June 16 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | June 16 Calendar
June 16th Daily Holidays include:
- Bloomsday
- Fresh Veggies Day
- International Day of Family Remittances
- International Day of the African Child
- Ladies Day (Basketball)
- National Flip Flop Day – June 16, 2023 (Third Friday in June)
- National Fudge Day
- No Orange Clothes Day
- Take Back the Lunch Break Day – June 16, 2023 (Third Friday in June)
- Ugliest Dog Day – June 16, 2023 (Third Friday in June)
- Wear Blue Day – June 16, 2023 (Friday of Men’s Health Week)
- Wish Fulfillment Day
- Work at Home Father’s Day – June 16, 2023 (The Friday before Father’s Day)
- World Sea Turtle Day
June 16: Famous Birthdays
- June 16, 1644 – Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland, and Duchess of Orleans (d. 1670)
- June 16, 1829 – Geronimo, Apache tribal leader (d. 1909)
- June 16, 1970 – Phil Mickelson, American PGA golfer (Five-time major winner)
June 16: Historical Events
- June 16, 1779 – Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of the US, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins
- June 16, 1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech and accepts the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the Senate, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”
- June 16, 1884 – The first roller coaster opens in New York’s Coney Island amusement park
- June 16, 1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed, but will be dissolved a year later
- June 16, 1903 – Henry Ford incorporates The Ford Motor Company
- June 16, 1963 – Valentina Tereshkova from USSR becomes the first woman in space aboard the Vostok 6
- June 16, 1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates
- June 16, 1979 – The Muslim Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo Syria
- June 16, 1981 – Ken Taylor, Canada’s former ambassador to Iran is awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by U.S. President Ronald Reagan for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979-81. He is the first foreign citizen to be awarded this medal.
- June 16, 2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to totally ban tobacco
- June 16, 2012 – After a classified 469 day orbital mission, the United States Air Force’s robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth
- June 16, 2015 – Donald J. Trump announces he is running for President of the United States
June 16: Music Events
- June 16, 1967 – The three day Monterey International Pop Festival has 50,000 attendees
- June 16, 1977 – Beatlemania opens on Broadway
- June 16, 1980 – Blues Brothers premiers in Chicago
- June 16, 1983 – Ringo Starr releases his Old Wave album in West Germany
- June 16, 1990 – U Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer peaks at #8 (video below)
- June 16, 2012 – A stage at a Toronto Radiohead concert collapses and kills one person
June 16: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for June 16 is Taurus.
June Birthstone:
What is the June Birthstone? Pearl
The June birthstones are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone. With so many attractive options, individuals with June birthdays can have a birthstone that fits their mood or budget, due to the different colors and price points these gems offer.
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