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Historical Events

16 Jun 1487
Battle of Stoke Nottinghamshire Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell
16 Jun 1567
Mary Queen of Scots imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
16 Jun 1624
Virginia becomes an English crown colony following the bankruptcy of the London Company
16 Jun 1745
British fleet occupies Cape Breton on St Lawrence River
16 Jun 1746
Battle at Piacenza Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish and French army
16 Jun 1755
British capture Fort Beausjour expel Acadians
16 Jun 1779
Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of the US and the siege of Gibraltar begins
16 Jun 1794
1st stone laid at biggest Dutch grain windmill De Walvisch in Schiedam
16 Jun 1822
Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina
16 Jun 1823
King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp
16 Jun 1861
Battle of Vienna Virginia and Secessionville South Carolina (James Island)
16 Jun 1871
Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded NYC
16 Jun 1871
The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford Cambridge and Durham without religious tests except for courses in theology
16 Jun 1873
US President Ullyses Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Perce indians
16 Jun 1879
Gilbert & Sullivans HMS Pinafore debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
16 Jun 1881
Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty
16 Jun 1882
17 hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa
16 Jun 1883
1st baseball Ladies Day (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2)
16 Jun 1883
The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland England kills 183 children
16 Jun 1894
8th U.S. Womens National Championship Helen Hellwig beats Aline Terry (7-5 3-6 6-0 3-6 6-3)
16 Jun 1896
Temperature hits 127F at Fort Mojave California
16 Jun 1897
A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later
16 Jun 1898
Chinas emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
16 Jun 1899
Victor Trumpers 1st Test Cricket century 135 v England Lords
16 Jun 1900
In China a fire is set by Boxers virtually destroying the Western Quarter and spreading to engulf many Chinese landmarks
16 Jun 1902
The Wizard of Oz musical first opens in Chicago Illinois
16 Jun 1903
1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
16 Jun 1903
Reichstag elections with gains for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
16 Jun 1911
A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn Columbia County Wisconsin damaging a barn
16 Jun 1913
South African Government pass the segregationist Native Land Act which restricts purchase or lease of land by native Africans
16 Jun 1915
The foundation of the British Womens Institute
16 Jun 1916
Boston Braves Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts 2-0
16 Jun 1916
Passing of the Military Services Bill introduces conscription in New Zealand
16 Jun 1917
1st All Russian Congress of the Soviets convenes in Petrograd Russia [OS Jun 3]
16 Jun 1904
Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov Governor-General of Finland
16 Jun 1909
1st US airplane sold commercially by Glenn Curtiss for 5000
16 Jun 1917
49th Belmont James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 217.8
16 Jun 1922
Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics
16 Jun 1922
Irish republicans are beaten in a national election the vote is in favor of the Treaty of London which leaves the Irish Free State as a dominion within the British Commonwealth
16 Jun 1924
South Africa all out 30 v England in 48 minutes Gilligan 6-7
16 Jun 1925
The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR Artek is established
16 Jun 1925
The Union Government rejects a round-table conference with India on the grounds that it will constitute interference in South African affairs
16 Jun 1929
Otto E Funk 62 ends marathon walk (NY to SF 4165 miles in 183 days)
16 Jun 1932
Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks v Essex
16 Jun 1933
National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)
16 Jun 1933
US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created
16 Jun 1936
Pope Pius XI receives Anton Mussert (Dutch Nazi collaborator)
16 Jun 1938
Boston Red Sox Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by St Louis Browns
16 Jun 1941
1st US federally owned airport opened Washington D.C.
16 Jun 1945
70th Preakness Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 158.8
16 Jun 1945
Boo Ferriss loses to Yanks 3-2 after starting his career with 8 wins
16 Jun 1947
1st network news-Dumonts News from Washington
16 Jun 1949
Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated at Erie Pennsylvania
16 Jun 1951
US Open Mens Golf Oakland Hills CC Ben Hogan wins his second consecutive US Open title 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Clayton Heafner.
