On this day: June 16
Events
Battle of Stoke FieldJune 16, 1487 · Wars & Conflicts
Conquest of TunisJune 16, 1535 – July 21, 1535 · Wars & Conflicts
Battle of LignyJune 16, 1815 · Wars & Conflicts
Battle of Quatre BrasJune 16, 1815 · Wars & Conflicts
Founding of Ford Motor CompanyJune 16, 1903 · Companies
Founding of IBMJune 16, 1911 · Companies
Slovak Soviet RepublicJune 16, 1919 – July 7, 1919 · World History
Malayan EmergencyJune 16, 1948 – July 12, 1960 · Wars & Conflicts
Release of Clash by NightJune 16, 1952 · Film
1954 FIFA World CupJune 16, 1954 – July 4, 1954 · Sports
Founding of Oracle CorporationJune 16, 1977 · Companies- Release of The Queen Is DeadJune 16, 1986 · Music
- Release of HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book IJune 16, 1995 · Music
Launch of Astronomy Picture of the DayJune 16, 1995 · Internet
Founding of E.ONJune 16, 2000 · Companies- Release of SilenceJune 16, 2001 · Music
Release of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo DriftJune 16, 2006 · Film- Release of Lines, Vines and Trying TimesJune 16, 2009 · Music
- Release of 71: Into the FireJune 16, 2010 · Film
- Release of My Little Pony: Equestria GirlsJune 16, 2013 · Film
- Release of MelodramaJune 16, 2017 · Music
Release of ArmsJune 16, 2017 · Gaming
Born on this day
Jean de ThévenotJune 16, 1633 – November 28, 1667 · Exploration
Jacques OzanamJune 16, 1640 – April 3, 1718 · Science- Johann Christoph Bach IIIJune 16, 1671 – February 22, 1721 · Music
Otto JahnJune 16, 1813 – September 9, 1869 · Music
Julius PetersenJune 16, 1839 – August 5, 1910 · Science
Georg JellinekJune 16, 1851 – January 12, 1911 · Culture
Paja JovanovićJune 16, 1859 – November 30, 1957 · Art
Sergei BulgakovJune 16, 1871 – July 1944 · Culture
Lilly ReichJune 16, 1885 – December 14, 1947 · Culture
Alexander FriedmannJune 16, 1888 – September 16, 1925 · Science
Stan LaurelJune 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965 · Film
Abram RoomJune 16, 1894 – July 26, 1976 · Film
Murray LeinsterJune 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975 · Technology- Georg WittigJune 16, 1897 – August 26, 1987 · Science
Henri LefebvreJune 16, 1901 – June 29, 1991 · Culture
Barbara McBurgerJune 16, 1902 – September 2, 1992 · Science- John TukeyJune 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000 · Science
- Hemanta MukhopadhyayJune 16, 1920 – September 26, 1989 · Music
- Charles JarrottJune 16, 1927 – March 4, 2011 · Film
John Shelby SpongJune 16, 1931 – September 12, 2021 · Culture
William F. SharpeJune 16, 1934 – present · Politics
Jim DineJune 16, 1935 – present · Art
Taylor G. WangJune 16, 1940 – present · Space
Tom HarrellJune 16, 1946 – present · Music
Jeffrey AshbyJune 16, 1954 – present · Space
Can DündarJune 16, 1961 – present · Film
Femi KutiJune 16, 1962 – present · Music
Andrea M. GhezJune 16, 1965 – present · Science
Tupac ShakurJune 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996 · Film
Daniel BrühlJune 16, 1978 – present · Film
Dana DeArmondJune 16, 1979 – present · Film
Verónica EcheguiJune 16, 1983 – August 24, 2025 · Film- Kelly BlatzJune 16, 1987 – present · Film
John NewmanJune 16, 1990 – present · Music
Joe McElderryJune 16, 1991 – present · Music