On This Day: 16 June

16 June in Indian history

• 2013A 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.India
• 1819A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').India

16 June in world history

• 2012The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
• 1997The English rock band Radiohead released their landmark third album OK Computer in the United Kingdom.
• 1989Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
• 1977Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• 1963Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
• 1960Psycho, a psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, premiered.
• 1955In 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 gr
• 1940The Soviet Union occupies Lithuania, which will eventually become the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR).
• 1936A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven people on board.
• 1904Irish author James Joyce began a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday.
• 1815Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
• 1795French 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 th
• 1779American Revolutionary War: Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• 1755After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to British forces, marking the end of Father Le Loutre's War.
• 1632The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, who became the first permanent European settler of Pejepscot, Maine.
• 1407Ming forces conquered Đại Ngu in modern-day northern Vietnam, capturing Hồ dynasty emperor Hồ Quý Ly and bringing the country under Chinese rule.

Born on 16 June

• 1998Karman Thandi, Indian tennis playerIndia
• 1950Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor and politicianIndia
• 1920Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director (died 1989)India
• 1902Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)
• 1902George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author (died 1984)
• 1514John Cheke, English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (died 1557)

Died on 16 June

• 1993Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and soldier (born 1913)
• 1961Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (born 1904)
• 1925Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1870)India
• 1869Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (born 1795)India

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 16 June in history?

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. 2012: The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. 1997: The English rock band Radiohead released their landmark third album OK Computer in the United Kingdom. 1989: Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.

What happened on 16 June in Indian history?

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. 1819: A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').

Which famous people were born on 16 June?

Karman Thandi, Indian tennis player (1998); Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor and politician (1950); Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director (died 1989) (1920); Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992) (1902).

Which day is observed on 16 June?

Birthday of Leonard P. Howell (Rastafari); Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland); Engineer's Day (Argentina); Father's Day (Seychelles); International Day of the African Child (Organisation of African Unity).