Public Holidays on June 16

• 🌍 Tahun Baru Islam (perkiraan) (Indonesia)
• 🌍 Youth Day (South Africa)
• 🌍 رأس السنة الهجرية (تقديري) (United Arab Emirates)

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Religious Observances on June 16

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Tamuz ראש חודש תמוז
• Islamic: Birth of Khas Muhammad ash-Shirwani ق

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On This Day in History — June 16

• 2013 — A multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
• 2012 — China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
• 2012 — The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
• 2010 — Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
• 2000 — Israel complies with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 22 years after its issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel does so, except the disputed Shebaa farms.
• 1997 — Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria: Fifty people die.

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Notable Births on June 16

• 1995 — Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 — Aleksandr Aksyonov, Russian footballer
• 1995 — Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer
• 1994 — Grete-Lilijane Küppas, Estonian footballer
• 1994 — Rezar, Albanian professional wrestler
• 1993 — Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor

Notable Deaths on June 16

• 2017 — Helmut Kohl, German politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1930)
• 2016 — Jo Cox, English political activist and MP (b. 1974)
• 2015 — Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930)
• 2015 — Jean Vautrin, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933)
• 2014 — Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)
• 2014 — Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1960)

Sports on June 16

• WNBA: Las Vegas Aces @ Dallas Wings — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Portland Fire @ Minnesota Lynx — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Chicago Cubs — 00:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Minnesota Twins @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Detroit Tigers @ Houston Astros — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Los Angeles Angels @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on June 17

• 🌍 Awal Muharam (Malaysia)

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On This Day in History — June 17

• 2017 — A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others.
• 2015 — Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1994 — Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
• 1992 — A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
• 1991 — Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
• 1987 — With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.

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Notable Births on June 17

• 1994 — Amari Cooper, American football player
• 1992 — Ryan Allsop, English footballer
• 1991 — Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1990 — Jordan Henderson, English footballer
• 1990 — Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 — Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer

Notable Deaths on June 17

• 2015 — Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (b. 1937)
• 2015 — John David Crow, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
• 2015 — Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (b. 1920)
• 2015 — Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (b. 1973)
• 2014 — Patsy Byrne, English actress (b. 1933)