16 Jun 1951
83rd Belmont David Gorman aboard Counterpoint wins in 229
16 Jun 1952
Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down
16 Jun 1953
Despite Johnny Mize 2000th hit Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
16 Jun 1954
Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months
16 Jun 1956
US Open Mens Golf Oak Hill CC Cary Middlecoff wins his second Open title 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Julius Boros and Ben Hogan
16 Jun 1956
88th Belmont David Erb aboard Needles wins in 229.8
16 Jun 1957
White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Washington Senators 8-6
16 Jun 1958
Flip Top Box by Dicky Doo & The Donts hits 46
16 Jun 1958
Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia
16 Jun 1959
South African Apartheid government efforts to remove Black people from Cato Manor close to the Durban city center to newly established black township Kwa Mashu on outskirts met with violent resistance
16 Jun 1961
Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West at Le Bourget Airport in Paris
16 Jun 1966
Rowan & Martin host The Dean Martin Show Summer Series on NBC-TV
16 Jun 1966
20th Tony Awards MaratSade & Man of La Mancha win
16 Jun 1967
50000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival
16 Jun 1968
US Open Golf Oak Hill CC Lee Trevino wins his first major title by 4 shots from Jack Nicklaus first to play sub-70 golf in Open history
16 Jun 1969
Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House
16 Jun 1970
Kenneth A Gibson elected 1st black mayor of Newark NJ
16 Jun 1972
The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada starts at Churchill Falls Labrador
16 Jun 1974
US Open Mens Golf Winged Foot GC Hale Irwins score of 287 (7) is good enough for the first of his 3 Open titles 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Forrest Fezler
16 Jun 1975
Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabber and Walt Wesley to LA for 4 players
16 Jun 1975
Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls SD
16 Jun 1975
Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation
16 Jun 1976
Students in Soweto South Africa march against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in Black secondary schools
16 Jun 1977
Ron Guidrys 1st complete game 7-0 over KC Royals
16 Jun 1978
Cincinnati Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards 4-0
16 Jun 1979
Muslim Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo Syria
16 Jun 1980
US Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patents
16 Jun 1982
Britain requests Argentina to arrange for return of prisoners
16 Jun 1983
Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr nonstop cycling in Leiria Portugal
16 Jun 1983
European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1 Oscar 10
16 Jun 1983
Ringo Starr releases Old Wave album in West Germany
16 Jun 1984
Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
16 Jun 1984
Matt de Waal finishes 14290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d)
16 Jun 1985
85th US Golf Open Andy North shoots a 279 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
16 Jun 1985
T C Chen ahead by 4 strokes in final round of US Open
16 Jun 1985
Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58 feet 11 inches) in Indianapolis
16 Jun 1987
New York City subway gunman Bernhard Getz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
16 Jun 1988
In Santa Barbara CA a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
16 Jun 1989
Ghostbusters II directed by Ivan Reitman starring Bill Murry and Dan Aykroyd premieres
16 Jun 1989
Funeral for Imre Nagy leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956
16 Jun 1989
Only 17 holes-in-one recorded since US open began today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver Wiebe Pate & Price)
16 Jun 1991
Fiddler on the Roof closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 performances
16 Jun 1991
-23] NYC Mayor Dinkins declares Joseph Doherty Week
16 Jun 1991
Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row
16 Jun 1991
With 3 runs in 9th Balt ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5
16 Jun 1992
Caspar Weinberger (Sec of Def 1981-87) indicted on Iran-contra charge
16 Jun 1992
Colorado Rockies 1st minor league teams (Bend Oregon in Class A) game
16 Jun 1992
British postage stamp celebrates 350th anniversary of the Battle of Edgehill
16 Jun 1992
Jeff King is 5th to be thrown out twice trying to steal in an inning
16 Jun 1992
Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0)
16 Jun 1992
