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On This Day · The 167th day of the year

June 16

From 1632 to 2010, June 16 gathers 378 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where disaster looms large.

♊ZodiacGemini ◈BirthstonePearl ❀Birth flowerRose

Gemini is the sign for June 16 — read more on the Gemini page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on June 16?

June 16 is the 167th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1632 and 2010. Famous people born on June 16 include Tupac Shakur, Adam Smith and Gustaf V.

Released on June 16

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • TV Revenged Love

2022

  • Game Neon White
  • Game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
  • Game Frozenheim
  • TV The Summer I Turned Pretty

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1632

    Plymouth Company

  2. 1819

    1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake

  3. 1858

    Abraham Lincoln

  4. 1883

    Victoria Hall disaster

  5. 1903

    Roald Amundsen

  6. 1904

    James Joyce

  7. 1911

    IBM

  8. 1940

    World War II

  9. 1963

    Vostok 6

  10. 2010

    Bhutan

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 16

Tupac Shakur

b. 1971

Adam Smith

b. 1723

Gustaf V

b. 1858

Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

b. 1929

Julius Plücker

b. 1801

Daniel Brühl

b. 1978

Ernst Laas

b. 1837

Otto Jahn

b. 1813

Deaths

  • 2017Helmut Kohl
  • 2016Jo Cox
  • 1977Wernher von Braun
  • 1969Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
  • 1626Christian the Younger of Brunswick
  • 1361Johannes Tauler

Holidays & observances

  • —Birthday of Leonard P. Howell (Rastafari)
  • —Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland)
  • —Christian feast days: Aurelianus of Arles
  • —Christian feast days: Aureus of Mainz (and his sister Justina)
  • —Christian feast days: Benno
  • —Christian feast days: Cettin of Oran
  • —Christian feast days: Curig of Llanbadarn
  • —Christian feast days: Cyricus and Julitta

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