Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
June 16
| 455 | Rome is sacked by the Vandal army. | |
| 1815 | Napoleon defeats the Prussians at the Battle of Ligny. | |
| 1858 | Abraham Lincoln, in accepting the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, declares that, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." | |
| 1864 | The siege of Petersburg and Richmond begins after a moonlight skirmish. | |
| 1907 | The Russian czar dissolves the Duma in St. Petersburg. | |
| 1910 | The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane Washington. | |
| 1925 | France accepts a German proposal for a security pact. | |
| 1932 | The ban on Nazi storm troopers is lifted by the von Papen government in Germany. | |
| 1935 | President Roosevelt's New Deal legislation is passed by the House of Representatives. | |
| 1940 | French Chief of State, Henri Petain asks for an armistice with Germany. | |
| 1952 | Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States. | |
| 1955 | The U.S. House of Representatives votes to extend Selective Service until 1959. | |
| 1961 | Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris. | |
| 1971 | An El Greco sketch, "The Immaculate Conception," stolen in Spain 35 years earlier, is recovered in New York City by the FBI. | |
| 1977 | Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union. | |
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Born on June 16 |
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| 1888 | Bobby Clark, comedian and actor. | |
| 1890 | Stan Laurel, British-born entertainer, partner of Oliver Hardy. | |
| 1902 | Barbara McClintock, geneticist. | |
| 1902 | George Gaylord Simpson, paleontologist. | |
| 1917 | Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post. | |
| 1917 | Irving Penn, fashion photographer, brother of film director Arthur Penn. | |
| 1920 | John Howard Griffin, writer (Black Like Me). | |
| 1935 | Jim Dine, American artist. | |
| 1938 | Torgny Lindgren, Swedish writer. | |
| 1938 | Joyce Carol Oates, American writer and university professor (Them, Garden of Earthly Delights). | |
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