Longest salami is 689 & 25 circumference weighed 1492lbs5oz in Flekkefjord Norway
16 Jun 1993
Ken Griffey Jr slugs his 100th career home run in Seattles
16 Jun 1995
Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002
16 Jun 1996
50th NBA Championship Chicago Bulls beat Seat Supersonic 4 games to 2
16 Jun 1996
96th US Golf Open Steve Jones shoots a 278 wins at Oakland Hills CC
16 Jun 1997
31st Music City News Country Awards Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes
16 Jun 1997
The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria 50 people are killed
16 Jun 1998
Stanley Cup Final MCI Center Washington D.C. Detroit Red Wings go back-to-back defeating debutant finalists Washington Capitals 4-1 for a 4-0 series sweep
16 Jun 1999
Thabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
16 Jun 2000
Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon except the disputed Sheba Farms
16 Jun 2002
US Open Mens Golf Bethpage State Park Tiger Woods wins his second Open title 3 shots ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson
16 Jun 2008
US Open Mens Golf Torrey Pines GC Tiger Woods wins his 3rd US Open and 14th major title beating Rocco Mediate on the 1st hole of sudden-death following a Monday 18-hole playoff
16 Jun 2012
Coca-Cola begins business in Myanmar after 60 years
16 Jun 2012
A collapse of a stage at a Toronto Radiohead concert kills one person
16 Jun 2012
30 people are killed and 15 injured after a bus falls into a gorge in Osmanabad India
16 Jun 2013
20 people are killed by a series of car bombings across Iraq
16 Jun 2013
US Open Mens Golf Merion GC Englishman Justin Rose wins his first major title 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Jason Day and Phil Mickelson
16 Jun 2013
Despicable Me 2 directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud with voices by Steve Carrel and Kristen Wiig premieres at the Champs-Elyses Film Festival
16 Jun 2015
69th NBA Championship Golden State Warriors beat Cleveland Cavaliers 4 games to 2
16 Jun 2016
British MP (L) Jo Cox is shot and killed outside her constituency surgery in Birstall West Yorkshire
16 Jun 2016
Philadelphia is the first US state to pass a tax on sweetened drinks
16 Jun 1779
Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of the US starting the siege of Gibraltar
16 Jun 1894
US National Championship Womens Tennis Philadelphia CC Helen Hellwig beats defending champion Aline Terry 7-5 3-6 6-0 3-6 6-3
16 Jun 1938
Boston first baseman Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by St Louis Browns Red Sox still win 12-8
16 Jun 1953
Despite Johnny Mize 2000th hit NY Yankees lose ending an 18 game winning streak and also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
16 Jun 1963
Soviet space mission Vostok 6 is launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard who becomes the 1st woman in space
16 Jun 1967
50000 attend first day of the Monterey International Pop Festival - beginning of the Summer of Love
16 Jun 1985
US Open Mens Golf Oakland Hills CC 1978 champion Andy North wins by 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Dave Barr T C Chen and Denis Watson
16 Jun 1990
NHL Draft Cornwall Royals (OHL) right wing Owen Nolan first pick by Quebec Nordiques
16 Jun 1991
With 3 runs in 9th Balt ends Twins 15 game winning streak 6-5
16 Jun 1996
US Open Mens Golf Oakland Hills GC Steve Jones wins his lone major title 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Tom Lehman and Davis Love III
16 Jun 1998
Stanley Cup Final MCI Center Washington D.C. Detroit Red Wings go back-to-back defeating debutant finalists Washington Capitals 4-1 for a 4-0 series sweep
16 Jun 1822
Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque) accused of planning a slave rebellion in South Carolina tried an convicted he was executed by hanging
16 Jun 1873
US President Ulysses Grant decrees a portion of Wallowa Valley Oregon for Nez-Perc Indians order rescinded two years later and tribe forcibly re-located to Oklahoma
16 Jun 1893
German-American F.W. Rueckheim introduces Cracker Jack brand snack food consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts
16 Jun 1933
US National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)
16 Jun 1963
Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) is 1st woman in space aboard Vostok 6
16 Jun 1980
US Supreme Court rules that live human-made micro-organisms created in labs could be patentable in Diamond v. Chakrabarty
16 Jun 1992
Red Sox Jeff Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0) [1]
16 Jun 2015
