June 16: On This Day

Events, births, deaths, holidays and observances for June 16.

Events 54

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.
1632 – The Plymouth Company grants 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 French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
1760 – French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain. The fort is raided and burned.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: 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.
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-metre-high (20 ft), 6-kilometre-wide (3.7 mi), ridge, extending for at least 80 kilometres (50 mi), 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 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 – Artek, 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 – The Soviet Union occupies Lithuania, which will eventually become the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR).
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.
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 is 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.
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 withdrawn 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 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, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
2015 – American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming 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.

Births 229

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, English Secretary of State (died 1557)
1516 – Yang Jisheng, 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, 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)
1829 – Geronimo, Apache military leader (died 1909)
1836 – Wesley Merritt, American general and politician, Military Governor 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, 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, King 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, French 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 laureate (died 1987)
1899 – Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano (died 1972)
1902 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize 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, 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 – Bill Cobbs, American actor (died 2024)
1934 – Jane Henson, American puppeteer (died 2013)
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
1943 – Joan Van Ark, American actress
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 (died 2026)
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, English actor and playwright
1947 – Al Cowlings, American football player and actor
1947 – Tom Malone, American trombonist, composer, and producer
1947 – Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (died 2012)
1948 – Ron LeFlore, American baseball player and manager
1949 – 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 (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, 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 (died 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 – Femi Kuti, Nigerian musician
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 (died 2024)
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
1968 – James Patrick Stuart, American actor
1969 – Shami Chakrabarti, English lawyer and academic
1969 – Mark Crossley, English-Welsh footballer and manager
1969 – MC Ren, American rapper
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 – John Cho, American actor
1972 – Kiko Loureiro, Brazilian musician
1972 – Andy Weir, American novelist
1973 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
1974 – Glenicia James, Saint Lucian cricketer
1974 – Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor
1975 – Anthony Carter, American basketball player and coach
1975 – Heather Peace, English actress and singer
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 – Sibel Kekilli, German actress
1980 – Henry Perenara, New Zealand rugby league player and referee
1980 – Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
1980 – Justin Tranter, American singer-songwriter and activist
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
1983 – Olivia Hack, American actress
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 – Ali Stroker, American actress
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, 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, Russian swimmer
1993 – Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor
1993 – Gnash, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer
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, Malian footballer
1999 – Snail Mail, American singer-songwriter
2000 – Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player
2002 – Sam Walker, English-Australian rugby league player
2003 – Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress

Deaths 110

840 – Rorgon I, 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 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, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (born 1599)
1666 – Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador 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, Countess of Jersey (formerly 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, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (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, English-Australian explorer and politician (born 1774)
1858 – John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician (born 1813)
1862 – Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (born 1808)
1869 – Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (born 1795)
1872 – Norman MacLeod, 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, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (born 1824)
1902 – Ernst Schröder, 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)
1931 – Lucie Lagerbielke, Swedish writer and painter (born 1865).
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, Minister of Defence of 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, 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, 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 (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)
2021 – Frank Bonner, American actor and television director (born 1942)
2022 – Tyler Sanders, American actor (born 2004)
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)
2025 – Kim Woodburn, English television personality and expert cleaner (born 1942)
2026 – Daveigh Chase, American actress (born 1990)

Holidays and observances 21

Birthday of Leonard P. Howell (Rastafari)
Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland)
Christian feast days: Aurelianus of Arles Aureus of Mainz (and his sister Justina) Benno Cettin of Oran Curig of Llanbadarn Cyricus and Julitta Ferreolus and Ferrutio George Berkeley and Joseph Butler (Episcopal Church) John Francis Regis Lutgardis Blessed Maria Katherina Scherer June 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aurelianus of Arles
Aureus of Mainz (and his sister Justina)
Benno
Cettin of Oran
Curig of Llanbadarn
Cyricus and Julitta
Ferreolus and Ferrutio
George Berkeley and Joseph Butler (Episcopal Church)
John Francis Regis
Lutgardis
Blessed Maria Katherina Scherer
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)