June 16
1487 - The Battle of Stoke ended the War of the Roses.
1858 - Accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
1903 - Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.
1904 - Events in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" took place on this day, which is celebrated as Bloomsday, for the main character, Leopold Bloom.
1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Industrial Recovery Act into law. (The U.S. Supreme Court later struck the act down.)
1933 - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was founded as President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Banking Act of 1933.
1941 - National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) opened for business.
1963 - The world's first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, 26, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6; Tereshkova spent 71 hours in flight, circling the Earth 48 times before returning safely.
1977 - Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev was named president, becoming the first person to hold both posts simultaneously.
1978 - President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos signed the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties during a ceremony in Panama City.
1996 - Russians voted in their first independent presidential election. (Boris Yeltsin eventually won in a runoff.)
2004 - The 9/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.
2011 - U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn performer and other women.
2015 - Real estate mogul Donald Trump launched his successful campaign to become president of the United States with a speech at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
2016 - Walt Disney Co. opened Shanghai Disneyland, its first theme park in mainland China.
2018 - China announced 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion in U.S. imports, including soybeans and beef, in response to President Donald Trump's tariff hike on a similar amount of Chinese goods; China also scrapped agreements to narrow its trade surplus with the United States.
2018 - A 23-foot-long python swallowed a 54-year-old woman in central Indonesia, an extremely rare occurrence.
Birthdays
23 - Bianca Andreescu (tennis player)
24 - Lauren Taylor (actress)
26 - Camila Morrone (model)
35 - Banks (singer)
36 - Ali Stroker (actress)
36 - Diana DeGarmo (singer)
40 - Olivia Hack (actress)
41 - Missy Peregrym (actress)
45 - Daniel Bruhl (actor)
46 - China Shavers (actress)
48 - Fred Koehler (actor)
50 - Eddie Cibrian (actor)
51 - John Cho (actor)
53 - Phil Mickelson (golfer)
53 - Clifton Collins Jr. (actor)
55 - James Patrick Stuart (actor)
56 - Jenny Shimizu (actress/model)
59 - Danny Burstein (actor)
61 - Arnold Vosloo (actor)
68 - Laurie Metcalf (actress)
72 - Roberto Duran (boxer)
74 - Geoff Pierson (actor)
80 - Joan Van Ark (actress)
85 - Billy "Crash" Craddock (singer)
89 - Eileen Atkins (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 16
1938 - Jimmy Foxx (Boston Red Sox) set a major league record when he was walked six times in one game.
1970 - Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo, 26, died at a New York hospital after battling cancer.
1975 - The Milwaukee Bucks traded Kareem-Abdul Jabbar to the Los Angeles Lakers.
1981 - The "Chicago Tribune" purchased the Chicago Cubs baseball team from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Company for $20.5 million.
1991 - Otis Nixon (Montreal Expos) broke a major league record with six stolen bases in one game.
1993 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) scored 55 points in an NBA Finals game against the Phoenix Suns. Jordan became the first player to score 50 points in a Finals games since Jerry West in 1969.
1996 - In Lusaka, Sambia, fans stampeded the field at the World Cup match between Zambia and Sudan. Nine people were killed and 78 were injured.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls defeat the Seattle Supersonics in six games to win their fourth NBA championship in six seasons.
1998 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Washington Capitals to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.
2002 - Tiger Woods wins his second U.S. Open.
2005 - The NHL Board of Governors approved the sale of the Disney owned Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to Henry and Susan Samueli.
2008 - Tiger Woods wins his third U.S. Open.
2013 - Justin Rose captured his first major championship and became the first Englishman in 43 years to win the U.S. Open, shooting a closing 70 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, for a 1-over 281 total.
2015 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games to win their first NBA championship in 40 years and fourth in franchise history.
2018 - During the World Cup, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in a 2-1 win over Australia.
2022 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics in six games to win their fourth NBA championship in eight seasons.