NBA Finals Golden State Warriors beat Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6 for first title in 40 years and their 4th in franchise history MVP Andre Iguodala
16 Jun 1779
Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of France and the USA starting the Great Siege of Gibraltar which goes on to last 3 years 7 months and 2 weeks
16 Jun 1822
Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque) Black American carpenter accused of planning a slave rebellion in South Carolina tried and convicted later executed by hanging
16 Jun 1832
Battle of Kelloggs Grove Illinois - Illinois militia fight small force of Native Americans
16 Jun 1864
Battle of Lynchburg Virginia Confederate troops fend off forces of Union general David Hunter
16 Jun 1883
1st baseball Ladies Day (NY Gothams beat Cleveland Spiders 5-2)
16 Jun 1929
Otto E. Funk 62 ends marathon walk (NY to SF 4165 miles in 183 days)
16 Jun 1932
Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorkshire v Essex
16 Jun 1961
Dave Garroway is fired as host of NBCs Today Show
16 Jun 1961
Reconnaissance satellite Discoverer 25 launched from the US
16 Jun 1967
The first Montreux Jazz Festival is held in Switzerland created by Claude Nobs [1]
16 Jun 1969
US Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House of Representatives violated Article I of the Constitution by citing reasons beyond the exclusive list of qualifications in the article [1]
16 Jun 1970
Kenneth A. Gibson elected 1st black mayor of Newark New Jersey
16 Jun 1971
Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen Netherlands
16 Jun 1975
Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls South Dakota
16 Jun 1975
US Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation
16 Jun 1979
Muslim Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo Syria
16 Jun 1982
Britain makes request to Argentina to arrange for return of prisoners
16 Jun 1983
Ringo Starr releases album Old Wave album in West Germany soon after releases follow in Canada Australia New Zealand Japan the Netherlands Mexico and Brazil
16 Jun 1991
Revival of musical Fiddler on the Roof closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 performances
16 Jun 1991
With 3 runs in 9th Baltimore Orioles end Minnesota Twins 15 game winning streak with 6-5 win
16 Jun 1992
Caspar Weinberger former US Secretary of Defense (1981-87) indicted on Iran-contra charge
16 Jun 1992
MLB Pittsburgh Pirates Jeff King is 5th to be thrown out twice trying to steal in one inning
16 Jun 1992
MLB Boston Red Sox Jeff Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0) [1]
16 Jun 1992
Longest salami is 68ft-9in long & 25ft in circumference weighs 1492lbs5oz in Flekkefjord Norway
16 Jun 1996
50th NBA Championship Chicago Bulls beat Seattle Supersonics 4 games to 2 the Bulls 4th title in 6 years
16 Jun 2012
Collapse of a stage at a Radiohead concert kills one person in Toronto Ontario
16 Jun 1755
British capture strategic Fort Beausjour eastern Canada expelling the Acadians and renaming it Fort Cumberland
16 Jun 1815
Battle at Quatre-Bras Duke of Wellingtons English forces engage the French in a preliminary battle two days before the Battle of Waterloo
16 Jun 1823
Dutch King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp
16 Jun 1884
Americas 1st purpose-built roller coaster ride the Switchback Railway opens at Coney Island New York built by LaMarcus Thompson
16 Jun 1916
MLB Boston Braves pitcher Tom Hughes no-hitter beats Pittsburgh 2-0 at the time it is his 2nd career no-hitter but a 1991 rule change wiped his 1910 effort [1]
16 Jun 1961
Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West at Le Bourget Airport in Paris France
16 Jun 1966
20th Tony Awards MaratSade (play) & Man of La Mancha (musical) win
16 Jun 1976
Soweto Uprising Over 10000 students in Soweto South Africa march against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in Black secondary schools clashes with police kills dozens
16 Jun 1979
Single Logical Song by Supertramp peaks at 6
16 Jun 1989
Ghostbusters II American supernatural comedy film sequel directed by Ivan Reitman starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd premieres
16 Jun 1883
1st baseball Ladies Day - NY Gothams beat Cleveland Blues 5-2 at the Polo Grounds in NYC
16 Jun 1952
Soviet Fighters shoots down Swedish Air Force Catalina as it participates in search for missing Dakota DC-3 crew survives
16 Jun 1958
Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia
16 Jun 1982
Political party Official Monster Raving Loony Party is founded by English rocker Screaming Lord Sutch
16 Jun 2000
Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon except the disputed Sheba Farms.
