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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
2021
June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
198 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
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. ·
632 – Yazdegerd III ascends 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: King Henry VII of England defeats
the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.[1] ·
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 the 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. ·
1779 –
Spain declares 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 on
board the Pacific Fur Company's
ship Tonquin,
intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and
killing about 100 attackers.[2] ·
1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre
Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo. ·
1819 –
A major
earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India,
killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6 m high, 6 km wide, ridge,
extending for at least 80 km, that was known as the Allah Bund
("Dam of God").[3] ·
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. ·
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). ·
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. ·
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 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. ·
1922 –
General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party
wins a large majority. ·
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 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.[4] ·
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 –
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.[5] ·
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
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 –
While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.[6] ·
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 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 –
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.[7] ·
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.[8] ·
2012
– The United States Air
Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after
a classified 469-day orbital mission.[9] ·
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. ·
2016 – Shanghai
Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to
the public.[10] ·
2019 –
Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong
Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.[11] Births[edit] ·
1139 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) ·
1332 – Isabella de Coucy,
English daughter of Edward III of
England (d. 1379)[12] ·
1454 – Joanna
of Aragon, Queen of Naples (d. 1517) ·
1514 – John Cheke, English academic and
politician, English
Secretary of State (d. 1557) ·
1516 – Yang Jisheng,
Ming dynasty official and Confucian martyr (d. 1555)[13] ·
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) ·
1625 – Samuel Chappuzeau,
French scholar (d. 1701) ·
1633 – Jean de Thévenot,
French linguist and botanist (d. 1667) ·
1644 – Henrietta Anne
Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland (d. 1670) ·
1653 – James
Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, English nobleman (d. 1699) ·
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)[14] ·
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) ·
1863 – Francisco León
de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat (d. 1939)[15] ·
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) ·
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) ·
1896 – Murray Leinster, American author and
screenwriter (d. 1976) ·
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 (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) ·
1914 – Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and
teacher (d. 2020) ·
1915 – John Tukey, American mathematician and
academic (d. 2000) ·
1915
– Marga Faulstich,
German glass chemist (d. 1998) ·
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 – Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (d.
2002) ·
1920
– Raymond Lemieux,
Canadian chemist and academic (d. 2002) ·
1920
– José López Portillo,
Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico (d.
2004) ·
1920
– Hemanta Mukherjee,
Indian singer and music director ·
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) ·
1925 – Jean d'Ormesson, French journalist and
author (d. 2017) ·
1925
– Otto Muehl, Austrian-Portuguese painter and
director (d. 2013) ·
1926 – Efraín Ríos Montt,
Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of
Guatemala (d. 2018) ·
1927 – Tom Graveney, English cricketer and
sportscaster (d. 2015) ·
1927
– Ya'akov Hodorov,
Israeli footballer (d. 2006)[16] ·
1927
– Herbert Lichtenfeld,
German author and screenwriter (d. 2001) ·
1927
– Ariano Suassuna,
Brazilian author and playwright (d. 2014) ·
1929 – Sabah
Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait ·
1930 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American
cinematographer and producer (d. 2016) ·
1934 – Eileen Atkins, English actress and
screenwriter ·
1934
– Roger Neilson,
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 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 (d. 2010) ·
1938 – Thomas
Boyd-Carpenter, English general ·
1938
– Torgny Lindgren,
Swedish author and poet (d. 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 (d. 2003) ·
1940
– Neil Goldschmidt,
American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon ·
1941 – Rosalind Baker, Australian author ·
1941
– Lamont Dozier,
American songwriter and producer ·
1941
– Tommy Horton,