1487 - The Battle of Stoke ended the War of the Roses.
1858 - Accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
1903 - Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.
1904 - Events in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" took place on this day, which is celebrated as Bloomsday, for the main character, Leopold Bloom.
1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Industrial Recovery Act into law. (The U.S. Supreme Court later struck the act down.)
1933 - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was founded as President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Banking Act of 1933.
1941 - National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) opened for business.
1963 - The world's first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, 26, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6; Tereshkova spent 71 hours in flight, circling the Earth 48 times before returning safely.
1977 - Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev was named president, becoming the first person to hold both posts simultaneously.
1978 - President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos signed the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties during a ceremony in Panama City.
1996 - Russians voted in their first independent presidential election. (Boris Yeltsin eventually won in a runoff.)
2004 - The 9/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.
2011 - U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn performer and other women.
2015 - Real estate mogul Donald Trump launched his successful campaign to become president of the United States with a speech at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
2016 - Walt Disney Co. opened Shanghai Disneyland, its first theme park in mainland China.
2018 - China announced 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion in U.S. imports, including soybeans and beef, in response to President Donald Trump's tariff hike on a similar amount of Chinese goods; China also scrapped agreements to narrow its trade surplus with the United States.
2018 - A 23-foot-long python swallowed a 54-year-old woman in central Indonesia, an extremely rare occurrence.
Birthdays
23 - Bianca Andreescu (tennis player)
24 - Lauren Taylor (actress)
26 - Camila Morrone (model)
35 - Banks (singer)
36 - Ali Stroker (actress)
36 - Diana DeGarmo (singer)
40 - Olivia Hack (actress)
41 - Missy Peregrym (actress)
45 - Daniel Bruhl (actor)
46 - China Shavers (actress)
48 - Fred Koehler (actor)
50 - Eddie Cibrian (actor)
51 - John Cho (actor)
53 - Phil Mickelson (golfer)
53 - Clifton Collins Jr. (actor)
55 - James Patrick Stuart (actor)
56 - Jenny Shimizu (actress/model)
59 - Danny Burstein (actor)
61 - Arnold Vosloo (actor)
68 - Laurie Metcalf (actress)
72 - Roberto Duran (boxer)
74 - Geoff Pierson (actor)
80 - Joan Van Ark (actress)
85 - Billy "Crash" Craddock (singer)
89 - Eileen Atkins (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 16
1938 - Jimmy Foxx (Boston Red Sox) set a major league record when he was walked six times in one game.
1970 - Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo, 26, died at a New York hospital after battling cancer.
1975 - The Milwaukee Bucks traded Kareem-Abdul Jabbar to the Los Angeles Lakers.
1981 - The "Chicago Tribune" purchased the Chicago Cubs baseball team from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Company for $20.5 million.
1991 - Otis Nixon (Montreal Expos) broke a major league record with six stolen bases in one game.
1993 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) scored 55 points in an NBA Finals game against the Phoenix Suns. Jordan became the first player to score 50 points in a Finals games since Jerry West in 1969.
1996 - In Lusaka, Sambia, fans stampeded the field at the World Cup match between Zambia and Sudan. Nine people were killed and 78 were injured.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls defeat the Seattle Supersonics in six games to win their fourth NBA championship in six seasons.
1998 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Washington Capitals to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.
2002 - Tiger Woods wins his second U.S. Open.
2005 - The NHL Board of Governors approved the sale of the Disney owned Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to Henry and Susan Samueli.
2008 - Tiger Woods wins his third U.S. Open.
2013 - Justin Rose captured his first major championship and became the first Englishman in 43 years to win the U.S. Open, shooting a closing 70 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, for a 1-over 281 total.
2015 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games to win their first NBA championship in 40 years and fourth in franchise history.
2018 - During the World Cup, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in a 2-1 win over Australia.
2022 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics in six games to win their fourth NBA championship in eight seasons.