16 Jun 2016
Philadelphia is the first US city to pass a tax on sweetened drinks
16 Jun 2017
Amazon announces it is buying Whole Foods for 13.7 billion
16 Jun 2017
US President Donald Trump reinstates Cuban travel and business restrictions after they were loosened by President Obama
16 Jun 2018
Two suicide bombers attack Damboa in Borno state Nigeria killing at least 31 people
16 Jun 2018
World Cup Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time awarding France a penalty in 2-1 win over Australia in Kazan
16 Jun 2019
India imposes retaliatory tariffs on 28 US goods
16 Jun 2019
Massive unprecedented power cut affects all of Argentina Uruguay and parts of Paraguay
16 Jun 2019
Three suicide bomb attacks kill 30 people in Konduga north east Nigeria
16 Jun 2020
At least 20 Indian soldiers killed in 1st deadly clash on the Chinese Indian border in 45 years in the Galwan Valley Himalayas
16 Jun 2022
Ninety-year-old US cosmetics company Revlon files for bankruptcy blaming supply issues and rising costs [1]
16 Jun 2023
Attack on Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe Uganda by Islamic State-linked militants leaves about 40 pupils dead
16 Jun 2023
Scientific teams in the UK and Israel claim to have grown synthetic human embryos equivalent to that of 14-day-old natural embryos sparking controversy [1]
16 Jun 2023
The Recording Academy announces new rules for Grammy Awards aimed at AI use - stating only human creators can win but a work containing AI eligible as long as human input is meaningful [1]
16 Jun 2023
US truck driver Robert Bowers found guilty of the deadliest attack on Jews in the US of shooting 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue Pittsburgh in 2018 [1]
16 Jun 1812
The worlds first book club The Roxburghe Club is founded before the infamous sale of the Duke of Roxburghes library at a dinner hosted by the 2nd Earl of Spencer at St Albans Tavern London [1]
16 Jun 1823
Dutch King William I opens the Fijenoord shipyard at Rotterdam
16 Jun 2012
Liu Yang is the first Chinese female astronaut in space aboard the Shenzhou 9 - 49 years to the day since the first woman in space cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova
16 Jun 2024
105 year-old Virginia Hislop graduates with a masters diploma in education from Stanford University 83 years after she had to leave early [1]
16 Jun 1883
Victoria Hall disaster The distribution of free toys in Sunderland England causes a crowd crush and the deaths of 183 children
16 Jun 1884
Americas first purpose-built roller coaster ride the Switchback Railway built by LaMarcus Thompson opens at Coney Island New York
16 Jun 1903
Pepsi-Cola is trademarked by inventor Caleb Bradham
16 Jun 1909
First US airplane is sold commercially by Glenn Curtiss for 5000
16 Jun 1911
A 772-gram stony meteorite strikes Earth near Kilbourn Columbia County Wisconsin damaging a barn
16 Jun 1911
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) later known as IBM is incorporated in Endicott New York in a merger organized by financier Charles Ranlett Flint
16 Jun 1945
MLB Boston Red Sox pitcher Boo Ferriss loses to New York Yankees 3-2 after starting his career with 8 wins
16 Jun 1975
Milwaukee Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley to the Los Angeles Lakers for four players
16 Jun 1983
Carlos Vieira completes a 191-hour nonstop cycling effort in Leiria Portugal
16 Jun 1988
A team of 32 divers begins cycling underwater on a standard tricycle to complete 116.66 miles in 75 hours and 20 minutes in Santa Barbara California
16 Jun 1990
Nelson & Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein Amsterdam
16 Jun 1992
MLB Boston Red Sox Jeff Reardon sets record of 342 saves in 1-0 win over New York Yankees [1]
16 Jun 1995
Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429)
16 Jun 1998
Stanley Cup Final MCI Center Washington D.C. Detroit Red Wings win back-to-back championships defeating debutant finalists Washington Capitals 4-1 for a 4-0 series sweep
16 Jun 2000
Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon except the disputed Shebaa Farms.
16 Jun 2008
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin become the first same-sex couple to legally marry in California [1]
16 Jun 2012
Liu Yang becomes the first Chinese woman in space aboard Shenzhou 9 49 years to the day since cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space
16 Jun 2025
51st G7 summit begins in Kananaskis Canada as the first summit for many recently elected world leaders [1]