Category: This Day In History June 16
Categories: This Day In History June
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This Day in History for June 16
Historic Events:
- 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field
- 1884 - First roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.
- 1903 - Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
- 1963 - Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
- 1970 - Kenneth A. Gibson was the First Black politician elected mayor of a major Northeast city (Newark, NJ).
- 1977 - Leonid Brezhnev is elected Soviet president.
Famous Birthdays:
- 1890: Stan Laurel, English/American actor; one-half of movie comedy pair Laurel & Hardy.
- 1971: 2pac Shakur, American rapper, actor.
Famous Deaths:
Subcategories (1)
Person Profiles (12)
Harold Albertson
16 Jun 1907 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 25 Nov 1981
George (Brewer) Reeves
05 Jan 1914 Woolstock, Iowa, United States - 16 Jun 1959
Lesane (Crooks) Shakur
16 Jun 1971 East Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York - 13 Sep 1996
John Cunliffe
16 Jun 1933 Colne, Lancashire, England - 20 Sep 2018
Kenneth Allen Gibson
15 May 1932 Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States - 29 Mar 2019
Arthur (Jefferson) Laurel
16 Jun 1890 Ulverston, Lancashire, England - 23 Feb 1965
Raymond Lemieux
16 Jun 1920 Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada - 22 Jul 2000
Crawford Long
01 Nov 1815 Danielsville, Madison, Georgia, United States - 16 Jun 1878
John McClary
1719 Ulster, Ireland - 16 Jun 1801
Katharine (Meyer) Graham
16 Jun 1917 New York City, New York, United States - 17 Jul 2001
John Powell
16 Jun 1912 Solihull, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 08 Feb 1998
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