Editing June 16 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[632]] &ndash; [[Yazdegerd III]] ascends the throne as king (''[[shah]]'') of the [[Sasanian Empire|Persian Empire]]. He becomes the last ruler of the [[Sasanian family tree|Sasanian dynasty]] (modern [[Iran]]).
*[[1407]] &ndash; [[Ming–Hồ War]]: Retired King [[Hồ Quý Ly]] and his son King [[Hồ Hán Thương]] of [[Hồ dynasty]] are captured by the [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] armies.
*[[1487]] &ndash; [[Battle of Stoke Field]]: King [[Henry VII of England]] defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the [[Wars of the Roses]].<ref>Van Cleve Alexander, Michael, ''The First of the Tudors: A Study of Henry VII and His Reign'', Taylor & Francis, 1981, p.57-58.</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] &ndash; The [[Plymouth Company]] granted a land patent to [[Thomas Purchase]], the first [[settler]] of [[Pejepscot, Maine]], settling at the site of [[Fort Andross]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wheeler |first1=George Augustus |author-link=George Augustus Wheeler |last2=Wheeler |first2=Henry Warren |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmSFIvLGjLoC |year=1878 |pages=7–8 |title=History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine: Including the Ancient Territory Known as Pejepscot |edition=1st |publisher=A. Mudge & Sons, Printers |publication-place=[[Boston]] | via=[[Google Books]] |lccn=01008940}}(Archive source [[Harvard Library]])</ref>
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: [[New England]] colonial troops under the command of [[William Pepperrell]] capture the [[Fortress of Louisbourg]] in [[Louisbourg]], [[New France]] ([[Old Style]] date).
*[[1746]] &ndash; War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and [[Sardinia]] defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the [[Battle of Piacenza]].
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[French and Indian War]]: The [[Military history of France|French]] surrender [[Fort Beauséjour]] to the British, leading to the [[Expulsion of the Acadians|expulsion]] of the [[Acadians]].
*[[1760]] &ndash; French and Indian War: [[Robert Rogers (British Army officer)|Robert Rogers]] and his [[Rogers' Rangers|Rangers]] surprise French held [[Fort Sainte Thérèse]] on the [[Richelieu River]] near [[Lake Champlain]]. The fort [[Sainte-Thérèse Raid|is raided and burned]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Loescher |first1=Burt Garfield |title=The history of Rogers' rangers, Volume 1 |year=2009|orig-year=1946 |publisher=Heritage Books Inc|pages=101–02 |isbn=9780788417412}}</ref>
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: Spain [[Spain and the American Revolutionary War#Declaration of war|declares war]] on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the [[Great Siege of Gibraltar]] begins.
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[French 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 the [[Battle of Groix]] six days later.
*[[1811]] &ndash; Survivors of an attack the previous day by [[Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations|Tla-o-qui-aht]] on board the [[Pacific Fur Company]]'s ship ''[[Tonquin (1807)|Tonquin]]'', intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, [[Battle of Woody Point|destroying it]] and killing about 100&nbsp;attackers.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Tonquin |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tonquin/ |last=Gough |first=Barry M. |language=en |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |access-date=2018-09-06}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ligny]] and [[Battle of Quatre Bras]], two days before the [[Battle of Waterloo]].
*[[1819]] &ndash; A [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake|major earthquake]] strikes the [[Kutch district]] of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a {{convert|6|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}}, {{convert|6|km|mi|adj=mid|-wide}}, ridge, extending for at least {{convert|80|km}}, that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").<ref>{{cite web|url= http://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/Publications/MetamorphosisofIndus.pdf|title=Anthropocene Metamorphosis of the Indus Delta and Lower Floodplain|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; A meeting at Old Slaughter's coffee house in London leads to the formation of what is now the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] (RSPCA).<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of the RSPCA |url=https://www.animallaw.info/article/history-rspca |publisher=Michigan State University College of Law |access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; The formation of the [[London Working Men's Association]] gives rise to the [[Chartism|Chartist Movement]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; The [[Papal conclave, 1846|Papal conclave of 1846]] elects [[Pope Pius IX]], beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Abraham Lincoln]] delivers his ''[[Lincoln's House Divided Speech|House Divided]]'' speech in [[Springfield, Illinois]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; The [[Universities Tests Act 1871]] allows students to enter the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[Durham University|Durham]] without religious tests (except for those intending to study [[theology]]).
*[[1883]] &ndash; The [[Victoria Hall stampede|Victoria Hall theatre panic]] in [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], England, kills 183 children.
*[[1884]] &ndash; The first purpose-built roller coaster, [[LaMarcus Adna Thompson]]'s "[[Switchback Railway]]", opens in New York's [[Coney Island]] amusement park.
*[[1897]] &ndash; A treaty annexing the [[Republic of Hawaii]] to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; The [[Ford Motor Company]] is incorporated.
*  1903   &ndash; [[Roald Amundsen]] leaves [[Oslo]], Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the [[Northwest Passage]].
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Eugen Schauman]] [[Assassination of Nikolay Bobrikov|assassinates]] [[Nikolay Bobrikov]], [[Governor-General of Finland]].
*  1904   &ndash; Irish author [[James Joyce]] begins a relationship with [[Nora Barnacle]] and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]''; this date is now traditionally called "[[Bloomsday]]".
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[IBM]] founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in [[Endicott, New York]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; General election in the [[Irish Free State]]: The pro-Treaty [[History of Sinn Féin|Sinn Féin]] party wins a large majority.
