EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
June 16
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Day 166 of 2026 | Week 25 | 193 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.
Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in mainland China, opens to the public.
American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.
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.
China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
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 withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American actor (Westworld)
Welsh footballer (Manchester United
American actor (All My Children
American NFL punter (Washington Redskins)
Jamaican cricketer (fine Jamaican off-spinner for the West Indies)
American journalist and radio host (Morning Edition
American actor (Cousin Itt in The Adams Family)
German football manager (Liverpool)
Czech athlete (Olympic gold men's javelin 1992
American athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1996; WR 23.12m)
American astronomer (2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for work on black holes)
American NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
English tech entrepreneur (Autonomy Corporation)
American stage actor (Moulin Rouge!)
Pakistani cricketer (fast bowler for Pakistan)
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