Birthday June 16, 1738 Patriot printer, publisher and postmistress, Mary Katharine Goddard, born
Birthday June 16, 1874 Arthur Meighen, (C), 9th prime minister of Canada (1920-21, 1926)
Birthday June 16, 1895 Stan Laurel, file comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
Birthday June 16, 1902 Barbara McClintock, U.S. cytogeneticist (Nobel 1983)
Birthday June 16, 1903 Helen Traubel, opera singer
Birthday June 16, 1912 Enoch Powell, British Conservative, racist
Birthday June 16, 1917 Katharine Graham, newspaper publisher ("Washington Post")
Birthday June 16, 1920 John Howard Griffin, American photographer, author (Black Like Me)
Birthday June 16, 1937 Erich Segal, author (Love Story)
Birthday June 16, 1938 Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist (Garden of Earthly Delights)
History June 16, 1567 Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison
History June 16, 1686 BC Hammurabi the Great dies - Babylon
History June 16, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually Breed's Hill)
History June 16, 1832 Battle of Kellogg's Grove - Ill
History June 16, 1858 Lincoln warns that America is becoming a house divided
History June 16, 1858 A house divided against itself cannot stand - Abraham Lincoln
History June 16, 1862 Union thwarted at the Battle of Secessionville
History June 16, 1883 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams vs Cleveland Spiders)
History June 16, 1890 Alaskan explorer Fred Fickett leaves Army
History June 16, 1896 Tsunami ravages Japanese coast
History June 16, 1903 Ford Motor Company incorporated
History June 16, 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
History June 16, 1903 Ford Motor Company vehicle manufacturer
History June 16, 1904 James Joyce meets his future wife, Nora
History June 16, 1904 Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
History June 16, 1918 Battle of the Piave River
History June 16, 1919 1st nonstop transatlantic flight completed
History June 16, 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)
History June 16, 1933 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (US) created (FDIC)
History June 16, 1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA
History June 16, 1940 Marshal Petain becomes premier of occupied France
History June 16, 1941 1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC
History June 16, 1943 Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O’Neill
History June 16, 1947 1st network news - Dumont's "News from Washington"
History June 16, 1947 Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
History June 16, 1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated Erie Pa
History June 16, 1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2000th hit Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak
History June 16, 1958 Leader of Hungarian uprising executed
History June 16, 1961 Rudolf Nureyev Soviet ballet dancer defects to West
History June 16, 1961 Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train troops
History June 16, 1961 Russian ballet star Nureyev defects
History June 16, 1963 First woman in space
History June 16, 1963 Valentina Tereshkova becomes 1st woman in space - aboard Vostok 6
History June 16, 1963 Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM
History June 16, 1965 More troops to be sent to Vietnam
History June 16, 1965 Bob Dylan records Like A Rolling Stone
History June 16, 1968 Lee Trevino wins his first U.S. Open
History June 16, 1970 Communists isolate Phnom Penh
History June 16, 1976 US ambassador to Lebanon kidnapped & killed
History June 16, 1976 Soweto Day Student uprisings begin in Soweto - South Africa
History June 16, 1977 Leonid Brezhnev named president of USSR
History June 16, 1977 Ron Guidry's 1st complete game 7-0 over KC Royals. Also Wernher von Braun dies at 65 from smoking
History June 16, 1977 Brezhnev is Soviet president
History June 16, 1978 Tom Seaver no hits St Louis Cards
History June 16, 1982 Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners
History June 16, 1984 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
History June 16, 1986 One-day general strike in South Africa
History June 16, 1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
History June 16, 1999 SLA member captured after more than 20 years
June 16, 1738 Patriot printer, publisher and postmistress, Mary Katharine Goddard, born
June 16, 1874 Arthur Meighen, (C), 9th prime minister of Canada (1920-21, 1926)
June 16, 1895 Stan Laurel, file comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
June 16, 1902 Barbara McClintock, U.S. cytogeneticist (Nobel 1983)
June 16, 1903 Helen Traubel, opera singer
June 16, 1912 Enoch Powell, British Conservative, racist
June 16, 1917 Katharine Graham, newspaper publisher ("Washington Post")
June 16, 1920 John Howard Griffin, American photographer, author (Black Like Me)
June 16, 1937 Erich Segal, author (Love Story)
June 16, 1938 Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist (Garden of Earthly Delights)
June 16, 1567 Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison
June 16, 1686 BC Hammurabi the Great dies - Babylon
June 16, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually Breed's Hill)
June 16, 1832 Battle of Kellogg's Grove - Ill
June 16, 1858 Lincoln warns that America is becoming a house divided
June 16, 1858 A house divided against itself cannot stand - Abraham Lincoln
June 16, 1862 Union thwarted at the Battle of Secessionville
June 16, 1883 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams vs Cleveland Spiders)
June 16, 1890 Alaskan explorer Fred Fickett leaves Army
June 16, 1896 Tsunami ravages Japanese coast
June 16, 1903 Ford Motor Company incorporated
June 16, 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
June 16, 1903 Ford Motor Company vehicle manufacturer
June 16, 1904 James Joyce meets his future wife, Nora
June 16, 1904 Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
June 16, 1918 Battle of the Piave River
June 16, 1919 1st nonstop transatlantic flight completed
June 16, 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)
June 16, 1933 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (US) created (FDIC)
June 16, 1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA
June 16, 1940 Marshal Petain becomes premier of occupied France
June 16, 1941 1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC
June 16, 1943 Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O’Neill
June 16, 1947 1st network news - Dumont's "News from Washington"
June 16, 1947 Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
June 16, 1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated Erie Pa
June 16, 1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2000th hit Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak
June 16, 1958 Leader of Hungarian uprising executed
June 16, 1961 Rudolf Nureyev Soviet ballet dancer defects to West
June 16, 1961 Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train troops
June 16, 1961 Russian ballet star Nureyev defects
June 16, 1963 First woman in space
June 16, 1963 Valentina Tereshkova becomes 1st woman in space - aboard Vostok 6
June 16, 1963 Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM
June 16, 1965 More troops to be sent to Vietnam
June 16, 1965 Bob Dylan records Like A Rolling Stone
June 16, 1968 Lee Trevino wins his first U.S. Open
June 16, 1970 Communists isolate Phnom Penh
June 16, 1976 US ambassador to Lebanon kidnapped & killed
June 16, 1976 Soweto Day Student uprisings begin in Soweto - South Africa
June 16, 1977 Leonid Brezhnev named president of USSR
June 16, 1977 Ron Guidry's 1st complete game 7-0 over KC Royals. Also Wernher von Braun dies at 65 from smoking
June 16, 1977 Brezhnev is Soviet president
June 16, 1978 Tom Seaver no hits St Louis Cards
June 16, 1982 Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners
June 16, 1984 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
June 16, 1986 One-day general strike in South Africa
June 16, 1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
June 16, 1999 SLA member captured after more than 20 years