ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 16
FEATURED EVENT
1963
First woman in space
On this day in 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space, having been launched into orbit aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours.
Featured Biography
Born on This Day
1973
Federica Mogherini
Italian politician
1971
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor
1951
Roberto Durán
Panamanian boxer
1912
Enoch Powell
British politician
MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY
German politician Helmut Kohl, who presided over the integration of East Germany into West Germany in 1990 and became the first chancellor of a unified Germany since 1945, died at age 87.
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2012
1976
The Hundred Days period of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to a close, with the bulk of his New Deal legislation passed.
1933
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created under authority of the Federal Reserve Act of 1933.
1933
The Lausanne Conference, held to liquidate Germany's payment of reparations to the former Allied and Associated powers of World War I, opened.
1932
American publisher Katharine Graham, owner and publisher of The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine, was born in New York City.
1917
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), a leading American computer manufacturer, was incorporated.
1911
The Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford and 11 associate investors.
1903
Arthur Meighen, leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister of Canada (1920–21, 1926), was born.
1874
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June 1
1980Debut of CNN -
June 2
1953Elizabeth II crowned queen -
June 3
1989Pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square crushed by Chinese military -
June 4
2003Martha Stewart indicted -
June 5
1967Start of the Six-Day War -
June 6
1944Normandy Invasion begun -
June 7
1929Lateran Treaty ratified -
June 8
1504Michelangelo's David installed in Florence -
June 9
1983Landslide reelection victory for Margaret Thatcher -
June 10
1865Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde premiered -
June 11
2001Oklahoma City bomber executed -
June 12
1991Election of Boris Yeltsin -
June 13
2000Historic meeting between North and South Korean leaders -
June 14
1940First prisoners at Auschwitz -
June 15
1215Magna Carta sealed by King John -
June 16
1963First woman in space -
June 17
1994Arrest of O.J. Simpson -
June 18
1812War of 1812 begun -
June 19
1953Rosenbergs executed for espionage -
June 20
1567Casket Letters found -
June 21
1945Japanese defenses destroyed on Okinawa -
June 22
1611Mutiny against Henry Hudson -
June 23
1314Battle of Bannockburn -
June 24
1812Russia invaded by Napoleon and his Grand Army -
June 25
1950Korean War begun -
June 26
1976Opening of CN Tower -
June 27
1871Yen made official monetary unit of Japan -
June 28
1914Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
June 29
1613London's Globe Theatre destroyed by fire -
June 30
1934Night of the Long Knives
