On this day | June 16th

On this day: June 16th

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632 Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king (''shah'') of the Sasanian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian family tree (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 dynasty armies.

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.

1632 The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, the first settler of Pejepscot, Maine, settling at the site of Fort Andross.

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 the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.

1755 French and Indian War: The Military history of France surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the Expulsion of the Acadians of the Acadians.

1760 French and Indian War: Robert Rogers (British Army officer) and his Rogers' Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain. The fort Sainte-Thérèse Raid.

1779 American Revolutionary War: Spain Spain and the American Revolutionary War # Declaration of war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.

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.

1811 Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship ''Tonquin (1807)'', intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, Battle of Woody Point and killing about 100 attackers.

1815 Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.

1819 A 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a , , ridge, extending for at least , that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").

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).

1836 The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartism.

1846 The Papal conclave, 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.

1858 Abraham Lincoln delivers his ''Lincoln's House Divided Speech'' speech in Springfield, Illinois.

1871 The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and Durham University without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).

1883 The Victoria Hall stampede in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 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.

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 leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.

1904 Eugen Schauman Assassination of Nikolay Bobrikov 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 (novel)''; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".

1911 IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.

1922 General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty History of Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.

1925 Artek (camp), the most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, is established.

1930 Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.

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.

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.

1948 Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares Malayan Emergency.

1955 In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy Bombing of Plaza de Mayo 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.

1958 Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution of 1956 are executed.

1961 While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.

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.

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 US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Kenneth D. Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.

1989 Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Prime Minister of Hungary, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.

1995 – The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is launched.

1997 Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.

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.

2002 Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

2010 Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010.

2012 China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang (astronaut), to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.

2012 The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a USA-226.

2013 A multi-day 2013 North India floods, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

2015 Business career of Donald Trump Donald Trump announces his 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming 2016 United States presidential election.

2016 Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.

2019 Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.

1139 Emperor Konoe of Japan (died 1155)

1332 Isabella de Coucy, English daughter of Edward III of England (died 1379)

1454 Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (died 1517)

1514 John Cheke, English academic and politician, Secretary of State (England) (died 1557)

1516 Yang Jisheng (Ming dynasty), Ming dynasty official and Confucian martyr (died 1555)

1583 Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (died 1654)

1591 Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (died 1655)

1606 Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier and politician (died 1675)

1613 John Cleveland, English poet and educator (died 1658)

1625 Samuel Chappuzeau, French scholar (died 1701)

1633 Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (died 1667)

1644 Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland (died 1670)

1653 James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, English nobleman (died 1699)

1713 Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (died 1786)

1723 Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist (died 1790)

1738 Mary Katherine Goddard, American publisher (died 1816)

1754 Salawat Yulayev, Russian poet (died 1800)

1792 John Linnell (painter), English painter and engraver (died 1882)

1801 Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (died 1868)

1806 Edward Davy, English physician and chemist (died 1885)

1813 Otto Jahn, German archaeologist and philologist (died 1869)

1820 Athanase Josué Coquerel, Dutch-French preacher and theologian (died 1875)

1821 Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (died 1908)

1826 Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (died 1897)

1836 Wesley Merritt, American general and politician, Governor-General of the Philippines (died 1910)

1837 Ernst Laas, German philosopher and academic (died 1885)

1838 Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor (died 1901)

1838 Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (died 1900)

1840 Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author (died 1913)

1850 Max Delbrück (chemist), German chemist and academic (died 1919)

1850 William Arnon Henry American academic and agriculturist (died 1932)

1857 Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general (died 1935)

1858 Gustaf V of Sweden (died 1950)

1863 Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat (died 1939)

1866 Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan (died 1935)

1867 René Seyssaud, Provençal painter (died 1952)

1874 Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1960)

1880 Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author (died 1963)

1882 Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (died 1967)

1885 Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect (died 1941)

1888 Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (died 1925)

1888 Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (died 1980)

1890 Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (died 1965)

1896 Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter (died 1976)

1897 Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (died 1987)

1899 Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano (died 1972)

1902 Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (died 1992)

1902 George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author (died 1984)

1906 Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer (died 1955)

1907 Jack Albertson, American actor (died 1981)

1909 Archie Carr, American ecologist and zoologist (died 1987)

1910 Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (died 1977)

1912 Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (died 2004)

1912 Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 1998)

1914 Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and teacher (died 2020)

1915 John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (died 2000)

1915 Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist (died 1998)

1917 Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (died 1999)

1917 Katharine Graham, American publisher (died 2001)

1917 Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (died 1989)

1917 Irving Penn, American photographer (died 2009)

1920 Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (died 2002)

1920 Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic (died 2002)

1920 José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico (died 2004)

1920 Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director (died 1989)

1922 Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2011)

1923 Ron Flockhart (racing driver), Scottish race car driver (died 1962)

1923 Wanda Janicka, Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (died 2023)

1924 Faith Domergue, American actress (died 1999)

1925 Jean d'Ormesson, French journalist and author (died 2017)

1925 Otto Muehl, Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (died 2013)

1926 Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (died 2018)

