16th June anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1723
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher whose book The Wealth of Nations was, and still is, hugely influential." more
  • 1821
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Old Tom Morris, golfer who won the British Open 4 times." more
  • 1829
  • United States
  • "Birth of Geronimo, Native American leader." more
  • 1858
  • Sweden
  • Birth of King Gustav V of Sweden .
  • 1890
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Stan Laurel, Actor"
  • 1902
  • United States
  • "Birth of Barbara McClintock, Nobel Laureate" more
• event
  • 1487
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Stoke Field – Henry VII's victory end the War of the Roses
  • 1858
  • India
  • Indian Mutiny: Battle of Morar .
  • 1903
  • Ford Motor Company founded more
  • 1911
  • United States
  • "IBM founded by the merger of three existing businesses. The combined companies were called the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, catchy name eh!" more
  • 1915
  • Great Britain
  • The Women's Institute was founded in Britain. more
  • 1963
  • Russian Federation
  • "First space flight by Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space."
  • 1983
  • Russian Federation
  • Yuri Andropov became president of the USSR .
• Death
  • 1722
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and victor of the Battle of Blenheim." more
  • 1858
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of John Snow, British physician, pioneer of anaesthesia and medical hygiene; traced the source of the cholera outbreak in London in 1854;."
  • 1869
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Charles Sturt, explorer of Australian river systems, most notably the Murray." more
  • 1958
  • Hungary
  • "Death of Imre Nagy, Hungarian Prime Minister, executed ." more
  • 1971
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Lord Reith, first Director General of the BBC" more
  • 1977
  • Germany
  • "Death of Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist" more
  • 1999
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of David Edward Sutch (Screaming Lord Sutch), British musician and maverick political leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party"