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Artek (camp)|Artek]], the most famous [[Young Pioneer]] camp of the [[Soviet Union]], is established.
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Sovnarkom]] establishes [[decree time]] in the USSR.
*[[1933]] &ndash; The [[National Industrial Recovery Act]] is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid [[antitrust]] prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schlesinger| first=Arthur M. Jr. |title=The Age of Roosevelt. Vol. 2: The Coming of the New Deal|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|date=2003|isbn=9780618340866|pages=21, 87–176|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ybm_2VLnIR8C}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Marshal [[Henri Philippe Pétain]] becomes Chief of State of [[Vichy France]] (''Chef de l'État Français'').
*  1940   &ndash; A [[Communist]] government is installed in [[Lithuania]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; Members of the [[Malayan Communist Party]] kill three British plantation managers in [[Sungai Siput]]; in response, [[British Malaya]] declares [[Malayan Emergency|a state of emergency]].
*[[1955]] &ndash; In a futile effort to topple Argentine President [[Juan Perón]], rogue aircraft pilots of the [[Argentine Navy]] [[Bombing of Plaza de Mayo|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 ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Imre Nagy]], [[Pál Maléter]] and other leaders of the 1956 [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Uprising]] are executed.
*[[1961]] &ndash; While on tour with the [[Kirov Ballet]] in [[Paris]], [[Rudolf Nureyev]] defects from the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Dinitia|title=New Light On Nureyev's Grand Leap To the West|work=The New York Times|date=October 6, 1998|access-date=June 16, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/06/books/new-light-on-nureyev-s-grand-leap-to-the-west.html}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; Soviet Space Program: ''[[Vostok 6]]'' mission: [[Cosmonaut]] [[Valentina Tereshkova]] becomes the first woman in space.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pinkham |first1=Sophie |title=How the Soviets Won the Space Race for Equality |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/how-the-soviets-won-the-space-race-for-equality.html |access-date=31 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=16 July 2019}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; In an attempt to resolve the [[Buddhist crisis]] in [[South Vietnam]], a [[Joint Communique]] was signed between President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] and Buddhist leaders.
*[[1972]] &ndash; The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at [[Churchill Falls Generating Station]].
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Soweto uprising]]: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in [[Soweto]], South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Oracle Corporation]] is incorporated in [[Redwood Shores, California]], as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by [[Larry Ellison]], [[Bob Miner]] and [[Ed Oates]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; US President [[Ronald Reagan]] awards the [[Congressional Gold Medal]] to [[Kenneth D. Taylor|Ken Taylor]], Canada's former ambassador to [[Iran]], for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the [[Iran hostage crisis|hostage crisis of 1979–81]]; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Revolutions of 1989]]: [[Imre Nagy]], the former [[Prime Minister of Hungary|Hungarian prime minister]], is reburied in [[Budapest]] following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
* [[1995]] – The [[Astronomy Picture of the Day]] website is launched.<ref>{{cite web
	| title = APOD Turns 17
	| editor-first1 = Robert
	| editor-last1 = Nemiroff
	| editor-first2 = Jerry
	| editor-last2 = Bonnell
	| date = 2012-06-16 
	| website = [[Astronomy Picture of the Day]]
	| publisher = NASA
	| url = https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120616.html
}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; Fifty people are killed in the [[Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre]] in [[Algeria]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425]], 22&nbsp;years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the [[Shebaa farms]], which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unscol.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/old_dnn/PRST%20(18%2006%2000)%20on%20Lebanon-Israel.pdf|title=Statement by the President of the Security Council}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Padre Pio]] is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20020616_index_padre-pio_en.html|title=Padre Pio da Pietrelcina (1887-1968): Canonization|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Bhutan]] becomes the first country to institute a [[Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010|total ban on tobacco]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; China successfully launches its [[Shenzhou 9]] spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut [[Liu Yang (astronaut)|Liu Yang]], to the [[Tiangong-1]] orbital module.<ref>{{cite news|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|title=China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft returns to Earth|work=BBC|date=29 June 2012|access-date=16 June 2020|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-18636819}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; The [[United States Air Force]]'s robotic [[Boeing X-37B]] [[spaceplane]] returns to Earth after a [[USA-226|classified 469-day orbital mission]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wall|first=Mike|title=Air Force Video Reveals Secret X-37B Space Plane's Robotic Landing|website=Space.com|date=June 17, 2012|access-date=June 16, 2020|url=https://www.space.com/16173-secret-x37b-space-plane-landing-video.html}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; A multi-day [[2013 North India floods|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.
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Business career of Donald Trump|American businessman]] [[Donald Trump]] announces his [[2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign|campaign]] to run for [[President of the United States]] in the upcoming [[2016 United States presidential election|election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-announces-2016-presidential-campaign-make-country/story?id=31799741|title = Donald Trump Announces 2016 Presidential Campaign: 'We Are Going Make our Country Great Again'| website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] }}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Shanghai Disneyland Park]], the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Why Disney's New Shanghai Park Is Its Most Ambitious Yet |url=https://time.com/4371493/shanghai-disneyland-park/ |magazine=Time |access-date=16 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests]], the largest in Hong Kong's history.<ref>{{citation|newspaper=Bloomberg|location=New York City|date=July 15, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|title=How Hong Kong Protesters Switched Tactics to Keep Pressure on China|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-changing-tactics-of-hongkong-protests/|author1=Adrian Leung|author2=Hannah Dormido|author3=Karen Leigh}}</ref>