1927 Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015)

1927 Ya'akov Hodorov, Israeli footballer (died 2006)

1927 Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and screenwriter (died 2001)

1927 Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (died 2014)

1929 Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (died 2020)

1930 Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (died 2016)

1934 Eileen Atkins, English actress and screenwriter

1934 Bill Cobbs, American actor (died 2024)

1934 Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2003)

1935 Jim Dine, American painter and illustrator

1937 Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria

1937 Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (died 2010)

1938 Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, English general

1938 Torgny Lindgren, Swedish author and poet (died 2017)

1938 Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet

1939 Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter

1940 Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (died 2003)

1940 Neil Goldschmidt, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon (died 2024)

1940 Carole Ann Ford, British actress

1941 Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (died 2022)

1941 Tommy Horton, English golfer (died 2017)

1941 Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist (died 2011)

1942 Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcycle racer and manager

1942 Eddie Levert, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

1944 Henri Richelet, French painter and etcher (died 2020)

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 (died 2024)

1946 Mark Ritts, American actor, puppeteer, and producer (died 2009)

1946 Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1946 Simon Williams (actor), English actor and playwright

1947 Al Cowlings, American football player and actor

1947 Tom Malone (musician), American trombonist, composer, and producer

1947 Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (died 2012)

1948 Ron LeFlore, American baseball player and manager

1949 Caju (footballer, born 1949), Brazilian footballer

1949 Ralph Mann, American hurdler and author

1950 Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor and politician

1950 Michel Clair, Canadian lawyer and politician

1950 Jerry Petrowski, American politician and farmer

1951 Charlie Dominici, American singer and guitarist (died 2023)

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 (died 2025)

1953 Ian Mosley, English drummer

1954 Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (died 2014)

1954 Garry Roberts, Irish guitarist (died 2022)

1955 Grete Faremo, Norwegian politician, Minister of Defence (Norway)

1955 Laurie Metcalf, American actress

1955 Artemy Troitsky, Russian journalist and critic

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 (died 2014)

1960 Peter Sterling (rugby league), Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

1961 Can Dündar, Turkish journalist and author

1961 Robbie Kerr (Australian cricketer), 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 Arnold Vosloo, South African-American actor

1962 Anthony Wong (singer), Hong Kong singer

1963 The Sandman (wrestler), American wrestler

1964 Danny Burstein, American actor and singer

1965 Michael Richard Lynch, Irish computer scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded HP Autonomy

1965 Richard Madaleno, American politician

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

1970 Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International

1970 Clifton Collins Jr., American actor

1970 Cobi Jones, American soccer player and manager

1970 Phil Mickelson, American golfer

1971 Tupac Shakur, American rapper and producer (died 1996)

1972 Kiko Loureiro, Brazilian guitarist

1972 John Cho, American actor

1973 Eddie Cibrian, American actor

1974 Glenicia James, Saint Lucian cricketer

1974 Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor

1975 Anthony Carter (basketball), American basketball player and coach

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

1978 Fish Leong, Malaysian singer

1980 Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player

1980 Phil Christophers, German-English rugby player

1980 Henry Perenara, New Zealand rugby league player and referee

1980 Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer

1980 Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer

1981 Benjamin Becker, German tennis player

1981 Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player

1981 Alexandre Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player

1981 Ola Kvernberg, Norwegian violinist

1981 Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer

1982 May Andersen, Danish model and actress

1982 Missy Peregrym, Canadian model and actress

1983 Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer

1984 Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player

1984 Dan Ryckert, American writer and entertainer

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 Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer

1987 Christian Tshimanga Kabeya, Belgian footballer

1988 Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer

1988 Jermaine Gresham, American football player

1989 Odion Ighalo, Nigerian footballer

1990 John Newman (singer), English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

1991 Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter

1991 Siya Kolisi, South African rugby player

1991 Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player

1992 Maik Brückner, German politician

1992 Vladimir Morozov (swimmer), Russian swimmer

1993 Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor

1993 Gnash (musician), American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer

1994 Grete-Lilijane Küppas, Estonian footballer

1994 Rezar, Albanian wrestler

1995 Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player

1995 Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player

1995 Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer

1995 Ki Hui-hyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

1998 Karman Thandi, Indian tennis player

1999 Justin Jefferson, American football player

1999 Ibrahima Koné (footballer, born 1999), Malian footballer

1999 – Snail Mail (musician), American singer-songwriter

2000 Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player

2002 Sam Walker (rugby league), English-Australian rugby league player

2003 Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress

840 Rorgon I, Count of Maine, Frankish nobleman (or 839)

924 Li Cunshen, general of Later Tang (born 862)

956 Hugh the Great, Frankish nobleman (born 898)

1185 Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile, queen of León (born c. 1140)

1286 Hugh de Balsham, English bishop

1332 Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford

1361 Johannes Tauler, German mystic theologian

1397 Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (born 1358)

