June 16
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 1981
US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
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Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
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The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is launched.
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The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrawn from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
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Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
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Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
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China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
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The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
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A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
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American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.
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Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in mainland China, opens to the public.
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Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.
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2003Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress
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2002Sam Walker, English-Australian rugby league player
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2000Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player
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1999Justin Jefferson, American football player
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1999Ibrahima Koné, Malian footballer
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1999Snail Mail, American singer-songwriter
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1998Karman Thandi, Indian tennis player
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1995Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player
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1995Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player
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1995Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer
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1995Ki Hui-hyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
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1994Rezar, Albanian wrestler
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