Also on June 16
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Tahun Baru Islam (perkiraan) (ID) · Youth Day (ZA) · رأس السنة الهجرية (تقديري) (AE)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Tamuz ראש חודש תמוז roshchodesh
- Islamic: Birth of Khas Muhammad ash-Shirwani ق major
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2013 — A multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides becoming the country's... ↗
- 2012 — China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang,... ↗
- 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... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 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
🏀 Sports on this Date
- WNBA: Las Vegas Aces @ Dallas Wings — 00:00 Scheduled
- WNBA: Portland Fire @ Minnesota Lynx — 00:00 Scheduled
- MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Chicago Cubs — 00:05 Scheduled
- MLB: Minnesota Twins @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 Scheduled
- MLB: Detroit Tigers @ Houston Astros — 00:10 Scheduled
- MLB: Los Angeles Angels @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 Scheduled