June 16

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.

2013 – The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga.

Births

1139 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)

1332 – Isabella de Coucy, English daughter of Edward III of England (d. 1382)

1454 – Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (d. 1517)

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)

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)

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)

1915 – John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (d. 2000)

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 – 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)

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 – 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

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 – Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer

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

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-songwriter and producer

1963 – Scott Alexander, American screenwriter and producer

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 – 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 – 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)

1973 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor

1973 – Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer

1974 – Glenicia James, West Indian cricketer

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 – Henry Perenara, New Zealand rugby league player and referee

1980 – Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer

1981 – Benjamin Becker, German tennis player

1981 – Kevin Bieksa, 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

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

1989 – Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater

1991 – Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter

1991 – Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player

1992 – Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer

1994 – Grete-Lilijane Küppas, Estonian footballer

1994 – Rezar, Albanian professional wrestler

1995 – Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player

1995 – Aleksandr Aksyonov, Russian footballer

1995 – Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer

Deaths

840 – Rorgon I, Frankish nobleman (or 839)

1185 – Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile (b. c. 1140)

1286 – Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely

1332 – Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford

1397 – Philip of Artois, Count of Eu (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)

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)

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)

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 activist (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 – 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:

Aureus of Mainz

Benno

George Berkeley and Joseph Butler (Episcopal Church)

Lutgardis

Quriaqos and Julietta

June 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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)