Tukuk-OS📅 June 16
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on June 16? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2016 — Jo Cox, a British Member of Parliament, was murdered in her constituency.
- 2012 — Liu Yang (pictured), a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first Chinese woman in space.
- 1997 — The English rock band Radiohead released their landmark third album OK Computer in the United Kingdom.
- 1972 — English musician David Bowie released his breakthrough album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
David BowieThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- 1963 — Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space.
- 1960 — Psycho, a psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, premiered.
- 1936 — A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven people on board.
- 1904 — Irish author James Joyce (pictured) began a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday.
- 1883 — In the Victoria Hall disaster, 183 children were crushed to death when they ran down the stairs to collect gifts after a variety show in Sunderland, England.
- 1819 — A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').
- 1755 — After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to British forces, marking the end of Father Le Loutre's War.
- 1632 — The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, who became the first permanent European settler of Pejepscot, Maine.
Plymouth CompanyThomas PurchaseEuropean colonization of the Americas
- 1407 — Ming forces conquered Đại Ngu in modern-day northern Vietnam, capturing Hồ dynasty emperor Hồ Quý Ly and bringing the country under Chinese rule.
- 632 — The final king of the Sasanian Empire of Iran, Yazdegerd III, ascended the throne at the age of eight.
Births
- 2003 — Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress
- 2002 — Sam Walker, English-Australian rugby league player
- 2000 — Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player
- 1999 — Justin Jefferson, American football player
- 1999 — Ibrahima Koné, Malian footballer
- 1999 — Snail Mail, American singer-songwriter
- 1998 — Karman Thandi, Indian tennis player
- 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
- 1994 — Rezar, Albanian wrestler
Deaths
- 2026 — Daveigh Chase, American actress (born 1990)
- 2025 — Kim Woodburn, English television personality and expert cleaner (born 1942)
- 2024 — Ludwig Adamovich Jr., Austrian constitutional scholar (born 1932)
- 2024 — Barbara Gladstone, American art dealer and film producer (born 1934)
- 2023 — Gino Mäder, Swiss cyclist (born 1997)
- 2022 — Tyler Sanders, American actor (born 2004)
- 2021 — Frank Bonner, American actor and television director (born 1942)
- 2020 — Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., Filipino businessman and politician (born 1935)
- 2017 — Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1930)
- 2016 — Jo Cox, English political activist and MP (born 1974)
- 2015 — Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban planner (born 1930)
- 2015 — Jean Vautrin, French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1933)
Observances & holidays
- Birthday of Leonard P. Howell (Rastafari)
- Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland)
- Christian feast days: Aurelianus of Arles
- Christian feast days: Aureus of Mainz (and his sister Justina)
- Christian feast days: Benno
- Christian feast days: Cettin of Oran
- Christian feast days: Curig of Llanbadarn
- Christian feast days: Cyricus and Julitta
- Christian feast days: Ferreolus and Ferrutio
- Christian feast days: George Berkeley and Joseph Butler (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast days: John Francis Regis
- Christian feast days: Lutgardis
- Christian feast days: Blessed Maria Katherina Scherer
- Christian feast days: June 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Engineer's Day (Argentina)
- Father's Day (Seychelles)
- International Day of the African Child (Organisation of African Unity)
International Day of the African ChildOrganisation of African Unity
- Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism)
- Sussex Day (Sussex)
- Youth Day (South Africa)
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