Today in History
16 June
217 births · 109 deaths · 54 events recorded
Notable Births
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Anna Cathcart
b. 2003
Canadian actress (born 2003)
Sam Walker (rugby league)
b. 2002
Australian rugby league footballer
Bianca Andreescu
b. 2000
Canadian tennis player (born 2000)
Steve Larmer
b. 1961
Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
Barbara McClintock
b. 1902
American scientist and cytogeneticist (1902–1992)
George Gaylord Simpson
b. 1902
American paleontologist (1902–1984)
Gustaf V
b. 1858
King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950
Adam Smith
b. 1723
Scottish economist and philosopher (1723–1790)
Notable Deaths
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Kim Woodburn
d. 2025
English television personality and expert cleaner (1942–2025)
Ludwig Adamovich Jr.
d. 2024
Austrian constitutional scholar (1932–2024)
Gino Mäder
d. 2023
Swiss cyclist (1997–2023)
Frank Bonner
d. 2021
American actor and director (1942–2021)
Danding Cojuangco
d. 2020
Filipino politician and businessman (1935–2020)
Tony Gwynn
d. 2014
American baseball player (1960–2014)
Lindsay Hassett
d. 1993
Australian cricketer (1913–1993)
Marcel Junod
d. 1961
Swiss medical doctor
On This Day in History
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2019
Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
2016
Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in mainland China, opens to the public.
Shanghai Disneyland
2015
American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.
Business career of Donald Trump
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.
2013 North India floods
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.
Shenzhou 9
2012
The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
United States Air Force
2010
Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
Bhutan
2002
Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
Padre Pio