1424 Johannes Ambundii, archbishop of Riga

1468 Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy, Burgundian historian and author (born 1395)

1487 John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (born c. 1463)

1540 Konrad von Thüngen, German nobleman (born c. 1466)

1622 Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1555)

1626 Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (born 1599)

1666 Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat, List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Spain (born 1608)

1674 Tomás Yepes, Spanish painter (born 1595 or 1600)

1722 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (born 1650)

1743 Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, eldest daughter of King Louis XIV of France (born 1673)

1752 Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (born 1692)

1762 Anne Russell, Duchess of Bedford (born c.1705)

1777 Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and playwright (born 1709)

1779 Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, English lawyer and politician, List of colonial governors of Massachusetts (born 1712)

1804 Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (born 1728)

1824 Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician (born 1739)

1849 Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and scholar (born 1780)

1850 William Lawson (explorer), English-Australian explorer and politician (born 1774)

1858 John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician (born 1813)

1862 Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Makuuchi # Yokozuna (born 1808)

1869 Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (born 1795)

1872 Norman Macleod (1812–1872), Scottish minister and author (born 1812)

1878 Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (born 1815)

1878 Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (born 1781)

1881 Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (born 1795)

1885 Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (born 1818)

1886 Alexander Stuart (Australian politician), Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (born 1824)

1902 Ernst Schröder (mathematician), German mathematician and academic (born 1841)

1918 Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (born 1860)

1925 Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1870)

1929 Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (born 1856)

1929 Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (born 1871)

1930 Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (born 1866)

1930 Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (born 1860)

1939 Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (born 1905)

1940 DuBose Heyward, American author (born 1885)

1944 Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (born 1886)

1944 George Stinney, wrongfully convicted African-American teenager (born 1929)

1945 Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (born 1905)

1946 Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)

1952 Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (born 1861)

1953 Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (born 1873)

1955 Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (born 1864)

1958 Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Ministry of Defence (Hungary) (born 1917)

1958 Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1895)

1959 George Reeves, American actor and director (born 1914)

1961 Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (born 1904)

1967 Reginald Denny (actor), English actor (born 1891)

1969 Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (born 1891)

1970 Sydney Chapman (mathematician), English mathematician and geophysicist (born 1888)

1970 Brian Piccolo, American football player (born 1943)

1971 John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (born 1889)

1974 Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (born 1894)

1977 Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (born 1912)

1979 Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (born 1931)

1979 Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1911)

1981 Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (born 1896)

1982 James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1956)

1984 Lew Andreas, American football player and coach (born 1895)

1984 Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (born 1900)

1986 Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (born 1902)

1987 Marguerite de Angeli, American author and illustrator (born 1889)

1988 Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright (born 1946)

1993 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and soldier (born 1913)

1994 Kristen Pfaff, American bass player and songwriter (born 1967)

1996 Mel Allen, American sportscaster and game show host (born 1913)

1998 Fred Wacker, American race car driver and engineer (born 1918)

1999 Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer and activist (born 1940)

2003 Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1934)

2003 Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish–Swedish philosopher and author (born 1916)

2004 Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1911)

2004 Jacques Miquelon, Canadian lawyer and judge (born 1911)

2005 Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican-American author and critic (born 1906)

2008 Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian soldier and author (born 1921)

2010 Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (born 1932)

2010 Maureen Forrester, Canadian singer and academic (born 1930)

2010 Ronald Neame, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1911)

2011 Östen Mäkitalo, Swedish engineer and academic (born 1938)

2012 Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (born 1917)

2012 Jorge Lankenau, Mexican banker and businessman (born 1944)

2012 Sławomir Petelicki, Polish general (born 1946)

2012 Susan Tyrrell, American actress (born 1945)

2013 Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founded OXO (kitchen utensils brand) (born 1924)

2013 Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (born 1919)

2013 Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (born 1950)

2013 Norman Ian MacKenzie, English journalist and author (born 1921)

2013 Ottmar Walter, German footballer (born 1924)

2014 Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (born 1960)

2014 Cándido Muatetema Rivas (born 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea

2015 Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban planner (born 1930)

2015 Jean Vautrin, French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1933)

2016 Jo Cox, English political activist and MP (born 1974)

2017 Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1930)

2020 Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., Filipino businessman and politician (born 1935)

2023 Gino Mäder, Swiss cyclist (born 1997)

2024 Ludwig Adamovich Jr., Austrian constitutional scholar (born 1932)

2024 Barbara Gladstone, American art dealer and film producer (born 1934)

Rastafari # Grounding (Rastafari)

Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland)

Christian feast days:

- Aurelianus of Arles

- Aureus of Mainz (and his sister Justina)

- Benno of Meissen

- Cettin

- Curig

- Ferreolus and Ferrutio

- George Berkeley and Joseph Butler (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church))

- June 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

- Lutgardis

- Quriaqos and Julietta

Engineer's Day (Argentina)

Father's Day (Seychelles)

International Day of the African Child (Organisation of African Unity)

Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism)

Sussex Day (Sussex)

Youth Day (South Africa)