English golfer (d. 2017) ·
1941
– Mumtaz Hamid Rao,
Pakistani journalist (d. 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 ·
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
– Al Cowlings, American ex-NFL player
and close friend of O. J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson ·
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 ·
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 ·
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 ·
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
– Arnold Vosloo,
South African-American actor ·
1962
– Anthony Wong,
Hong Kong singer ·
1963 – The Sandman,
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
(d. 1996) ·
1972 – Kiko Loureiro, Brazilian guitarist ·
1973 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor ·
1974 – Glenicia James, Saint Lucian cricketer ·
1975 – Anthony Carter, 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 ·
1990 – John Newman,
English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer [17] ·
1991 – Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter ·
1991 – Siya Kolisi, South African rugby player ·
1991
– Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player ·
1992 – Vladimir
Morozov, Russian swimmer ·
1993 – Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor ·
1993
– Gnash,
American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer[18] ·
1994 – Grete-Lilijane
Küppas, Estonian footballer ·
1994
– Rezar, Albanian professional wrestler ·
1995 – Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player[19] ·
1995
– Joseph Schooling,
Singaporean swimmer[20] ·
1995
– Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player[21] ·
2000 – Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player Deaths[edit] ·
840 – Rorgon I,
Frankish nobleman (or 839) ·
924 – Li Cunshen, general of Later Tang (b. 862) ·
956 – Hugh the Great, Frankish nobleman (b. 898) ·
1185 – Richeza
of Poland, queen of León (b. c. 1140) ·
1286 – Hugh de Balsham, English bishop ·
1332 – Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College,
Oxford ·
1361 – Johannes Tauler, German mystic theologian[22] ·
1397 – Philip of
Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) ·
1424 – Johannes Ambundii,
archbishop of Riga ·
1468 – Jean Le Fèvre
de Saint-Remy, Burgundian historian and author (b. 1395) ·
1487 – John
de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (b. c. 1463) ·
1540 – Konrad von Thüngen,
German nobleman (b. c. 1466) ·
1622 – Alexander
Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and
politician, Lord
Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555) ·
1626 – Christian, Duke of
Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader
(b. 1599) ·
1666 – Sir
Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador to Spain (b. 1608) ·
1722 – John
Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and
politician, Lord
Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (b. 1650) ·
1743 – Louise-Françoise
de Bourbon, eldest daughter of King Louis XIV of France (b.
1673)[23] ·
1752 – Joseph Butler, English bishop and
philosopher (b. 1692) ·
1762 – Anne
Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford) (b.
c.1705)[24] ·
1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis
Gresset, French poet and playwright (b. 1709) ·
1779 – Sir
Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Governor
of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1712) ·
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) ·
1886 – Alexander
Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New
South Wales (b. 1824) ·
1902 – Ernst Schröder,
German mathematician and academic (b. 1841) ·
1918 – Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer
(b. 1860)[25] ·
1925 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and
politician (b. 1870) ·
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
– Brian Piccolo,
American football player (b. 1943) ·
1971 – John Reith,
1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b.
1889) ·
1974 – Amalie Sara
Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894) ·
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 – Thomas Playford IV,
Australian politician, 33rd Premier of
South Australia (b. 1896) ·
1982 – James Honeyman-Scott,
English guitarist and songwriter (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 (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 activist (b. 1940) ·
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
– Norman Ian MacKenzie,
English journalist and author (b. 1921) ·
2013
– Ottmar Walter,
German footballer (b. 1924) ·
2014 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and
coach (b. 1960) ·
2014
– Cándido Muatetema
Rivas (b. 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime
Minister of Equatorial Guinea ·
2015 – Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban
planner (b. 1930) ·
2015
– Jean Vautrin,
French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933) ·
2016 – Jo Cox, English political activist and MP
(b. 1974)[26] ·
2017 – Helmut Kohl, German politician, 6th Chancellor
of Germany (b. 1930) ·
2020 – Eduardo Cojuangco
Jr. (b. 1935), Filipino businessman and politician[27][28] Holidays and observances[edit] ·
Birthday of Leonard P. Howell (Rastafari) ·
Christian feast days: o Aureus of Mainz (and his sister
Justina) o Benno o George Berkeley and Joseph Butler (Episcopal
Church) o June
16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
International
Day of the African Child (Organisation
of African Unity) ·
Martyrdom of
Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism) ·
Sussex Day (Sussex) |
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