar (b. 1780)
• 1850 – William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774)
• 1858 – John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician (b. 1813)
• 1862 – Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (b. 1808)
• 1869 – Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795)
• 1872 – Norman MacLeod, Scottish minister and author (b. 1812)
• 1878 – Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1878 – Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (b. 1781)
• 1881 – Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1885 – Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (b. 1818)
• 1902 – Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1925 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1925 – Emmett Hardy, American cornet player (b. 1903)
• 1929 – Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 – Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 – Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1930 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1939 – Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 – DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 – Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 – Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
• 1952 – Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
• 1953 – Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
• 1955 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
• 1958 – Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)
• 1958 – Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
• 1959 – George Reeves, American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1961 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904)
• 1967 – Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1969 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
• 1970 – Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Heino Eller, Estonian violinist, composer, and educator (b. 1887)
• 1970 – Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
• 1971 – John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889)
• 1977 – Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)
• 1979 – Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931)
• 1979 – Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1981 – Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (b. 1917)
• 1982 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders) (b. 1956)
• 1984 – Lew Andreas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1984 – Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1986 – Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1987 – Marguerite de Angeli, American author and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1988 – Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright, co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Café (b. 1946)
• 1993 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1913)
• 1994 – Kristen Pfaff, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1967)
• 1996 – Mel Allen, American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1913)
• 1997 – Dal Stivens, Australian soldier and author (b. 1911)
• 1998 – Fred Wacker, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1999 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer and politician (b. 1940)
• 2000 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903)
• 2003 – Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish–Swedish philosopher and author (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
• 2004 – Jacques Miquelon, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican-American author and critic (b. 1906)
• 2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian soldier and author (b. 1921)
• 2010 – Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Maureen Forrester, Canadian singer and academic (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Ronald Neame, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 2011 – Östen Mäkitalo, Swedish engineer and academic (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Jorge Lankenau, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Sławomir Petelicki, Polish general (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Susan Tyrrell, American actress (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founded OXO (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Josip Kuže, Croatian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Richard Marlow, English organist and conductor (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Norman Ian MacKenzie, English journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Ottmar Walter, German footballer (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Charles Barsotti, American cartoonist (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Pierre D'Archambeau, Swiss-American violinist (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)
• 2014 – Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1960)
• 2015 – Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Jean Vautrin, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933)
• 2016 – Jo Cox, English MP (b. 1974)

Holidays and observances

• Birthday of Leonard P. Howell (Rastafari)
• Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland)
• Christian feast days:
  • Benno
  • George Berkeley and Joseph Butler (Episcopal Church)
  • Lutgardis
  • Quriaqos and Julietta
  • June 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Engineer's Day (Argentina)
• International Day of the African Child (Organisation of African Unity)
• Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism)
• Sussex Day (Sussex)
• Youth Day (South Africa)

External links

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