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June 16, 2001 NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 1 June 16, 1998 Stanley Cup Finals, Detroit Red Wings beat Washington Capitals 4 games to 0 June 16, 1997 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes June 16, 1996 1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade) June 16, 1996 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2 June 16, 1996 96th U.S. Golf Open: Steve Jones shoots a 278 wins at Oakland Hills CC June 16, 1996 Liselotte Neumann wins First Bank Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic June 16, 1995 Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429) June 16, 1995 Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002 June 16, 1994 Martin Brodeur becomes 1st Devil to win Calder Trophy June 16, 1993 Ken Griffey, Jr. slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's June 16, 1992 Colo Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game June 16, 1992 Great British postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill June 16, 1992 Jeff King is 5th to be thrown out twice trying to steal in an inning June 16, 1992 Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0) June 16, 1992 Longest salami is 68'9 and 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway June 16, 1991 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 241 performances June 16, 1991 New York City Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week" June 16, 1991 91st U.S. Golf Open: Payne Stewart shoots a 282 at Hazeline National GC Minn June 16, 1991 Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR June 16, 1991 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open June 16, 1991 Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row June 16, 1991 Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day June 16, 1991 With 3 runs in 9th, Balt ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5 June 16, 1990 Nelson and Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam June 16, 1989 "Ghostbusters II" premieres June 16, 1989 Funeral for Imre Nagg, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956 June 16, 1989 Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since U.S. open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price) June 16, 1988 Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home June 16, 1988 In Santa Barbara, California, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 mins June 16, 1987 Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens June 16, 1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted after shooting 4 youths who tried to rob him June 16, 1986 1 day general strike in South Africa June 16, 1985 85th U.S. Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 279 at Oakland Hills CC Mich June 16, 1985 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rochester Golf International June 16, 1985 T. 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Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of U.S. Open June 16, 1985 Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11 ") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole and never recovers June 16, 1984 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race June 16, 1984 Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d) June 16, 1983 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal June 16, 1983 European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10 June 16, 1983 Pope John Paul II visits Poland June 16, 1983 Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany June 16, 1983 U.S.S.R. party leader Yuri Andropov elected president June 16, 1982 Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners June 16, 1980 "Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago June 16, 1980 Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented June 16, 1979 "Logical Song" by Supertramp peaks at #6 June 16, 1979 Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit June 16, 1979 Moslem Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo, Syria June 16, 1978 Cincinnati Red Tom Seaver no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 June 16, 1978 Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" June 16, 1977 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway June 16, 1977 Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections June 16, 1977 Leonid Brezhnev named president of U.S.S.R. June 16, 1977 Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over Kansas City Royals June 16, 1976 Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa, Soweto Day June 16, 1975 Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabber and Walt Wesley to LA for 4 players June 16, 1975 Italy's Communist party PCI, wins June 16, 1975 Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD June 16, 1975 Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation June 16, 1974 74th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot GC NY June 16, 1974 Sandra Haynie wins Lawson's LPGA Golf Open June 16, 1973 Leonid I Brezhnev visit U.S. June 16, 1971 Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen June 16, 1971 Racial disturbance in Jacksonville, Florida June 16, 1970 Kenneth A. Gibson elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey June 16, 1970 Race riots in Miami, Florida June 16, 1969 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from House June 16, 1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA "500" Ladies Golf Classic June 16, 1968 68th U.S. Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 275 at Oak Hill CC NY June 16, 1968 Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf's U.S. open under par June 16, 1967 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival June 16, 1966 "Rowan and Martin Show," debuts on NBC-TV June 16, 1966 20th Tony Awards: Marat/Sade and Man of La Mancha win June 16, 1964 Quake strikes Niigata Japan June 16, 1963 Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM June 16, 1963 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open June 16, 1963 Valentina Tereshkova (U.S.S.R.) is 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6 June 16, 1962 2 U.S. Army officers killed in Saigon June 16, 1961 Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host June 16, 1961 Discoverer 25 launched June 16, 1961 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris June 16, 1960 "Psycho," opens in New York June 16, 1958 "Flip Top Box" by Dicky Doo and The Don'ts hits #46 June 16, 1958 Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia June 16, 1957 French offensive in Algeria June 16, 1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6 June 16, 1956 56th U.S. Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 281 at Oak Hill CC NY June 16, 1956 88th Belmont: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:29.8 June 16, 1955 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament June 16, 1955 Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Peron June 16, 1954 Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months June 16, 1954 Ngo Dinh Diem elected president of Vietnam June 16, 1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak and also ending St. Louis Brown 14 game losing streak June 16, 1952 Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down June 16, 1951 51st U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich June 16, 1951 83rd Belmont: David Gorman aboard Counterpoint wins in 2:29 June 16, 1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa June 16, 1947 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" June 16, 1947 Pravda denounces Marshall Plan June 16, 1946 "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1147 performances June 16, 1946 46th U.S. Golf Open: Lloyd Mangrum shoots a 284 at Canterbury GC Cleve June 16, 1945 71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8 June 16, 1945 Boo Ferriss loses to Yanks 3-2 after starting his career with 8 wins June 16, 1944 Iceland adopts constitution June 16, 1944 King Edward VI visits Montgomery's HQ in Normandy June 16, 1944 U.S. bombs Kyushu Japan June 16, 1941 1st U.S. federally owned airport opened Washington D.C. June 16, 1940 Communist government installed in Lithuania June 16, 1940 General De Gaulle arrives in Bordeaux June 16, 1938 Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns June 16, 1938 St. Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row June 16, 1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA June 16, 1936 Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge June 16, 1936 Pope Pius XI receives Anton Mussert, Dutch Nazi collaborator June 16, 1935 U.S. Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal" June 16, 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down June 16, 1933 U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC, created June 16, 1932 Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights June 16, 1932 President Hoover and VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention June 16, 1932 Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks vs. Essex June 16, 1931 Austrian government of Ender falls June 16, 1929 Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days) June 16, 1927 31st U.S. Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa June 16, 1924 South Africa all out 30 vs. England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7 June 16, 1923 Sun Yat Sen founds military academy June 16, 1922 Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics June 16, 1917 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia June 16, 1917 49th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 2:17.8 June 16, 1916 Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0 June 16, 1909 1st U.S. airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000 June 16, 1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals June 16, 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox June 16, 1903 Ford Motors incorporates June 16, 1903 Pepsi Cola company forms June 16, 1899 Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* vs. England, Lord's June 16, 1898 China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei June 16, 1896 Temperature hits 127 degrees F at Fort Mojave, California June 16, 1893 R. 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Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack June 16, 1884 On Coney Island, the 1st roller coaster begins operating June 16, 1883 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (New York Gothams beat Cleveland Spiders 5-2) June 16, 1882 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa June 16, 1881 Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty June 16, 1880 Salvation Army forms in Londo June 16, 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater New York City June 16, 1873 President Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Perce indians June 16, 1871 Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, New York City June 16, 1864 Battle of Lynchburg, Virginia June 16, 1864 Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia June 16, 1864 Union Gen Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Virginia June 16, 1861 Battle of Vienna, Virginia and Secessionville, South Carolina, James Island June 16, 1858 Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" June 16, 1842 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die June 16, 1836 London Working Men's Association forms June 16, 1832 Battle of Kellogg's Grove, Illinois June 16, 1823 King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp June 16, 1822 Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina June 16, 1815 Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia June 16, 1815 Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French June 16, 1794 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) June 16, 1779 In support of the U.S., Spain declares war on England June 16, 1779 Vice-adm Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada June 16, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill) June 16, 1775 Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress June 16, 1755 British capture Fort Beausejour, expel Acadians June 16, 1746 Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army June 16, 1745 English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River June 16, 1673 Peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV and Frederik Willem of Brandenburg June 16, 1624 Judge directs U.S. colony Virginia to English crown June 16, 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland June 16, 1487 Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole and Lord Lovell June 16, 1338 German monarch declares pope and king's decree redundant June 16, 632 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era |