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What Happened on June 16th This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.
2016	Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
2015	American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.
2013	A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
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.
2010	Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
2002	Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
2000	The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
1997	Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
1989	Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
1981	US 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.
1977	Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
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.
1972	The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
1963	Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
1963	In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
1961	While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
1958	Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
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 soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
1948	Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
1944	In a gross miscarriage of justice, George Junius Stinney Jr., age 14, becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century after being convicted in a two-hour trial for the rape and murder of two teenage white girls.
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.
1933	The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
1930	Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
1925	Artek, the most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, is established.
1922	General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
1911	IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
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".
1903	The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
1903	Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
1897	A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
1884	The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
1883	The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
1871	The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
1858	Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
1846	The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
1836	The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
1824	A meeting at Old Slaughter's coffee house in London leads to the formation of what is now the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).
1819	A major earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6-metre-high (20 ft), 6-kilometre-wide (3.7 mi), ridge, extending for at least 80 kilometres (50 mi), that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").
1815	Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
1811	Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100 attackers.
1795	French Revolutionary Wars: In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat, a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admiral William Cornwallis strongly resists a much larger French Navy force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the Battle of Groix six days later.
1779	Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
1760	French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain. The fort is raided and burned.
1755	French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
1746	War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
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).
1586	Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
1487	Battle of Stoke Field: King Henry VII of England defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
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.
632	Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
363	Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal, Roman forces suffer several attacks from the Persians.

Famous People Born on June 16

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Year	Name
1941	Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist (d. 2011)
1874	Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
1838	Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1900)
1977	Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player and coach
1947	Tom Malone, American trombonist, composer, and producer
1946	John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, English businessman and politician
1993	Gnash, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer
1958	Darrell Griffith, American basketball player
1946	Jodi Rell, American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut
1947	Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (d. 2012)

Famous People Deaths On June 16

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Date	Name
1981	Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1896)
956	Hugh the Great, Frankish nobleman (b. 898)
1993	Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1913)
1925	Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
840	Rorgon I, Frankish nobleman (or 839)
2005	Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican-American author and critic (b. 1906)
1955	Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
1999	Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer and activist (b. 1940)
1974	Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)
1468	Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy, Burgundian historian and author (b. 1395)