June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining.
- 1829 - Geronimo, Apache warrior and leader (+ 1909)
- 1840 - Ernst Otto Schlick[?], engineer (+ 1913)
- 1858 - King Gustav V of Sweden (+ 1950)
- 1874 - Arthur Meighen, ninth Prime Minister of Canada (+ 1960)
- 1890 - Stan Laurel, actor, comedian (+ 1965)
- 1902 - Barbara McClintock, geneticist (+ 1992)
- 1907 - Jack Albertson, actor (+ 1981)
- 1912 - Enoch Powell, British politician (+ 1998)
- 1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias[?], athlete (+ 1956)
- 1916 - Hank Luisetti[?], baseball player (+ 2002)
- 1917 - Katharine Graham[?], Washington Post publisher
- 1917 - Irvin Penn[?], photographer
- 1927 - Herbert Lichtenfeld[?], author and playwright (+ 2001)
- 1930 - Vilmos Zsigmond[?], cinematographer
- 1937 - Erich Segal[?], author
- 1938 - Joyce Carol Oates[?], novelist
- 1941 - Lamont Dozier[?], record company executive
- 1951 - Roberto Durán[?], boxer
- 1952 - Gino Vannelli[?], vocalist, songwriter
- 1971 - Tupac Shakur, musician (+ 1996)
See Also:
June 15 - June 17 - May 16 - July 16 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December